Don’t get me worng, I’m in total support of the security checks and they are a neccesity – but we shouldn’t talk ourselves out of reality.

f only there were a way to inconvenience ONLY the terrorists/and evil/wrgdoers, while not incnveniencing innocent Israelis and innocent Palestnians.

We hear much about how *harsh* the checkpoints and closures are on the general Palestinian population, and how *wrong* it is. But you know…how often do we hear about the numerous inconveniences the terrorism has caused on Israelis….the security guards and checks of personal, private bags and backpacks throughout Israel to ensure there are no bombs contained in them, and other inconveniences. Yet how often do we hear the general Israeli population complain about this to the media?

What the Palestinian people need tod is become more self empowered and start taking control of their own situation to stop the terror attacks,etc.

Sadly though, the palestinian people gt caught between a rock and a hard place…if they disagree with the terrorist du jour they get beaten, tortured or killed…. Sadly, the people living on West Bank in the mid to late 80’s and to a great degree, since then have been living under a political/violent regime not too dissimilar from Hitler and the nazis. The one difference is Hamas and ther ilk don’t have the power to kill the Jews. They do, however, seem to have the power to bully their own people into the stuation we find them.

Unfortunately, their propaganda machine has portrayed Hamas as *really peace loving * people. scary, that.

Mark-

As far as inconveniencing today’s Philistines, tough. Stop blowing up Israelis. They find that inconvenient.

chsw

The problem with mobile checkpoints is that they are less able to resist being broken through by brute force (say, APCs loaded with suicide bombs), and may also be easier to slip through. It depends, though, and being able to throw up a checkpoint wherever needed (and take it down the moment journalists and/or UN observers are called) could help greatly.