Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Querei condemned the government decision to ban Palestinian cars from travelling through the West Bank. He described the move as a form of collective punishment. He also warned that the measure was counter-productive and served only to strengthen Palestinian extremist groups, Israel Radio reported.function initServerVars() { _headup.clientHost = 'http://newstopics.jpost.com'; _headup.termsFromServer = 0; _headup.annotatedTerms = 0; _headup.widgetMode = 'snippet'; _headup.snippetButtonStyle = 'banner'; _headup.blackListedUrl = false; } <!-- Terms Count: 0 TTL: 4 Terms From Server: DateTime: 6/1/2011 3:38:28 AM -->