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| Middle East |
| Israel to ease curfews |
| 2002-07-05 |
| The Israeli security cabinet decided on Wednesday to end daylight curfews gradually in seven Palestinian cities reoccupied by the Israeli army. "We will lift the curfew during the day so that normal life can be gradually restored," Raanan Gissin, a Sharon adviser, said. It would be left to Israeli commanders to determine when the security situation permitted an easing of restrictions. "We can't punish an entire people," Israel's dovish foreign minister, Shimon Peres, was quoted by a political source as telling the cabinet in making his case for an easing of restrictions. Within this framework, the Israeli ministers decided to permit five thousand Palestinian workers to be employed in Israel. That's a nice carrot to go with the sticks being rather deftly wielded lately. It's probably premature — it won't take too many "laborers" exploding to shut off the flow. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |