Israel will close the bridge crossing starting on Wednesday until further notice, the Palestinian General Authority for Borders and Crossings said on Tuesday. The crossing in the Jordan Valley, known as Karama on the Palestinian side, is the only international gateway for Palestinians from the West Bank that does not require entering Israel, which has occupied the territory since 1967. A week before the attack at the bridge, Israeli forces detained more than 100 Palestinians in raids in the West Bank city of Tulkarem and imposed a curfew. Netanyahu and members of his cabinet have pledged to annex the West Bank despite international calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution. But Netanyahu last week said there “will be no Palestinian state” as he announced a new settlement expansion on Palestinian land.