Israel risks 'apartheid-style boycott'

[Resistance]

Aljazeera

A senior Israeli minister has warned his country risks an international boycott over its controversial separation barrier similar to that faced by apartheid-era South Africa.

"There is a danger that we will be exposed to an international boycott as was the case before the fall of the regime in South Africa," Justice Minister Tommy Lapid told Sunday's cabinet meeting, his spokesman Tzahi Moshe said.

Lapid, who is also a deputy prime minister and leader of the centrist Shinui party, said the government should "have another look" at the route of the apartheid wall, which has attracted international condemnation as it cuts deep into Palestinian territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government insists that the apartheid wall, which it calls a "security fence", is essential to prevent attacks on Israeli territory by Palestinian fighters.

But the Palestinians see the montage of barbed wire fencing, trenches and concrete as an attempt to pre-empt the boundaries of any future two-state settlement and grab some of their most fertile land.

[bluesoul]

1. So even an Israeli minister sees the problem

yet some here at a progressive forum don't. Hmm, what does that tell me? :shrug:

[lcordero]

2. That's economically impossible

[JasonDeter]

3. If my neighbors are trying to kill me and the police do nothing

the walls going up. And if 20 ft tall is not enough I'm building it higher. You can disagree with me putting it up but until you fix the reason for me having it I ain't changing.

[Resistance]

4. build what you want

just don't steal land, like Israel is doing with this Apartheid Wall.

[Scurrilous]

9. Speaking of land theft....

Security official: Fence to annex 6 percent of W. Bank

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/379288.html

<snip>

"Six percent of West Bank territory will effectively be annexed into the Green Line with the completion of the separation fence planned for the end of 2005, a security official said on Sunday.

The official, speaking to a forum supporting the West Bank fence, said that the first and second phases of the construction have already transferred 1.7 percent of the West Bank into the Green Line.

In addition, Ministry of Defense data revealed that the fence's deviation eastward from the Green Line in the area between Salem and the settlement of Elkana has resulted in 15,000 Palestinians being located west of the fence. This population includes the residents of Baka al-Sharkiya as well as Palestinians staying in Israel illegally."

[frylock]

6. and if your neighbor kills someone..

you have no problem with the authorities leveling your apartment building?

[number6]

8. good one ...

heh whatever it takes to fight terrorism :eyes:
if we gotta shred the bill of rights so be it :crazy:

[methinks2]

5. similar thread

in breaking news section

[number6]

7. building walls literally and figuratively

..

[Lithos]

10. Locking

Dupe:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=44332