No life on the other side - Haaretz - Israel News: "It is difficult for Israelis who move freely throughout their country to understand Palestinian life in the West Bank, which becomes more difficult from year to year, from one agreement to the next. After it was decided to remove West Bank roadblocks to allow for movement that does not endanger Israeli security, it turned out that additional surprise roadblocks had been established.
In the last month alone, 546 roadblocks were counted, in addition to various procedures, magnetic cards, enclaves that non-Jews are prohibited from accessing and roads that only settlers are allowed to use - conditions that generate a frustrating uncertainty for the Palestinians.
Even a government that, due to its weakness, is not currently capable of working to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians cannot free itself of its obligation to manage the occupied territories in a way that enables people to live there. The Palestinian population cannot wait patiently for the final Winograd report on the Second Lebanon War or the results of the Labor Party primaries, because in the meantime it is living in the cruel reality described in the World Bank report released this week. The particularly harsh report shows that Israel continues to take into consideration only the settlers' needs, while abrogating even the minimal needs of the Palestinians. "