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Source: https://www.jns.org/transport-minister-promises-to-complete-huwara-bypass-road-soon/
Israeli Transport Minister Vows to Complete Huwara Bypass Road
(JNS) Josh Hasten - On Sunday, brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv were gunned down by a terrorist as they drove through the Arab village of Huwara. In 2017, the Israeli government approved a plan to construct bypass roads throughout Judea and Samaria, including the Huwara Bypass Road, to improve security for Israeli motorists while creating safer and modernized roads for Jewish and Arab drivers alike. Israel's current minister of transportation, Miri Regev, toured the bypass road construction site this week and vowed to complete it much sooner than planned. Yigal Dilmoni, former CEO of the council of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, said "the Arabs have been impeding the construction by building illegally on the route and damaging the construction site, causing delays. It's a very important road which the Arabs also want as it alleviates traffic since drivers avoid having to go through the village [Huwara] and getting stuck in traffic."