Jerusalem ? It’s going to get easier for Palestinians to move around the West Bank.

Israel’s prime minister has ordered the military to dismantle more than two dozen of the checkpoints there.

After meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, top security officials agreed to remove 27 roadblocks, but did not say which would come down or when it would happen.

In a separate meeting, Defense Minister Amir Peretz told parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that he supports Olmert’s call to release some of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners Israel holds, even without a deal on freeing an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants. Olmert had previously rejected any prisoner release until Cpl. Gilad Shalit returns home. But he has softened his position.