He reinstated the normal calendar, removed internal checkpoints and opened the border enough to let official foreign delegations flock in.
In contrast, when animals are raised under ideal conditions that promote rapid growth, internal checkpoints ensure that maturation does not occur until juvenile development is complete.
But Mr. Blair, like Mr. Fayyad, emphasizes that reform can work only if Israel loosens its grip, removing key internal checkpoints that prevent Palestinians from traveling easily within the West Bank.
Within days of the breakout, about 35 escapees were recaptured at internal checkpoints and border crossings; they were returned to prison after their identities were confirmed by biometric files.
It has dramatically curtailed movement in both places, setting up internal checkpoints in the West Bank and preventing the vast majority of Gaza's 1.5 million people from leaving the narrow coastal territory.
The debris includes fences and walls, dams, stadium lighting, surveillance towers, diverted floodwaters, intrusive signage of prohibition, landfills, airborne surveillance, drones, custom-built access roads, staging areas, parking, internal checkpoints, endless vehicular patrols, armed foot patrols, large-scale earth removal, warehousing, and heaps of trash.
The fortress had been built as an internal checkpoint to monitor and control Jerusalem and its population.
Fuel and food shipments to Gaza and the West Bank were blocked at border posts, while Palestinians commuting to school or work were forced to abandon cars at internal Israeli checkpoints and walk.
Most people know about border enforcement, she says, but few people outside Texas realize that there are internal border checkpoints, too: there's a line of them right above the Rio Grande Valley, in between the valley and the only health clinics that would be available should HB2 be enacted and the local clinic closes once again.
And a more militarized border is not a solution if you've paid attention to the state of law enforcement in America or to disturbing phenomena like the internal immigration checkpoints 25 to 75 miles inside of the US border.
