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February 23, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/02/23/dl2302.xml

Positive Side of the Fence

(Telegraph-UK) Editorial - It is worth asking why this question should have come before the Hague judges at all. The ICJ is not a supreme court; it is an arbitration panel. It provides a mechanism whereby two states can, by mutual agreement, refer a dispute to third-party settlement. Faced with a choice between international disapprobation and more Israeli deaths, Mr. Sharon has understandably opted for the former. He believes that the fence would have prevented Sunday's atrocity in Jerusalem; and he is almost certainly right. Even in the relative safety of the United Kingdom, we are seeking to bring our frontiers under control. Surely Israel, which has been the target of thousands of terrorist attacks during the intifada, has the same right.

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