Israel's West Bank Wall

American Voices

January 21, 2004 | ISSUE 40•03

Amid protest from Palestinians, Israel began construction on a 25-foot-tall protection barrier on the edge of Jerusalem. What do you think?

Anyone can tear things down, but it takes someone really special to build things up.

Joseph Berlin
Systems Analyst
A wall is a good start. It's no 'giant lid over the whole fucked-up region.' But it's a start.

Jeff Lockre
Salesman
God, these Jerusalemites. You'd think one famous wall would be enough for them.

Karla Vanhoose
Tailor
As a poet, I see this wall as a metaphor for something—but what?

Randolph Bunn
Banker
This plan will definitely solve Israel's problems. Unless the Palestinians somehow get their hands on tunnel-digging 'pick and shovel' technology.

Ed Jin
Driver
A wall of steel and concrete may stop the Palestinians from entering certain areas, but it cannot stop the Palestinian heart from soaring. That's what the soldiers are for.

Nan Hastings
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