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Article: Trouble spots.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- December 1, 2005
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[In "Should Churches Divest?" August 2005], Don Wagner refers to "bypass roads available only to Israeli settlers." There are no such roads. While vehicles registered to Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been barred from certain roads during periods of violence, the roads are not limited to settlers. Cars with Israeli license plates belonging to Jews, Muslims, and Christians living inside Israel, in addition to settlers, have free access. Furthermore, Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza Strip traveling in Israeli cars are not necessarily barred from the roads.
Wagner also claims that during the Oslo process, between 1993 and 2000, "the ...