Jordan Valley: Checkpoint Removal ‘Seriously Endangers Us’
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So, are the lefties going to complain that the Jordanians are being racist? Or can we all finally admit that the Arabs living in Judea, Samaria and Gaza have become increasingly radicalized since Yasir Arafat, then Abu Mazen and Hamas have been running things??
Why? The moderate Arabs under these regimes have either fled, been terrorized into silence or been murdered. — Ellie Katz
(IsraelNN.com) Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman David Alhiani demands that someone take personal responsibility for the removal of IDF checkpoints in his jurisdiction. According to Alhiani, free movement between the Palestinian Authority and majority-Jewish areas seriously endangers residents of the valley, most of whom work in agriculture.
Speaking with Arutz Sheva Radio on Thursday, Alhiani explained, “It undermines security. You see, free movement out of Jericho throughout the entire valley and to the northern end of the Dead Sea constitutes a security risk.
His comments came in response to the removal of an IDF checkpoint south of Jericho on Wednesday. The IDF Spokesman’s Office said that this facilitated the free passage of vehicles and pedestrians between the Palestinian Authority-controlled city and the rest of the Jordan Valley. The decision to eliminate the Vered Jericho checkpoint was “a Civil Administration proposal as a part of the goodwill measures authorized by the Minister of Defense,” the IDF statement explained. It was, however, carried out according to security assessments by the IDF Central Command.
“Such actions are meant to further ease the daily life of the Palestinian population in Judea and Samaria,” the IDF said, “while continuously fighting terror and maintaining the safety of the citizens of the State of Israel.”
“I only hope that whoever authorized the opening of those checkpoints will also take upon himself the responsibility, when the day comes that something happens,” Alhiani said. “He should take personal responsibility. I would expect any person to take personal responsibility, because we are talking about life and death in this case. They are abandoning our security here.”
