Thursday, January 29, 2004
From a recent MSNBC article covering the suicide bombing in Jerusalem.
Sharon's spokesman, Raanan Gissin, said the attack underscores the need for the contentious separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank.
Fine...but why can't it follow the 1967 border? I don't think anyone would fault Israel for building a wall if they weren't diving deep into the West Bank, continuing to fund expansion of West Bank settlements, and doing practically nothing to dismantle any of them.
What the Palestinians are doing is less than contemptible, but worse, not very effective. If Ghandi had taken a suicide bombing approach to the British occupation of his country, India might well STILL be under British control. Instead, Ghandi emphasized that he was MORALLY right, and showed it with his actions.
The Palestinians could do more of that. But lacking cooler heads, the Israeli government could unilaterally decide to hand the Palestinians a country that hews close to the 1967 borders (and gives them part of Jerusalem, which IS smack in the middle of the West Bank, even though Dallas news channels somehow manage to put Jerusalem on the Israeli coast)...and build their wall along that border.
Sharon's spokesman, Raanan Gissin, said the attack underscores the need for the contentious separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank.
Fine...but why can't it follow the 1967 border? I don't think anyone would fault Israel for building a wall if they weren't diving deep into the West Bank, continuing to fund expansion of West Bank settlements, and doing practically nothing to dismantle any of them.
What the Palestinians are doing is less than contemptible, but worse, not very effective. If Ghandi had taken a suicide bombing approach to the British occupation of his country, India might well STILL be under British control. Instead, Ghandi emphasized that he was MORALLY right, and showed it with his actions.
The Palestinians could do more of that. But lacking cooler heads, the Israeli government could unilaterally decide to hand the Palestinians a country that hews close to the 1967 borders (and gives them part of Jerusalem, which IS smack in the middle of the West Bank, even though Dallas news channels somehow manage to put Jerusalem on the Israeli coast)...and build their wall along that border.
