(Houston Chronicle) Editorial - Once again the UN, this time through the International Court of Justice, has refused to deal realistically with the role of Palestinian violence. In a preposterous ruling, the court held that the barrier Israel is constructing along parts of the West Bank "cannot be justified by military exigencies or by the requirements of national security or public order." When was the last time any of the learned jurists dared to take a bus in Jerusalem, to go shopping in Haifa, or just to have a coffee in Tel Aviv? President Bush and Sen. John Kerry took a properly dim view of the ICJ meddling. If, as the court suggested, the Security Council takes up the specific issue of the barrier, the U.S. should make clear from the start that it will veto any provocative resolution that does not strongly take into account the fundamental question of Palestinian terrorism.
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