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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=18121
Division of Jerusalem Is No Solution to Terror
(Israel Hayom) Nadav Shragai - Anyone who demands after Sunday's ramming attack that Jerusalem be divided is fleeing from terrorism rather than confronting it. Anyone who deludes the public by saying that cutting Jabel Mukaber - the home town of the terrorist - off from Jerusalem will contain terrorism will quickly discover that terrorism is following them into their own neighborhoods. Hundreds of terrorist attacks have been thwarted thanks to the presence of the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency in east Jerusalem neighborhoods. More walls and fences and separation will make it more difficult to operate against, frustrate, and gather intelligence on potential terrorism - allowing those who plan terrorism to make it many times more powerful. Residents of east Jerusalem as a whole are not the enemy. The enemy is the minority among them who attack us and instill fear in their own community. Most of the residents of east Jerusalem want to continue living in a unified Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. Often, residents of east Jerusalem are the ones who beg the Israeli authorities to protect them from Hamas thugs.