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To: SilentZ who wrote (144998)	4/14/2002 8:39:11 PM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 1572512

Z re: What good will the wall do? I was an advocate of a wall, but then realized that one problem. And do not forget that Israel would not be able to return the fire because likely the shooting would be coming from civilian areas. You can not punish civilians for passing bulletts to a sniper. I was always against the wall. While wall might be a good idea for a country of US size Israel is so small that anyone can shoot a hand-held rocket into pretty much any place in Israel. Wall would actually help terrorists -Albert

To: SilentZ who wrote (144998)	4/15/2002 1:36:10 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572512

>Israel may have to close its borders with the WB. Pull back its settlers. Stop all interaction. No longer permit Palestinians from coming in as a labor source, and learn to do its grunt work on its own. Ummm... as soon as the intifada started, Palestinians stopped coming over the border to work. Israel's adjusted just fine. Wrong!! They still come over but they go through quite a bit of work [and sometimes harassment] to get to work. One problem with unilateral separation is that when Israel no longer meddles with the affairs in the West Bank, the Palestinian leadership can accumulate weapons even more easily than they can now, perhaps ones that will allow them to fire over a wall. What good will the wall do? I was an advocate of a wall, but then realized that one problem. I see. The Israelis are unwilling victims in this mess. They are forced into knocking the shit out of the Palestinians because any suggestion that might lead to peace is not quite to their satisfaction. ted

To: SilentZ who wrote (144998)	4/15/2002 1:44:38 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1572512

Z, <the Palestinian leadership can accumulate weapons even more easily than they can now, perhaps ones that will allow them to fire over a wall. What good will the wall do?> It will serve as a tripwire. The minute a missile is fired over the wall, Israel will have the legal context for war. The problem with terrorism is that it is a war fought without borders. Hence the "new war" that the media is always talking about. But if you fire across a border, then it becomes the kind of war we all come to know and love (sarcasm intended) during the 20th century. And it's the kind of war that the West can easily win. Tenchusatsu