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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=472226&displayTypeCd=1&sideCd=1&contrassID=2
Has the World Given Up on Palestine?
(Ha'aretz) Bradley Burston- Palestinians, their economy ruined by lack of access to work in Israel, have also watched as their protests, international legal campaigns, and UN moves against the West Bank fence have fallen on less than receptive ears. The glacial immutability of the conflict, the lack of clear delineation into victims and villains, as well as the high-profile expansion of Islamist terrorism into the hearts of Manhattan and Moscow may have all played a part in the perceived drop in resonance of the Palestinian cause. Palestinians also watched as normally sympathetic international news outlets explained that the Beersheba bus bombings were carried out in an area unprotected by the West Bank fence, underscoring arguments that the barrier was crucial to Israel's security.