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| BroHanif |
| 06/16/02 at 07:59:39 |
The fence is only going to cause more hatered, anger and division on both sides. Clearly an illegal activity under international law, yet its one rule for us and the other for the terrorists(zionists). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_2047000/2047770.stm Israel is about to start building a controversial new security fence to try to stop Palestinian militants crossing into its territory. It is the latest effort by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to halt the wave of suicide attacks in Israeli cities and towns. The move has angered both Palestinians and Jewish settlers. In the latest violence Israeli troops are reported to have shot dead a Palestinian at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Nablus. Few details The fence "will provide a defensive answer to the... infiltration of terrorists," said Amos Yaron of the Israeli Defence Ministry. Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer is attending a ceremony to mark the start of building work at 1000 GMT. Few details of its exact route have been revealed. The first phase of the plan is reported to involve 110 kilometres (70 miles) of trenches and electric fencing separating the towns of Jenin, Tulkarm and Qalqilya from Israeli cities. Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian militants, is where the Israeli army says more than 20 suicide bombers have come from over the past 20 months of renewed conflict. Reports say the fence will be electrified and would have devices to detect any movement on it. Opinion polls show at least 80% of Israelis are in favour of the fence. They argue that many of the suicide bombers from towns such as Jenin would have been thwarted had the government reacted more quickly to protect its citizens. Opponents Palestinians say the new fence will result in Israel effectively annexing a significant part of the West Bank, including Jenin and two other towns. The fence will keep West Bank Palestinians out They argue that some Palestinian land has been confiscated for the project. One Palestinian minister, Ghassan al-Khatib, said the plan was racist, because it would not stop Israeli soldiers and settlers travelling into the West Bank. Jewish settlers are concerned about the political message of recreating any kind of division between Israel and the territory it occupied in 1967. Many fear this is the beginning of Israel's abandonment of those territories and with them the thousands of settlers who have moved there over the past 30 years. Cabinet minister Yitzhak Levy, whose National Religious Party supports the settlers, says the fence is "political", creating a de facto border. There has also been criticism from the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Maher, who said Israel's security would be better served by building peace. A similar fence was built along the Gaza Strip some time ago. Another death There was more violence on Sunday when a Palestinian was shot dead near the town of Nablus on the West Bank, the AFP news agency reports. Palestinian witnesses told AFP the man was trying to cross a checkpoint when Israeli troops opened fire. On Saturday, two Israeli soldiers were killed and four others injured in a gun and grenade attack near the Jewish settlement of Dugit in the northern Gaza Strip. A Palestinian attacker was also shot dead in the ensuing gun battle. The Islamic militant movement Hamas said it carried out the attack. In the US, President George W Bush and his policy advisers are continuing to work on a new statement to halt the violence in the region, which is expected to be unveiled next week. The White House has acknowledged Mr Bush is mulling the creation of a provisional state to exist alongside Israel. |
| Re: Electric fence |
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| Red |
| 06/16/02 at 13:20:08 |
| [slm], The scary thing is the United States would probably approve such a fence, looking at how so far they seem to always approve of the many thing Israel does (or at least don't stop them). Its amazing to me how nobody seems to believe the way the Israeli government treats the Palestinians is racist. wasalam, red |
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