Palestinian-Israeli doctor refused entry to flashpoint settlement to perform coronavirus test

"At the entrance to the settlement, the security guard stopped me and told me that I could not go in because I was an Arab," Fadi told Israel's Channel 12 news.

"I answered him that I am a doctor, and I came to check patients. We are in 2020 and I am a citizen of Israel. As a doctor I do not differentiate between religion, race or skin color and I came here to check patients."

Fadi, who works as a physician at a hospital in Israeli city Petah Tikva, said he was denied entry despite providing a clear medical purpose for his visit and carrying all the necessary paperwork.

The security guard "told me that because I was an Arab it was dangerous for him to let me in, that stones would be thrown at me," Fadi recalled.

"In the end I did not go in," he added. "The patient called to ask why I did not come to the settlement and I told him they did not let me in because I was an Arab."

"If that person had tested positive and God forbid deteriorated and come to the hospital, I would have been the one to treat him,” said Fadi.

"This is an instructive example of the racist hatred that underlies the settlement movement."

At least one driver, who was travelling on the Nablus-Qalqilia road, near the village of Burin, was injured.