Re: New "Israeli" Security Wall Hems in Gaza Palestinians

Of course, the silly man shouldn't have allowed terrorists to use his land
as launching pads for murder missions.

"Abu-Alwafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> New "Israeli" Security Wall Hems in Gaza Palestinians
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> All lost a home, then a son, to "Israeli"-Palestinian fighting. Then he
> found he was unable to pick up the pieces of his life.
>
> The 60-year-old grocer returned from a temporary shelter to rebuild his
> house, only to see a towering iron security wall cutting through land
where
> the building once stood.
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> "Israel" has built the barrier fringing the Rafah refugee camp along the
> Gaza Strip's sandy desert border with Egypt to protect its forces from
> Palestinian militants and try to prevent arms smuggling into the
territory.
>
> "With this wall in place, our houses are gone forever," Abdel-Al told
> Reuters as he stood by the 26-foot barrier where his home and those of his
> two brothers were demolished in an army incursion that "Israel" said
> targeted arms smugglers.
>
> "Israel" is also building a huge electronic security fence inside the West
> Bank with the aim of keeping suicide bombers out of the country.
> Palestinians describe it as a land grab because the fence often diverges
> east of "Israel's" border into occupied territory.
>
> President Bush toughened his stance on the issue on a visit to London last
> week, saying "Israel" must not prejudice final peace negotiations with the
> Palestinians "with the placement of walls and fences."
>
> The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution last month
> condemning the barrier and demanding the project be halted.
>
> The Rafah area is among the worst flashpoints of violence in a three-year
> Palestinian revolt in Gaza and the West Bank.
>
> "Israeli" soldiers frequently fight militant gunmen while guarding the
> border and patrolling the vast, battered Rafah camp, crammed with 80,000
> refugees and their descendants from the 1948 Arab-"Israeli" war.
>
> Troops also conduct search-and-destroy missions against tunnels under
> buildings in the camp. In the process, hundreds of Palestinian homes have
> been razed.
>
> Abdel-Al denied having anything to do with militants. Rafah residents say
> dwellings without any link to tunnels or militants have been deliberately
> demolished as "collective punishment."
>
>   Haaretz November 27, 2003
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