NABLUS,
(PIC)-- Israeli war minister Ehud Barak dealt a blow to the
PA-Israeli negotiations as he stated that the Israeli barriers
in the occupied West Bank would remain after they proved
effectiveness and urged the PA leadership to extend a helping
hand to crush the Palestinian resistance.
During a visit to the Israeli military Tal Al-Ras post in
northern West Bank, Barak said that the Israeli occupation could
not wage a war and achieve the desired results against
Palestinian resistance without real control on the ground on a
daily basis, reconfirming that all barriers would remain in
their positions.
Regarding the Israeli allegation that the IOF had
dismantled tens of barriers, a report issued by the Israeli
Ha'aretz newspaper refuted these claims, asserting that the
Israeli talk about dismantling barriers does not go beyond
statements.
The war minister also underlined that his government does
not intend to change its policy in the West Bank, saying "We do
not intend to stop monitoring and controlling the movement and
activities in the West Bank."
The minister alleged that the main objective of these
arbitrary policies is to strike the resistance groups especially
Hamas and the Popular Front, admitting that the Palestinian
resistance has a lot of men and determination to fight the
occupation and without intelligence control and military
efficiency on the ground there would be other operations like
the one in which two Israeli soldiers were killed last Friday.
