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UN building fence on Lebanese border
Hagai Einav
Published: 10.04.08, 22:05
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1. Wait A Minute: Where's The World's Outrage?
emanon ,   USA   (04.10.08)
Israel wants to build a wall to keep terrorists at bay and the world at large, the UN in particular, says this is the equivalent of an aparthied policy. Now the UN itself wants to build a wall and the world is OK with that? If it is OK for the UN to build a wall to keep undesirables out, it should be OK for Israel to do the same.
2. THE U.N. IS A PACK OF SCUM BAGS !
(04.11.08)
3. Worlds don't become 'enraged'.
Ypip ,   Canada   (04.11.08)
People do.
4. Syrian Alawites whose village lies mostly Lebanon
Jake   (04.11.08)
yet who are full Israeli citizens and want their entire village to be on the Israeli side of the border, but the UN are trying to divide them with a wall, I mean fence, against their will. Wow. Who knew? That's some Apartheid Israel practices!
5. quick call jimmy carter apartheid fence
arthur ,   jersey city usa   (04.11.08)
Quick call Jimmy Carterapartheid fence. Fences are ok to protect un troops but not Israeli civilians
6. emanon - This Fence is being built on the border
Mr. Know-It-All ,   Frostbite Falls, MN   (04.11.08)
Israel did not build its Apartheid fence along its border, it built in on illegally occupied Palestinian land as part of its campaign of ethnically cleansing the Palestinians. Nobody would have cared if Israel had built a fence along its own border, which is internationally recognized and referred to as the Green Line, but that is not what Israel did now is it?
7. #1, #3
Andrew ,   USA   (04.11.08)
#1: I can't wait for the UN to send a fact finding commission to investigate the "human right abuses" caused by this fence... I wish them all the success Israel has had, and then some... #3: You know exactly what #1 means, but you don't have a valid response. Hence you play semantics. Next time either add something to the conversation, or don't post at all.
8. THE UN IS AN APARTHEID ORGANIZATION!!!
Aharon   (04.11.08)
Hypocrites.
9. Build wall in New York around U.N. Bldg.
Mike Shepherd ,   Texas, USA   (04.11.08)
We would all be better off and there actually might be a chance for peace and viable solutions to world problems if we all got together and built a fence around the U.N. It was useless in it's inception and it's only gotten worse. Or do you think the Korean peninsula, Darfur, Bosnia, Lebanon, etc. are fine examples of New World Order?
10. The UN is pathetic
Jakov   (04.11.08)
Now they realize that the very people on the Lebanese side are the ones who can turn against them. So they now are building a wall to protect themselves. Now, what 3,000 to 4,000 troops on the ground going to do anyways? The force is really too small to be of any deterrent value. The only reason why Lebanon stays put is because Israel is the real deterrent.
11. Rockets go right over the fence
Edelbert ,   usa   (04.11.08)
Barbed wire fence is useless.
12. Will un condemn its own security fence ? LOL !
TRUMPELDOR ,   eurabia   (04.11.08)
13. #6: #4 is right...
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (04.11.08)
...but you just can't admit it. The colonial powers drew a random "border" through the village. Now there are two good solutions which #4 points out. You could move the border south and let the Israeli citizens become Lebanese, but these people (like any sane human) don't want to live under an Arab regime. You could move the border north, but then you would have to give Israel another square kilometer of territory and admit that Israel isn't an apartheid state but a free democracy. So of course, the UN and "Know-it-all" support a stupid idea at the expense of the citizens of Ghajar to perpetuate the crimes commited by the imperialist powers.
14. # 6 The Green Line is an Armistice Line
Thomas   (04.11.08)
and not a border.
15. If we protest, would the UN take their fence down?????
Vicky ,   Ashkelon Israel   (04.11.08)
16. LESSON FOR ARABS
petra ,   USA   (04.11.08)
DON'T START A WAR WITH ISRAEL. IT HAS A HEAVY PRICE AND THEY ONLY GET YOU MORE FAILURES. DIVINE JUSTICE.
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