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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: January 17, 2007 |
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The Israeli army on Wednesday postponed its latest restriction on Palestinian movement -- a ban on Palestinians riding in cars with Israeli license plates in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). The decision was announced two days before the restrictions were to go into effect.
The army had cited security reasons for the ban. It said some of the suicide bombers who have entered Israel from Judea and Samaria in recent years were transported by Israeli citizens -- for the most part, Israeli Arabs -- whose Israeli license plates allow them to cross army roadblocks without being checked.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has pledged to ease the travel restrictions as a way of bolstering Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and improving the quality of life for everyday Palestinians.
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