I am always surprised that those checkpoints manage every once in a while to catch somebody, because why would anybody go through a checkpoint when it's possible to go around? I guess it is effective to a certain degree. I have a son in the army, and I think that once we have a Palestinian state the Palestinians will also have an army. The suspicion will be there, security issues will be there, and I don't delude myself. I don't think we're going to get rid of the security issue so fast, and I don't think that the army is going to be dispensable so fast.
Leah Shakdiel
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I am wondering how you feel about the security issue and the checkpoints?
Look, it's not airtight anyway. It is obvious. Terrorists are not stupid. Since the whole system is so loose, it is possible for terrorists to go through anyway. I am always surprised that those checkpoints manage every once in a while to catch somebody, because why would anybody go through a checkpoint when it's possible to go around? I guess it is effective to a certain degree. I have a son in the army, and I think that once we have a Palestinian state the Palestinians will also have an army. The suspicion will be there, security issues will be there, and I don't delude myself. I don't think we're going to get rid of the security issue so fast, and I don't think that the army is going to be dispensable so fast. I really don't think so.