Monday 11 January 2010

Victimhood Poker

From the BBC:

Israel has ... been building a controversial barrier in and around the occupied West Bank in recent years. It says it is needed to defend Israeli citizens from attacks by militants. Palestinians, however, consider it a land grab. In 2004, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued an advisory ruling that the barrier was illegal and should be removed.

Egypt is meanwhile building an underground barrier along its border with Gaza to stem the smuggling of weapons through tunnels.

3 comments:

dearieme said...

Well the Gyppo one is like a big rabbit fence and therefore rather cuddly.

James Higham said...

Plus the Israelis are building a barrier too between Egypt and them.

Mark Wadsworth said...

D, probably. But an impartial org like the BBC would never interfere or take sides in a Muslim vs Muslim battle, would it?

JH, true, I used an excerpt from an article about exactly that. Big boo, obviously, those nasty Israelis defending their own borders. Shouldn't be allowed.