That bastion of conservatism, The Economist, occasionally moves outside its establishment roots and runs an article such as this, on Israel's "barrier" through Palestinian territory. The writers are Palestinian, a rarity in Western media, and they explain the lives of people affected by a wall designed to make life unbearably difficult. Take this piercing analysis of Ariel Sharon's motives:
"Israel's plan seems to be two-pronged. First, withdraw the settlers from Gaza. (Last month, Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, won the last battle against the withdrawal in Israel's parliament by defeating a referendum vote and a rebellion against the budget.) Second, surround the main West Bank settlements with the barrier and build so many Jewish homes there that giving them back to any future Palestinian state would be impractical."
When George W. Bush meets Sharon this week at his ranch in Texas, the Israeli leader will explain how the Palestinian Authority is falling apart and breaching former agreements. Unspoken, once again, and likely to receive no public US rebuke, is Israel's continuing expansion of settlements in the West Bank, contrary to international law and the supposed Road Map to Peace. So who is serious about peace?
"Israel's plan seems to be two-pronged. First, withdraw the settlers from Gaza. (Last month, Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, won the last battle against the withdrawal in Israel's parliament by defeating a referendum vote and a rebellion against the budget.) Second, surround the main West Bank settlements with the barrier and build so many Jewish homes there that giving them back to any future Palestinian state would be impractical."
When George W. Bush meets Sharon this week at his ranch in Texas, the Israeli leader will explain how the Palestinian Authority is falling apart and breaching former agreements. Unspoken, once again, and likely to receive no public US rebuke, is Israel's continuing expansion of settlements in the West Bank, contrary to international law and the supposed Road Map to Peace. So who is serious about peace?
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"people affected by a wall designed to make life unbearably difficult."
IMHO, having your (insert limb here) blown off, or your child exploded by a palistinian terrorist would be slightly more effective in leading to an unbearably difficult life.
Cheers,
You refer to the Economist, the most respected paper of record in the world, as a bastion of conservatism, which to you is probably the most pejorative term in existence. Like all lefties, you cannot quite believe that people who analyse the facts and come to a different conclusion to yourselves (who regard facts as unpleasant irrelevancies)can possibly be taken seriously.
Not that you have a great deal of supporters if the comments on your board are anything to go by.
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