Israel’s army redraws wartime supply routes to avoid Arab villages

Al-Monitor Staff

Nov 12, 2021

Arab Jewish violence — Police arrest a protester at a demonstration on May 15, 2021, in Jerusalem. Several Israeli cities experienced clashes between Jewish and Arab mobs, with hundreds of people being charged with rioting offenses. — Daniel Rolider/Getty Images

The Israeli military has redrawn wartime logistics plans to avoid some Arab-majority towns in Israel following an outbreak of violence during the conflict with Gaza earlier this year.

The Israel Defense Forces’ logistics directorate mapped out some 1,600 km of dirt roads which can be used as alternate routes to supply frontline forces in case of war, the directorate’s commander, Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Turgeman, said Friday during an interview with Maariv news.