Refers to roads in the West Bank that connect Jewish Israeli settlements and are reserved for Israeli use. These roads either used to be Palestinian roads that connected major Palestinian cities or are newly-built roads that bypass Palestinian areas. See “Forbidden Roads Israel’s Discriminatory Road Regime in the West Bank.” B’Tselem. August 2004 http://www.btselem.org/Download/200408_Forbidden_Roads_Eng.pdf.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/bypass-roads