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Opposition leader Isaac Herzog accused Netanyahu of compromising the country’s security and prospects for peacemaking by not completing the security barrier that’s been under construction along and inside the West Bank for more than a decade.

Separation from the Palestinians would choke off the current round of attacks on Israelis and allow for the resumption of peace moves by easing the animus between the sides, Herzog , leader of the centrist Zionist Union bloc, told reporters in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

“Once you have security and once you calm down the situation, you can move again to a process that’s pragmatic and real and tangible,” he said.

“Reality calls right now to understand that peace is not around the corner. What needs to be done is to separate from the Palestinians as much as possible.”

Israel began building the West Bank enclosure after a wave of suicide bombings, citing security needs. Palestinian leaders consider it a land grab because it dips into the West Bank in parts. It’s also been a point of contention with the Palestinians because it cuts some of them off from farmlands and facilities on the other side of the route.

Barriers, some incomplete, have also been built on the borders with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. But Netanyahu is under pressure to show he’s taking action against growing security threats, including tunnels Gaza Strip militants are digging to infiltrate Israel.