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Palestinians are stuck in their cars on the roads because the IDF imposed a week-long closure on the West Bank for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. For those travelling between Palestinian cities and villages, already insanely long journeys across the West Bank become even more insane. The reason is presumably that holidays bring special security risks. Yet at the same time, settler municipalities are inviting thousands of tourists to visit the West Bank for Sukkot. There is no end to the hardships this closure brings to Palestinians. People plan to work, study, visit family, or simply do something for themselves, and then a system operated by and for just one people can upend all those plans. This is why the IDF regularly imposes curfews on Nablus so that a dozen settlers can pray at Joseph’s Tomb, and why most Palestinians in Hebron are barred from entering the city centre. Rather than being driven by security concerns, these restrictions are rooted in a system of supremacy.