(Jerusalem Post) Malcolm Hoenlein - The opinion of the Egyptian judge, Nabil Elaraby, best exemplified how the ICJ did not let facts get in the way of its opinion. Elaraby wrote, "Over 100,000 civilian noncombatants have been rendered homeless and hapless" due to the construction of the fence. However, the April 2004 report of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics tells a very different story: Ten destroyed and 14 partially-damaged residential buildings due to the fence.
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