New regulations for roadblocks

Those horrible Zionist oppressors are at it again… this time they’re trying to ease conditions for Palestinians:

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved a set of proposals calling for a new code of conduct for Israeli soldiers manning roadblocks who come into daily conduct with the Palestinian population, Israel Radio reported today.

The proposals, prepared by Brig.-Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel, will soon be implemented at seven major roadblocks and afterwards will be introduced at smaller army roadblocks as well, the radio report said. Spiegel said that technological measures would be introduced to ease conditions for the Palestinians, and soldiers stationed at the roadblocks would undergo special training.

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Some of the improvements at IDF roadblocks will be financed by money confiscated from terror group bank accounts in Ramallah last week, media sources reported.

Sounds like poetic justice to me.

But wait, there’s more:

Infrastructure at the roadblocks will be improved. Roads will be repaved, adequate restroom facilities will be added, and proper lighting will be installed. The proposal calls for the “inspection points” to be manned and open 24 hours a day, in order to relieve the crowded conditions and long lines that have been common at roadblocks until now.

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Ofir Hacham, spokesman for the IDF’s Coordinator for Operations in the Territories, explained the rationale behind Spiegel’s team and the proposals. “This was a strategic team that was established to check how we can improve conditions for the Palestinian population at roadblocks and gates. This is another step to allowing stable civilian life, for those Palestinians who are not involved in terror,” he said.

Yep, those damned Zionist oppressors are at it again, all right. Shame on them for having compassion!