Siege Mentality

There are also implications for Israelis—they’d be psychologically separated from the 150 Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and treating anything beyond the fence as not ‘proper Israel.’ Is the fence a symbol of Israel’s failure in countering terror? No, argue officials, pointing to the decision to re-occupy parts of West Bank after last week’s bomb blast in Jerusalem. In other words, Israel is neither tired nor defeated. But with Israel also deciding to control the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, there could be the danger of creating ‘deeper buffer zones’ beyond the buffer zone. Just how many fences can Israel erect between itself and the suicide bomber?