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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/636112.html
A Solution for West Bank Roadblocks?
(Ha'aretz) Amira Hass - More than a year ago the defense establishment formulated a proposal for two separate transportation systems in the West Bank. The plan would build and upgrade some 500 kilometers of roads and 16 intersections, creating "traffic contiguity" for the Palestinians. The plan was presented as a solution to the closure problem in the West Bank, which the World Bank found to be the main cause for its economic deterioration. The plan's estimated cost is $200 million, but donor states said they would carry out no project against the Palestinians' will. In October 2004 the Palestinian cabinet adopted a resolution against the Israeli proposal.