EU says Israel's security fence adds to aid costs

[Resistance]

Reuters AlertNet

AMMAN (Reuters) - Israel's separation wall has worsened the plight of Palestinians and pushed up aid costs to needy Palestinians in 2004, a senior EU humanitarian aid official said.

"We believe this wall creates many additional humanitarian problems and additional costs to our own operations," said Cees Wittebrood, head of European Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) operations in the Middle East and Mediterranean.

"We calculated that some 20 percent is needed additionally to face the humanitarian consequences of this fence," Wittebrood told a news conference late on Saturday.

He said around 200,000 Palestinians living in Palestinian territories were affected adversely by the construction of the security barrier spreading well beyond Israel's 1967 border.

[Jim Sagle]

1. Of course Israel will protect itself with healing defensive measures

The Peace Fence RRRRRAWWWWWWWWWWWWKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

[Resistance]

2. Are you kidding?

Are we supposed to raise our Miller Lites to the Wall which is stealing land and recklessly destroying thousands of Palestinian lives? This isn't a football game. Innocent lives are at stake and land is being stolen.

Israel is responsible for ruining innocent lives, and all you can say is how great it "RAWKS"? How about if someone came through here and said "Suicide bombing RAWWWKKSS!" - would that be acceptable?

[Jim Sagle]

3. Not to me.