Soldiers caught yet another would-be bomber at one of those “humiliating” checkpoints—in an area the Palestinians are supposed to be policing.
IDF soldiers manning the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus apprehended on Sunday an 18-year-old Palestinian who was carrying six pipe bombs, a bullet cartridge and a bag full of what appeared to be gunpowder.
[…] In recent years the army has foiled numerous attempts to smuggle explosives and weapons through Hawara, which is located south of Nablus. Three weeks ago a 20-year-old Palestinian carrying three explosive devices was shot dead by soldiers at the checkpoint.
Earlier on Sunday the IDF removed 10 roadblocks in the south Mount Hebron region in accordance with Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s order to ease restrictions on Palestinian residents of the West Bank.
Security sources told Ynet that the lifting of roadblocks would allow terrorists to travel more freely throughout the West Bank.
That would be because every time Israel lifts roadblocks, terrorists murder Israelis. And then the world tsk-tsks, and tells Israel it was a random act of violence, and not to crack down on the Palestinians because one lone, unaffiliated terrorist group murdered a few citizens. The cycle of violence must be halted; don’t “retaliate” by hunting down terrorists.
I could write their news articles for them, I’m so used to that crap.