Israel ignores the lessons of history
by STEVE NIVA, SeattlePI.com

The belief that security can be provided by walls and physical barriers is as old as the most ancient walled city. But that city is Jericho and any Israeli schoolchild can tell you what happened to its defensive walls once the ancient Israelites emerged from their desert exodus. They came tumbling down.

Walls and barriers meant to provide lasting security never ultimately work. They have a habit of cracking, falling, being breached, circumvented, written on or even ignored altogether. That's why Hadrian's Wall, The Great Wall of China, the Maginot Line and the Berlin Wall, among others, are now better remembered as monuments to failure than as monuments to lasting peace and security.

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