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Israel agrees to remove some West Bank roadblocks
25 Dec 2006 16:25:53 GMT
Source: Reuters

JERUSALEM, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet on Monday approved plans to remove 27 roadblocks in the occupied West Bank, fulfilling one of his pledges to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli source said.
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Members of the Palestinian Presidential Guard ride in a vehicle during a patrol in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 9, 2007. Rival Palestinian factions fought gun battles in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and at least five Hamas militants were wounded, Hamas officials said. Factional fighting has worsened since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah called last month for early elections in his power struggle with the governing Hamas faction.