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The Fence and The Left

In today's Haaretz, Israel Harel criticizes the construction of the security fence as the result of "feelings of despondency and hopelessness transmitted from the grass roots upward, from panicked and exhausted citizens to the government." Harel views the fence as the main symbol of the adoption of a new consensus in which the "remaining dispute between the right and the left today is no longer the principle of the division of western Israel - that process is already in full swing - but rather the route of the fence, the main device for the execution of the division."

Harel points out that including Ariel and nearby Samaria communities within the fence would be in accordance with former Prime Minister Barak's concessions in 2000. Barak emphasized then that "Israel would annex the large settlement blocs that house some 80 percent of the settlers" and annexation of the main settlements was supported by all on the left, including Yossi Sarid and Yossi Beilin. Today, however, the left is vocally opposing including the large settlements within the fence, and is therefore undermining even the implementation of Barak's plan.
posted on 9/18/2003