Thursday, October 20, 2005

IDF may build Palestinian-only roads

From Jerusalem Post Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World: Oct. 19, 2005 22:21 Updated Oct. 20, 2005 1:30 By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN ...


Senior officers in the Central Command were working on a plan to permanently separate Israeli and Palestinian traffic on main roads across Judea and Samaria, security sources said Wednesday.

The plan would be similar to the present ban on private Palestinian vehicles on highway 60, a measure implemented this week to make drive-by shootings more difficult for Arab terrorists.
For the moment, the plan is still on the drawing table. A military source in the Central Command said that the idea was to gradually separate the road systems to reduce friction between Israeli and Palestinians residents in the West Bank...

Once the plan was completely drawn up it would be brought before defense ministry officials for final approval.

...Meanwhile Wednesday, Palestinians threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli car traveling northwest of Ramallah near Dir Mashal. The bottle exploded on the road, and no one was injured. IDF forces swept the area in search of the perpetrators....

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