Down home and informed. The Haaretz article provides some details about the plans for settlement expansion onto Palestinian areas of the west bank, along with the arcane law used to justify the decision. The impact upon any peace process is emphasized.

It is like a voice (or two) crying in the wilderness, "Make zero tolerance the basis of your Middle East policy". I comes loud and clear from the tiny crevice between those who claim "This land is my land.' and those who claim, "This land is my land". It is a plea arising from the horrendous putrid rash that continues to develop and worsen in the lands so many refer to as "holy". This has been going on during my whole lifetime, and has forced me to abandon any sense of faith, ... More »

Good strong story illustrating why the US needs to pressure Israel heavily, in the manner totally foreign to George W. Bush, so that it does not destroy itself by expanding illegal colonies of Jewish settlers planted on land stolen from the Palestinians.

It is amusing to see that this article successfully points out that fences circle people out and also circle people in. It was clever to point this out. It is a good example of journalism including an alternative point of view in such a way that one must think about its meaning. Settlement expansion needs an objective overview. It rarely gets one. I wonder if this could have been published in America?