Israel to accelerate West Bank barrier


AFP
 Date: 09-04-05

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said Israel would accelerate construction of its controversial West Bank barrier to fend off an increased risk of Palestinian attacks.

Mofaz told a weekly cabinet meeting he had issued instructions for work to be speeded up after intelligence indicated that Palestinian militants in the West Bank were planning more attacks.

The government has been heavily criticised in the aftermath of a suicide attack last Sunday in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva, which was carried out by a Palestinian bomber from the southern West Bank where much of the work on the barrier has yet to be completed.

The security establishment has previously warned that militants in the West Bank were likely to increase their activity after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

Israel insists that the massive barrier is vital to prevent attacks on its soil by would-be Palestinian attackers. The Palestinians point to its route, which often juts into their land, as proof of an intent to pre-empt the borders of their promised future state.

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