Reply #12: I don't understand your "realities"

[Muddleoftheroad]

Because they are not real.

Israel has avoided walling itself off from the world because they know they have to live there and, unfortunately, they continue to believe they will one day live in peace.

Guess what? Not going to happen. Even if the Palestinians get a state, they will still want more. Israel will be beset throughout history from without.

A wall would have clarified things. No Palestinians allowed in -- ever. Israel for Israelis. Now it is too late. Because WHEREVER they build a wall, the Palestinians will complain and keep attacking. The UN will complain that Israel is not providing jobs (as if that were ISRAEL'S job), the left in America will complain that Israel is not trying to incorporate itself into the Mideast.