Reply #49: Pawns??

[Matilda]

The settlers have chosen to be where they are, and are heavily
subsidised by the Israeli government.

A major purpose of the settlements is to provide a justification
for the IDF presence in the territories, supposedly to guard the
settlers from the wicked Palestinians who coninue to object to their
presence of Palestinian land. Some of the settlements in the West
Bank have the specific purpose of guarding the aquifers that provide
fresh water to Israel.

The special roads built for the settlers not only link the
settlements by the most direct route to Israel, but also serve to
cut off Palestinian cities and towns from each other. Isolation
of Palestinian cities and towns is further exacerbated by
surrounding them with settlements. Indeed, Jewish settlers may
face attacks by Palestinians whilst travelling outside the
settlements, but if they weren't there in the first place, there
would be no problem. So creating Jewish only roads is the solution
to a problem that has been created by the settlers themselves.