Only after we get rid of all these fences, one could ask Israel...

Only after we get rid of all these fences, one could ask Israel not to build a fence that protects her citizens from Palestinian terrorists.


First, we start with the fence between Mexico and the USA. There is really no need for this fence since the millions of illegal Mexicans in the United States do not commit suicide bomb attacks in American restaurants. Write to Mr. Bush and Mr. Powell today. (Nobody told them about this fence.)





Then we continue with the fence between North and South Korea.
A totally useless fence since the regimes of both countries share the same democratic values. Remind their representatives about this:




A fence in Europe! Could it be? But those people live in peace! The fence between Cyprus and the Turkish occupied territory should be removed at once, not only opened during daytime.




Another fence in Europe!
In Northern Ireland this time, where thanks to wise British policy, Catholics and Protestants live in peace together for centuries. Let's get rid of this fence! Write to Mr. Blair. He does not know of these fences in Belfast!




This is a good fence, as friendly Dutch people know how to build. It is only meant to keep illegal immigrants from leaving the harbor area of Hoek van Holland. But the purpose is like any other fence: keep the wrong people out of your country.




Now, this is really bad, A fence between 2 major United Nations members, India and Pakistan.
Look what is says at the website of Tribune:
A farmer with his bullock cart moves along the Indo-Pak border fence near Amritsar on Monday. He has agricultural land beyond the fence. — PTI photo






Another one in Europe! Is it possible? In Solana's own country!
Spain erected a barbed wired fence, guarded by soldiers, in Ceuta, on the border with Morocco, in order to keep illegal workers (without bombs) out of Spain.


Saudi Arabia enrages Yemen with fence!
By John R. Bradley in Sa'ada, Yemen
11 February 2004
Saudi Arabia, one of the most vocal critics in the Arab world of Israel's "security fence" in the West Bank, is quietly emulating the Israeli example by erecting a barrier along its porous border with Yemen.
The barrier is part of a plan to erect what will be an electronic surveillance system along the length of the kingdom's frontiers - land, air and sea. The project, involving fencing and electronic detection equipment, has been in the planning stages for several years. It may cost up to $8.57bn (£4.58bn). Behind the plan is a deep-seated lack of trust in the Yemeni authorities' ability to arrest infiltrators before they make it into Saudi territory.
Source: The Independent
In Africa too:
Electric Fence between Botswana and Zimbabwe
Residents living near the Botswana border with Zimbabwe have welcomed a move by the Botswana government to erect a 10-foot-high electrified fence to separate the two countries. Officially, the fence is to keep out livestock from Zimbabwe suspected of carrying foot-and-mouth disease but people are hoping it will block the path of thousands of illegal immigrants who are fleeing the political and economic turmoil in Zimbabwe.
http://www.cleansafeworldwide.org/doc.asp?doc=1543&cat=168
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Israel vs. the World: Fence Double Standards.

By Erick Stakelback

National Review Online
March 29, 2004
Web site: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/stakelbeck200403290854.asp

With Hamas vowing revenge against all Israelis in the wake of last week's assassination of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Israel may want to reconsider its recent decision to scale back its security fence in the West Bank.

Especially when a number of other countries — fed up with cross-border terrorism, smuggling, and illegal immigration — are doing the exact opposite.

Although their actions have received scant headlines, from South Asia to Western Europe, several countries have built or are in the process of building protective barriers similar to the ones erected by Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The border-security problems faced by these countries, while daunting in their own right, are a far cry from those of Israel, which is engaged in a perpetual struggle for its very existence, one that promises only to grow more precarious with Yassin's death.

But while the Israelis are currently awaiting an "advisory opinion" by the United Nation's International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of their fence, the U.N. has all but ignored security fences built or being planned by Spain, India, Thailand, Botswana, Uzbekistan, and Saudi Arabia.

Could the U.N.'s singling out of Israel have something to do with its historic hostility towards the Jewish state, exemplified by the more than 400 resolutions the U.N. General Assembly has passed against Israel since 1964?

Last month's ICJ hearings at the Hague, which were dubbed an "international circus" by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, amounted to little more than a three-day exercise in Israel-bashing, as the Palestinian Authority — with support from the Organization of the Islamic Conference — dominated the proceedings.

The 15 presiding judges did not hear arguments from Israel, the U.S., Russia, China, or the European Union, all of which boycotted the event. But the ICJ can't hide from the facts.

The refusal by Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian leadership to put a halt to Palestinian terrorism has made the security barrier — which consists of nearly 95-percent chain-link fence, a far cry from the "Holocaust Wall" that some of its critics have suggested — a necessity.

The fence has provided a measure of security for Israel, which has lost 955 citizens (mostly civilian noncombatants) to terrorism since the latest Palestinian intifada began in 2000.

The March 14 suicide bombing in the Israeli port of Ashdod marked just the first time in the past three and a half years that terrorists were able to cross into Israel from Gaza and carry out a successful attack.

This impressive statistic can be attributed largely to the presence of the security fence; so too can the dramatic reduction in suicide bombers coming from the West Bank.

The bottom line is that while the fence may not be pretty, innocent Israeli families are able to rest easier at night because of it. And after 56 years of perpetual war with its Arab neighbors, is any nation more deserving of the right to choose how to protect its citizens than Israel?

In the eyes of the U.N., it appears so.

For instance, nary a word has been uttered by the General Assembly about the security barrier being built by Saudi Arabia along its southern border with Yemen.

The Saudis, who have been among the most vociferous critics of the Israeli fence, began building their own barrier in 2003, purportedly to prevent terrorists and drug smugglers from crossing into Saudi Arabia from Yemen. While the Saudis did pledge last month to halt construction of the project due to complaints from the Yemeni government, whether they honor their word remains to be seen.

The U.N. has also been mum about a razor-wire border fence — funded in part by the European Union — built between the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco in 2000.

According to Jonathan L. Snow of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, "[Spain's] fence, designed to curb the flow of illegal immigrants into Europe, has undoubtedly played a role in the death of more than 4,000 people who have died trying in vain to cross the strait to enter Spain."

For the EU, which has been critical of the Israeli fence, funding the Spanish/Moroccan barrier seems a gross violation of its ultra-liberal ideals.

As for the U.N., it still hasn't publicly rebuked India, which has begun construction on two security fences — one along its border with the disputed territory of Kashmir and the other along its boundary with Bangladesh — in order to stem the flow of Islamic militants into Indian territory.

In addition, the U.N. has yet to issue a response to Thailand, which recently announced that it is building a security fence along its border with Malaysia to block raids by Islamic militants.

Even Botswana and Uzbekistan have erected fences along their borders with, respectively, Zimbabwe and Kyrgyzstan.

Of course, neither of these countries is likely to be dragged before the Hague anytime soon.

The U.N. has already made clear that when it comes to fighting terrorism, it enforces two different sets of standards: one for Israel and another for everyone else.