Jordan Valley Fence Would Finalize The West Bank's Complete Enclosure

[Purveyor]

In what might be a shot to the heart of current peace negotiations, Netanyahu is reviving plans to build a ‘security fence’ in the Jordan Valley. If the fence follows the original route it will enclose any future Palestinian state, cement impossible Bantustan borders and give birth to a new map of Israel’s borders.

By Haggai Matar |Published November 4, 2013

Ten years after international pressure led Israel to scrap construction plans for the Jordan Valley section of the security/separation fence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on track to revive them. Two Ma’ariv – Makor Rishon correspondents on Sunday reported that several government ministries are already making preparations for the project and that Netanyahu himself will order the commencement of construction once the Egyptian border fence is completed. According to Ma’ariv, the official excuse for constructing the new segment is the fear that Syrian refugees now staying in Jordan might infiltrate — although there are no known reports of Syrians trying to make it to the West Bank from the Hashemite Kingdom — and “closing the Israeli border.”

However, the correspondents also mention the un-coincidental timing in which Netanyahu made his plans known: just as negotiations with Palestinians seem to be hitting a dead end, with the question of sovereignty in the Jordan Valley reportedly being one of the central obstacles. Just last week Netanyahu made clear at a Likud conference that he considers Israeli control of the Jordan Valley a key strategic issue and a red line for all future agreements.

It is still unclear where exactly Netanyahu plans to build his fence. When West Bank separation barrier maps were originally drawn about 11 years ago, however, they included plans for a fence that would separate most of mountain area, where the vast majority of Palestinians live, from the vast expenses of the Jordan Valley. American objections to that route led to its cancelation as early as 2003, as well as to the halt of construction of whole segments of the fence/wall east of Jerusalem and in the south Bethlehem/Gush Etzion areas, leaving large gaps in the planned route of the barrier to this day.

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1. hmmm, this reminds me of something....

I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's a catch-phrase and meme that's constantly repeated by moderate liberal Zionists like shira, pelsar, King_David, mosby,... even the progressive Shaktimaan. Let's see:
"If you don't support a ...something, something, something... then you're an anti-semite who wants to see the destruction of Israel."

Well whatever! Obviously Netanyahu isn't an anti-semite seeking the destruction of Israel, so this Jordan Valley border fence has to support ...something,something,something. Logic - y'see - I don't even have to remember the dratted ...something,something,something... for the logic of it to kick in.

Dang, but my memory has been slipping since how long, 24 hrs? ago, when I proved that the basic laws and high court decisions of Israel guarantee one ethnic group a demographic majority. As a condition of Israel's democracy. But then Dave said I didn't prove anything of the kind, even though I'm sure I cited the exact basic law and high court decision at issue! Damn my memory issues anyway!!

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. Nutty has to make sure that what is left for the Palestinians, what the settlers

haven't bee allowed to seal anyway, looks as much like a ghetto as possible.

If a casual observer were to see this in action they might deduct that Israel is trying to drive off the Palestinians by choking them to death.

Is that how a modern democracy is supposed to act?