Israeli wall drives Palestinians to despair

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Karmadillo (841 posts) Feb-23-03, 11:55 AM (ET) Israeli wall drives Palestinians to despair http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1045511053783 By Sharmila Devi in Bethlehem Published: February 22 2003 1:36 | Last Updated: February 22 2003 1:36 Jamil Hosh arrived at his olive-wood factory and souvenir shop in Bethlehem this week to discover that Israel planned to seize a large chunk of land in his neighbourhood - leaving his business stranded in a military ghetto. Mr Hosh is one of about 700 mostly Christian Palestinians affected by Israeli plans to build a wall that will loop around the Rachel's Tomb Jewish shrine in Bethlehem. Israel says the 360km fortified wall that will encircle the West Bank is vital to prevent terrorism. The route of the wall is still being decided but settlers are pushing for it to include them and holy sites on the Israeli side, taking land from Palestinians in the West Bank. Thousands of Palestinians will also be fenced in on the Israeli side, cutting them off from their farms, water wells and public services. The wall has rekindled Palestinian fears of "transfer". Rightwing Israeli politicians use the word to promote the dispersal of Palestinians, not necessarily in a forced manner but through creating such difficult conditions that people flee to find better lives. A rise in house demolitions, the exile of militants and their families and the wall have heightened Palestinian worries of an escalation in Israeli operations while world attention is focused on a war against Iraq. more...   Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    guess they can do away with the prayer monitors.. absynthe Feb-23-03 1  Sick and sadistic -- that's Sharon -- PATRIOTICDISSENT Feb-23-03 2  No matter what the intentions of the wall is for.... Jackie97 Feb-24-03 3

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absynthe (11307 posts) Feb-23-03, 12:33 PM (ET) 1. guess they can do away with the prayer monitors.. to make sure only Jews pray there now anyway.. When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. Eugene V. Debs   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

PATRIOTICDISSENT (50 posts) Feb-23-03, 04:00 PM (ET) 2. Sick and sadistic -- that's Sharon --   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

Jackie97 (71 posts) Feb-24-03, 00:43 AM (ET) 3. No matter what the intentions of the wall is for.... I think that the wall is going to make things worse all the way around. I think that Likud party uses terrorism to their advantage so well. It's disgusting.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Top

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