When I first read that the Israeli Supreme Court had ruled that highway 443 must be opened to PA traffic, I was thankful that I was not a judge that had issued the ruling because, heaven forbid, if there is one fatality due to the easing of passage, I would feel responsible. Click here to read a post titled Terror on Route 443.
Yesterday I read that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not allowed to travel on that road. This morning I read that the US Embassy in Tel Aviv is telling its staff to avoid using that highway.
Despite a number of rock attacks during May, prior to its reopening to Palestinian Authority drivers, the IDF and government in May fulfilled a High Court order to allow PA traffic to use Road 443, one of the two east-west highways connecting Jerusalem to metropolitan Tel Aviv. The opening went ahead, despite appeals against the road's opening by MKs, security officials, and drivers, who fear an increase in terror attacks on the road.
In response, the security establishment said that the IDF had taken “sufficient steps” to ensure the safety of Israelis using the road. But the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) has decided that at least one Israeli citizen – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – cannot risk using the road.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138186
Further demonstrating the ludicrous nature of international pressure for Israel to prematurely ease security measures against the Palestinians, the US Embassy in Tel Aviv this week told its staff to avoid using a highway connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv at night after it was recently reopened to Palestinian traffic.
Highway 443 was the scene of numerous murderous roadside attacks up until 2002, when Israeli security forces finally banned all Palestinian traffic on the road.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=21371
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