Local and international peace activists pull down a concrete block, part of Israel's controversial separation barrier, during a protest in the Qalandia refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 9, 2009 to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany. Palestinians are using the anniversary of the end of the Berlin wall to press their campaign against Israel's 'wall', mostly a razor-wire fence interspersed with concrete barricades which Israel began building around the West Bank in 2002. The Jewish state has come under international censure for the barrier's de facto annexation of occupied West Bank land. Getty Images.
Berlin Wall:
What's the difference between the Berlin Wall and the Israeli Wall?
The Berlin Wall was built to keep people on the Communist side from experiencing the freedom and prosperity on the Western side. People from the Western side of the Wall were not going into East Berlin and committing acts of mass murder against the East Berliners.
The Israeli Wall was built to keep people on the Israeli side from being mass-murdered by people from the Palestinian side.
How difficult is that to understand?
"The Berlin Wall was built to keep people on the Communist side from experiencing the freedom and prosperity on the Western side. People from the Western side of the Wall were not going into East Berlin and committing acts of mass murder against the East Berliners.
The Israeli Wall was built to keep people on the Israeli side from being mass-murdered by people from the Palestinian side.
How difficult is that to understand?"
Ain't that the truth, Babushka.
Posted by: Convert from ECUSA | November 10, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Pretty difficult to understand, actually.
Suicide bombers wont find other ways to get around the wall? Of course they will. The wall is separating school from student, mother from son, marketplace from customer. THAT is different than "mass murder". People from Palestine AND from Israel need to see the other person for themselves, and not see a massive, scary, and horrendous wall separating two wonderful civilizations.
Posted by: Laith A | November 13, 2009 at 02:56 PM
Before the wall was constructed, there were many more suicide bombings than there are now. Perhaps you have short term memory loss and do not remember the horrible attacks from 2000-2004. It does seem that the separation barrier and checkpoint controls have prevented more of these attacks from taking place.
What is so wonderful about "Palestinian civilization" that distinguishes it from the wonderful civilizations of Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon?
Posted by: Vicious Babushka | November 14, 2009 at 07:56 PM