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Opening The Checkpoints?
ByMarc Lynch, who just spent a week in Israel, thinks the US stance on Israeli settlements is paying dividends:
Obama's
pressure has actually been quietly working. Lost in the public
pyrotechnics over Netanyahu’s grudging utterance of an emasculated two
state phraseology, Israel has over the last few weeks actually been
making serious changes to the checkpoints and roadblocks in the West
Bank and to the blockade of Gaza. The siege of cities such as Nablus
has been lifted, major choke-points on key West Bank roads have been
significantly opened, and journalists report being able to drive to
Jenin without being stopped at a checkpoint. This is new.
