Ariel Sharon’s objections to defense officials’ proposals for the southern route of the separation fence are causing delays in its construction, Ha’aretz reported. The region in question is the southern Hebron Hills, the area from which the suicide bombers who blew themselves up in Beersheba on Tuesday crossed into Israel.
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