And in all fairness it might be worth noting that since its creation, it has generally become regarded by the Israeli populace as the most unpopular act of that government.In all fairness, the Iron Curtain was built to keep people in, not out, and was enforced with lethal force. And you might study the crime/terrorism rates in the areas of the San Diego/Israeli fences, respectively; both have dropped. (Israel is surrounded by countries that want it not to exist; they'd be nuts if they didn't have a fence.)
Either way, in or out to me seems to be arguing semantics - in the sense that I believe it to be a particularly graceless solution to an already ugly issue.
Bearing in mind that I have family close and distant in Isreal - who settled there post ww2 from Eastern Europe after quite violently being denied entry into Palestine, so generally I am quite supportive of Israel. That said, working with our clients (frieght cargo and customs) whilst they sat in quaking bunkers after Isreali bombs flattened their offices (beside the airstrip concourse that were the first bombing sites of the recent "altercation" a few weeks ago) has somewhat made me less firm in my previously held beliefs. But that's niether here or there.
