Nadene Goldfoot
Definitely longer than my supermarket check-out line, but about the same length as our recent COVID 19 LINE for our 1st vaccine.No natural barriers separate Israel and Judea-Samaria (West Bank). After 1967, Palestinians and Israelis traveled freely between the 2 areas.
However, when the terrorist campaign erupted in 2000, Israel had to prevent terrorists from easily entering Israeli communities. Just as the U.S. and other countries worldwide increased airport security procedures after 9/11, Israel instituted strict counterterrorism measures after the intifada began. From September 2000 to mid-2005, hundreds of Palestinian suicide bombings and attacks against Israeli civilians killed more nearly 1,000 innocent people and wounded thousands of others.
In response, Israel's government decided to construct a that would run near the between and the to prevent from easily infiltrating into Israel proper. The project had the overwhelming support of the Israeli public and was deemed legal by Israel's Supreme Court.
Israel did not want to build a fence, and resisted doing so for more than 35 years. If anyone is to blame for the construction, it is , , and the other Palestinian . Now a large majority of Israelis support the construction of the security fence; in fact, both Jews and Arabs living along the Green Line favor the barrier to prevent penetration by thieves and vandals as well as terrorists. The fence has also caused a revolution in the daily life of some Israeli Arab towns because it has brought quiet, which has allowed a significant upsurge in economic activity.
Checkpoint: Remember, these wouldn't have happened had Palestinian terrorists not happened. One calls for the other.Police and medics at the scene of terror attack outside Damascus Gate
Copyright: Magen David Adom
Though they inconvenience Israeli and Palestinians, the purpose of the checkpoints and the security fence is to save lives.
Barrier Fence around Judea-Samaria This massive fence is around the southern border with Jordan$77 million barrier will run from the southern resort town of Eilat to new airport under construction in Timna Valley, said in 1973.
SECURITY FENCE: Israel did not begin building the fence until 2003, when terrorism reached unprecedented levels.
1. The fence is similar to barriers that dozens of other democracies have built to keep out terrorists or illegal immigrants, such as the barriers between:
a) U.S. and Mexico, added on by Trump after 2016
b) India and Kashmir
c) Spain and Morocco
d) North and South Korea
e) Even the walls within Belfast that separate Protestant and Catholic neighborhood
2. Since construction of the fence began in 2003, the number of completed terrorist attacks has dropped by more than 90%.
3. 97% of the barrier is only a chain-link fence; about 3% (10 miles) is a concrete wall, built to prevent sniper shooting prevalent in certain areas as of 1973.
4. Only 5% to 6% of the disputed Judea-Samaria land and less than 1% of Palestinians will end up on the Israeli side of the fence.
5. Palestinians can bring their specific grievances about the barrier to Israel's Supreme Court, which in several cases has ruled in favor of the Palestinian claimants, and the fence was rerouted.
TERRORIST CAMPAIGN 2000
Nov 2, 2000 - Ayelet Shahar Levy, 28, and Hanan Levy, 33, were killed in a car bomb explosion near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. 10 people were injured. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov 20, 2000 - A roadside bomb exploded at 7:30 in the morning alongside a bus carrying children from Kfar Darom to school in Gush Katif. Miriam Amitai, 35, and Gavriel Biton, 34, were killed and 9 others, including 5 children, were injured, 5 of them seriously.
Nov 22, 2000 - Shoshanna Reis, 21, of Hadera, and Meir Bahrame, 35, of Givat Olga, were killed, and 60 wounded when a powerful car bomb was denotated alongside a passing bus on Hadera's main street, when the area was packed with shoppers and people driving home from work.
Dec 22, 2000 - Three soldiers were injured in a suicide bomb attack at the Mehola Junction roadside cafe in the northern Jordan Valley. The terrorist, who detonated a belt of explosives strapped to him, was killed in the blast.
This continues: see reference list below
Wave of terror 2015-2021
19 Sep 2021
Education Minister expressed disdain for Netanyahu's proposal, explaining “the prime minister spoke today about how fences are needed. We are wrapping ourselves in fences. In Australia and New Jersey there is no need for fences.” Of course, no other city, state or country is up against terrorism like Israel is.
Now that Bennett Prime Minister, I wonder if he's learned about why Netanyahu's period provided fences and how things have improved for both Arabs and Jews. Of course, he knew it all the time. It's a different situation from the USA. The United States is building a fence along part of its border with Mexico and that is to prevent illegal immigrants from coming into the country, not terrorists who seek to murder American citizens. Ironically, the , which passed a resolution condemning Israel’s barrier, is building its own fence to improve security around its New York headquarters.
Resource:
Magazine: Israel 101, produced by StandWithUs, p. 39
https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm World Terror
https://mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/terrorism/palestinian/pages/wave-of-terror-october-2015.aspx
https://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/terrorism/palestinian/pages/suicide%20and%20other%20bombing%20attacks%20in%20israel%20since.aspx
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