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Originally Posted by willravel
Swing and a miss. Israel fell back a bit in 2005, but a complete withdrawal isn't just the Gaza Strip.
Israel broke UN Resolution 242 in their annexations. Their withdrawal had to do with international pressures, not peace.
And what did Israel do in those times to provoke Palestine? Nothing? Were they building that wall as a decoration, to make the country more Feng Shui?
The demolition is illegal according to the UN Courts. Israel is a member of the UN and is therefore under the jurisdiction of their rulings. The UN can't do anything about it because Israel's big buddy the US sits on the security council, but it's still illegal, along with the wall and other human rights abuses.
BTW, in this story, and American is run over trying to protect a Palestinian home from being bulldozed. The family in the home was not connected to any terrorists and there hadn't been rocket attacks from the area. She died, btw. |
They built the wall for defense nothing to do with looks. Since the Palestinian government will not stop suicide bombers, they have to defend themselves. And the story of Rachel Corrie is a tragedy. The military was there looking for explosives in the security area, and the autopsy report shows not that she was rundown but was hit by a hard object probably concrete. The house was not knocked down at the time (though I do not know why offhand, but it was destroyed later).
You can continue to say whatever about Israel having an upper hand and not really negotiating in good faith, but they are willing to come to the table and have shown by giving back land the desire for peace. But it has to be a two way street.
Wall is as illegal as terrorist, it is a border that keeps suicide bombers out. Since the UN seems unable to stop it, you have to do what you can to keep your citizens safe.