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Building a Fence against Terror
(Washington Times) Abraham H. Foxman - Israel will continue to build the fence to protect its citizens. It has no other choice. Images abound of the U.S. putting fences and walls in the Southwest to prevent the illegal entry of Central Americans. But it is suicide bombers that Israel has to contend with, not illegal immigrants. If Israel were forced to build the fence along the 1967 borders, the clear message would be that the Palestinians had succeeded in forcing Israel out of the territories without ending the conflict. Any future negotiation will invariably begin with the view that Israel had already conceded the entire West Bank. The notion that building the fence forecloses future negotiations is bogus. Whatever fence Israel is building could and would come down if the Palestinians were to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure and negotiate peace in good faith. The writer is National Director of the Anti-Defamation League.