Residents of N\'vei Tzuf and Ateret, north of Ramallah, will begin a sit-in strike outside the Prime Minister\'s Office tomorrow, in protest of what they call the intolerable security situation. Possibly even more significantly, some of them destroyed a new Arab-paved road connecting the Ateret area with the Arabs\' Bir Zeit University. They said that the road had been used as an escape route for terrorists, and that the army, despite many requests to do so, had not blocked the road. In addition, several Ateret residents entered the nearby Arab village of Um Tsafa and caused some damage.
Eyal Cohen, General Secretary of Ateret, explained today that the latter action was basically a camouflage for the road-destroying action, \"as the army went out to Um Tsafa, while our guys were able to work on the road undisturbed. They dug ditches in the road in more than one place, making the road impassable. All in all, this helped raise the morale of the residents greatly, after these nine months of suffering…\"
Eyal Cohen, General Secretary of Ateret, explained today that the latter action was basically a camouflage for the road-destroying action, \"as the army went out to Um Tsafa, while our guys were able to work on the road undisturbed. They dug ditches in the road in more than one place, making the road impassable. All in all, this helped raise the morale of the residents greatly, after these nine months of suffering…\"