Reply #3: some things i want to highlight [View All]

[idontwantaname]

thanks for the input on checkpoints.

the issue i think wasnt the few checkpoint there use to be pre-oslo... but how they increased with settlement building post-oslo...

"They were born in 1991, two years before the Oslo Accords, and were greatly reinforced after these agreements were signed."

they didnt expect with the oslo agreements israel would build more settlements and erect more checkpoints...


"But from the perspective of someone waiting long hours in line, it does not matter whether the soldiers standing facing you is a sadist or a nice guy. Ask any Israeli who is forced to wait 15 minutes in line at the bank if there is any difference whether the teller is nice or not when his turn finally comes. But something more important can be learned from the Israelis' hatred of lines: they have no idea what the Palestinians experience on a daily basis."

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The checkpoint system is aimed at ensuring Israeli control over the lives of the Palestinians. Thus, it was strengthened after the signing of the Oslo Accords.

From this perspective, the settlements are not the reason for the checkpoints. The "isolated" settlements and the settlement blocs - part of the "new" consensus of the Oslo era - are the pretext for the checkpoints, but they reveal their real function: We are present everywhere, we will split the Palestinian territory in every way, we will control them.

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