Activists to intensify protest against settlement freeze with road blocks

[oberliner]

Right-wing activists are planning to block major traffic arteries throughout the country next week as part of an escalating protest of the government decision to freeze settlement construction in the West Bank for 10 months.

The idea is to disrupt traffic at major junctions, similar to the protests held against the disengagement and evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements in 2005. It is still unclear whether the idea is finding fertile ground or when such protests will take place.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met yesterday with a group of more than 20 members of the Yesha Council, where he stressed that "the law must be respected and cabinet decisions must be carried out."

He also blamed the Palestinian Authority for not responding to Israel's decision to freeze settlement construction and for refusing to return to the negotiating table. Netanyahu called PA President Mahmoud Abbas "someone who refuses peace."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1132629.html

[ProgressiveMuslim]

1. "activists?" That's interesting terminology. Criminals... Thugs...

I can think of some better descriptors.