By Xinhua
Jerusalem : The head of Israel’s domestic security service Shin Bet, Yuval Diskin, on Sunday criticized the Defense Ministry for dismantling 10 roadblocks in the west Bank, describing the move as risky, local daily Ha’aretz reported.
Diskin told the weekly cabinet meeting that removal of roadblocks in the West Bank was risky as the current checkpoints kept Jerusalem from danger and the separation fence was still incomplete.
The remarks came as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) razed 10 roadblocks in the West Bank on Sunday.
Last week, the IDF dismantled 50 roadblocks across the West Bank, a measure Defense Minister Ehud Barak promised to implement at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice late last month.
The removal was carried out as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet on Monday.