IDF removing protective barrier at West Bank bus stop after right-wing uproar

The IDF says protective barrier placed in front of a bus stop in the central West Bank that was the scene of a terrorist attack earlier this year is being removed following an uproar from right-wing politicians and settler leaders.

The announcement comes shortly after the army tweeted a picture of the bulletproof barrier at the Givat Assaf Junction, leading to backlash.

Education Minister and New Right co-chair Naftali Bennett called the barrier “a surrender and submission to terrorism.”

Union of Right Wing Parties chairman Rafi Peretz said erecting the bulletproof structure was proof that Israel was “slowly losing its national honor.”

The IDF says the barricade will be removed by the end of the day, and that no others will be erected beyond the Green Line.