http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/8084/snip - What the wall does is literally make concrete existing atrocities and adds to them by isolating Palestinians in virtual ghettos/prisons. Israeli occupation forces have already confiscated some 30-40% of the land of the occupied territories (West Bank including East Jerusalem and Gaza) for illegal colonies that now house over 400,000 Jews from all over the world. The areas controlled by these colonies are not random. They include major hilltops, the water aquifers, the so called Jerusalem envelope, and the best agricultural areas (including the Jordan River Valley). These are the real reasons for the settlements/colonies.
snip - Fencing people in to force them to starve into leaving is not a new tactic. For example, after the end of hostilities in 1949, the remaining 1500 residents of the town of Al-Majdal were pinned down and fenced in with no access to their fields or jobs until they “voluntarily decided to join their relatives” in the refugee camps in Gaza. This was late 1950; no wars, just economic pressures. Al-Majdal was promptly renamed Ashkelon and now houses the largest number of Palestinian political prisoners from the Gaza strip. Israel holds some 7000 prisoners. On a Palestinian population basis, this would be equivalent to 700,000 Americans thrown in jail for resisting occupation by a foreign government.
snip - Walls like the Berlin wall are ultimately destined to fall. But this happens only if the psychological walls of misinformation, lies, and distortions are torn down. Only then will we have justice, freedom and democracy in Palestine/Israel , broadly in the Arab world, and also here in the US. Democracy requires full disclosure and an informed public. Truly cultured citizens interested in a more rational discourse on globalization, justice, truth, and equality around the world do well to start the hard work of going around all the propaganda and obstacles created by the media concentration in the hands of the few. Memo to Mr. Sharon: tear down this wall. Memo to Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry: tear down the walls of misinformation and stop funding and shielding colonial occupation.
my thought - this is the only way to really fight the war on terror....it remains inextricably linked to the pal/Israel crisis and until that is resolved, nothing changes.
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