Menteri Pertahanan Amir Peretz mengatakan kepada Komite Pertahanan dan Permasalahan Luar Negeri di Parlemen bahwa Israel akan membongkar 59 dari sekitar 400 penghalang jalan di Tepi Barat dalam dua tahap, pertama sebanyak 24, sisanya kemudian.
Defence Minister Amir Peretz later told parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee that Israel would dismantle 59 of the 400 or so roadblocks in the West Bank in two phases  24 at first, and the rest later.