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| Middle East |
| Paleostinians bitching about The Fence... |
| 2002-06-17 |
| The fence project has drawn bitter criticism from Palestinians, who call it an instrument of an apartheid-like policy that will have severe consequences for their economy and likely trigger more violence. Is there anything that isn't likely to trigger more violence? I'll agree, though, that for an area whose only export is retail explosives, there will be an effect on the local economy. Right-wing Israelis fear the fence may become the acknowledged border of an eventual Palestinian state and isolate Jewish settlers. The National Religious Party has threatened to quit Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government over the issue. But government officials insist the fence is a necessary adjunct to their efforts to neutralize militants through their current campaign of hit-and-run raids on West Bank towns. Another bunch who has trouble with the difference between "is" and "should be." Wonder what their Better Idea is? Anybody heard? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |