Palestinians gathered together to celebrate the wedding of Ola and Omar at an Israeli military checkpoint. Ola is from the Arara village in the West Bank, and Omar is from Tulkarem, a different village that’s also in the West Bank. In order to cross from one village to the next, you must have a permit. Omar sought a permit to go to wed his bride in her home village, as is their custom, but was denied a permit to do so. Not to be deterred, he attempted to go to her anyways, but the Israeli Army detained Omar and threatened him with administrative detention if he tried to cross without a permit. He was released two days later, and allowed to continue with his plans to wed, albeit at a military checkpoint instead of in Arara.
