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Originally Posted by Ironduke
I think we all have to agree that the current situation of checkpoints, military restrictions, etc., extremely retards economic progress in the West Bank. The Israelis could better provide for their security by withdrawing to the more populous settlements along the Israeli border. They would free up a lot of military resource that is currently dedicated to protecting almost nothing. If the Palestinians are free to move around within the West Bank and the border settlements are thus even better protected it's a win-win situation.
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That's not right. The checkpoints within the West Bank do retard economic growth, but militarily they are quite effective. How many suicide bombings have you heard of in the past few years? Not many. The reason? The redundancy of multiple checkpoints and military restrictions on movement. It is an unfortunate truth. The checkpoints protect Israeli proper much more so than they do the settlers.