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IDF Eases Up Security Checks at West Bank Roadblocks
[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - On Monday, Head of IDF Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh ordered the Judea and Samaria Division to begin easing restrictions throughout the West Bank in conjunction with a program - agreed upon during a recent meeting between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas - to improve freedom of movement for Palestinians at security checkpoints. The army began easing restrictions at sixteen checkpoints throughout the West Bank with the goal of speeding up crossings. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said there were some 50 general terror alerts, in addition to another five concrete warnings.