Israel Matzav: Doing violence to history

Doing violence to history

William Jacobson hangs up the argument that Israel's wall 'security fence' (that's what we like to call it) near the 1949 armistice lines is anything like the Berlin Wall, which came down 20 years ago on Monday. That argument does violence to history.

One can quibble over the best path for the barrier, and the Israelis argue among themselves over the proper path. But to compare the Israeli barrier to the Berlin wall does violence to history.

The Israelis built a wall for protection from people who wanted to kill them. The East Germans built a wall to oppress and control their own people.

In yet another futile publicity stunt, some Palestinians tore down a piece of the wall on November 9, to gain some press coverage off of the Berlin celebrations. And the fools who cheer them on do more damage to the peace process than any wall ever could, by perpetuating the false Palestinian narrative of perpetual victimhood.

Indeed. Read the whole thing.

Israel Matzav: Doing violence to history