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Originally Posted by Looger
for the record i'm quite sure that the VAST majority of israelis do not want to live in fear forever, and genuinely want peace with their neighbours
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Definitely.
Only problem is, they want peace on there terms. I've found that just as much as that extreme right politician wants Jerusalem and most strategic land in the southern West Bank, due to religious sites and land rich in agraculture, as well as creating a monopoly around land rich in agricultural and keeping all settlements in central West Bank, so too does the avarage Israeli. I'd have to re-look up the statistics but it's somewhere in the 70% range of Israelis that support settlements and not only settlements but the expansion of them.
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Originally Posted by Cowpoerson
As the global population expands, I think you'll see more of these walls becoming an answer for troublesome neighbours . . . Saudi's wall across its Iraq frontier (the equivalent of Lethbridge to Grande Prairie) and the recent announcement that Pakistan is also building a wall across parts of its Afghan frontier. No doubt you're going to see some sort of wall along the Mexican/USA border as well.
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To compare the two, that Saudi wall would have to annex Iraqi territory and wall in the Iraqi population on there land.
Maybe wall in a few oil field into the mix as well.