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03.10.03, 09:45
Via BBC monitoring
Arab News Editorial, Saudi Arabia, October 2
"By approving the so-called 'security wall', the Israeli cabinet has made it
clear to the world that it cares nothing for human rights, international law
and accepted norms... [and] that it has no interest in the long-term security
of the Israeli people themselves, be they Jews or Arab Christians and
Muslims. For by separating the two peoples in such a crude and contemptible
manner... a peace deal between Palestinians and the Israelis [seems] more
unlikely than ever...
"The real aim of the wall is to introduce a system of discrimination that
amounts to apartheid... Washington sees it as a further impediment to the
road map. The question now, as ever, is whether the US will really embrace
its trumpeted role as 'honest broker' and put its money where its mouth is."
Financial Times Editorial, October 2
"The wall... is wrong. It is wrong because it puts beyond reach any
conceivable solution to the century-old question of Palestine. It is also
wrong because purely as a matter of security it simply will not work. The
barrier, moreover, has nothing whatsoever to do with the pursuit of a 'two
states' outcome to the crisis...
"It is worth remembering that the biggest increase in this creeping takeover
of Palestinian land occurred during the peace process. The new wall now
carves out more land from the territories. Furthermore, if the sole intention
of the barrier were to keep out suicide bombers, Israel presumably would not
have had to seize the little remaining arable land the Palestinians have
left."
Riyadh Daily Editorial, October 2
"A UN report this week has said that the controversial wall... amounts to the
illegal annexation of Palestinian territory and must be condemned by the
international community... But at this juncture, Israel is already deep into
the project... At least 13 Palestinian villages and 12,000 residents have
already been affected... Moreover, the construction thus far has demolished
an estimated 100,000 Palestinian olive and citrus trees, 29 hectares of
greenhouses and 23 miles of irrigation pipes.
"These [will] remain as plain statistics... unless there is sufficient world
pressure built up on the Israelis by the world community... Though Washington
has denounced the plan, it would be of no avail unless there is definite
action like, say, sanctions, to force Israel to drop the fence plan for
good."
Detroit Free Press Editorial, October 2
"Plagued by Palestinian terrorists, Israel is entitled to take strong
measures to protect its people. But the barrier... strays considerably
from... the boundary established after the 1967 war. It is seen by
Palestinians as a land grab, an effort by Israel to redefine its edges before
a Palestinian state is formally created.
"To that extent, the barrier is deepening the hatred of those on the other
side. If it inspires the fanatics among them to some new, ingenious acts of
terror... and exacerbates the resentment of Israel throughout the Arab world,
it will give Israelis only a false sense of security. So Israel must consider
the stated purpose of this barrier, security, from both sides of it as the
project continues, and plot the route accordingly."
Adrian Hamilton Independent, October 2
"It's a compromise that should fool nobody. To all intents and purposes the
wall means the end of the road map to peace, and it is dishonest of the
Israeli government to pretend otherwise... The road map was probably doomed
in any case. It was never built on any degree of trust between the parties.
Instead it was entirely dependent on the commitment of the Bush
administration's willingness to put the squeeze on Jerusalem. Now even that
has gone."
