Original sentence: According to B'Tselem, a measure of overall closure of the Occupied Territories was enacted for the first time in 1993, and would result in total closures following rises in Palestinian political violence.According to B'Tselem, following the 1967 war, the Occupied Territories were proclaimed closed military zones.According to Israeli authorities, during 2008-2009, a significant amount of checkpoints were removed.An additional 140 roadblocks were said to have been opened to traffic in 2008.As of 2009, there were 504 dirt roadblocks and 14 checkpoints in the West Bank.As of July 2009, Israeli authorities reported  that 27 checkpoints and 140 roadblocks had been removed in order to ease security restrictions in the West Bank.In 1972, general exit orders were issued allowing residents of those territories to move freely between the West Bank, Israel and Gaza.In 1991, these general exit orders were revoked, and personal exit permits were required.The restriction of the movement of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories by the Israeli government is an issue in the Israel-Palestinian conflict
Edited sentence: From beginning 1991, Israel's permit policy became more and more strict.General exit orders were revoked, and personal exit permits were required.In June 1989, shortly after the First Intifada broke out, Palestinian movement was restricted for the first time.It affects movement within parts of the OPT, between West Bank and Gaza, between the OPT and Israel as well as between the OPT and the rest of the world.It is known as the "Israeli Closure Policy".Palestinian restriction of movement is the policy of Israel as occupying power to limit movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian Occupied Territories (OPT) and between the Territories and the outer world.Palestinian restriction of movement, known as "Israeli Closure Policy", is the policy of Israel as occupying power to limit movement of Palestinians and goods within the Palestinian Occupied Territories (OPT) and between the Territories and the outer world.The closure  was first applied as a preemptive security measure, but with the Oslo process, it crystallized into a goal of demographic separation.The closure policy is imposed on the Palestinian population as a collective measure.While Israel justifies the closure policy as a security measure the Palestinians see it as a collective punishment