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...construction on a fence to start. Although such a barrier is anathema to some Israelis because it excludes many Jewish communities which have grown up in the West Bank, it will protect Israel from a continued terrorist assault. Israel must also protect its citizens in those West Bank settlements that a fence cannot encompass. Only by showing the terrorists that Israel will not give in under fire will the Israelis be able to negotiate a political settlement. But the fence is merely a short-term solution...
...newly uncovered documents prove what many have believed all along—that Arafat is only an impediment on the road to eventual peace. By building a fence and enforcing a cooling-off period, Israel is on the right track toward a just settlement...
...seeming to concede to the other, intervention from the U.S. and Britain allowed progress to be made without either side losing face. The Staff has consistently called in the past for more American attempts to resolve the conflict; it is puzzling that the Staff recoils when a mutually beneficial settlement to one problem is finally reached...
...Staff’s endorsement of a fence to separate Israel proper from the West Bank completely glosses over the root of the conflict and will only be counterproductive towards an eventual settlement. Building a cage around the West Bank will only reinforce the Palestinian people’s sense of alienation and despair...
Last Saturday, Palestinians dressed as Israeli soldiers infiltrated a settlement and killed four people, including a five-year-old girl. In response, on Monday Israeli soldiers dressed as Palestinian civilians infiltrated Hebron and opened fire on Palestinian police. Though the fighting in Israel has diminished in recent days, the war goes on. The Staff would continue to play the politics of brinkmanship; we would prefer small but significant steps toward peace...