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Poll: Americans Support Security Fence
(Jerusalem Post) Melissa Radler - 68% of Americans say Israel has the right to build a security fence "even if many other countries disagree," while 22% disagreed, according to a poll conducted Jan. 23-25 by Ipsos-Public Affairs and released by the Washington-based Alliance for Research on National Security Issues. In addition, 57% said Israel has the right to proceed with construction of the fence "even if the international court opposes it," and 51% say the fence is justified even if it encroaches on Palestinian land, compared to 32% who say it is not justified. The poll's findings, said Alliance deputy director Cliff May, show that "most Americans recognize that Israel and other democratic nations have a right to defend themselves, not least by erecting non-violent terrorism-prevention barriers."