Defense establishment opposes roadblock lift
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 25, 2006
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The defense establishment has shown signs of disagreement regarding Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to lift roadblocks in the West Bank and to
allow greater freedom of movement there, sources said early Monday morning.
Olmert made his decision following his first meeting with Palestinian
Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem on Saturday.

Defense Minister Amir Peretz disapproved a draft plan coordinated by his
deputy, MK Ephraim Sneh (Labor) in a meeting on Saturday.

During the meeting, OC Central Command Maj. -Gen. Yair Neve said that
lifting the roadblocks would lead to more suicide bombings.
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[RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT FIRST DEGREE(D Felony)(Depraved Indifference; Risk of
Death)PENAL LAW 120.25(Committed on or after Sept. 1, 1967)(Revised June 15,
2006) (New York State):
www.nycourts.gov/cji/3-PenalLaw/120/120-25.pdf

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... he or she:engages in conduct which creates a grave and unjustifiable
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A DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE consists of both depravity and
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