Posted on 06/19/2002 7:22:48 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
Arabs Slyly Building Wall Around Israel
Tel Aviv (SatireWire.com) — Israel today continued to believe it was building a massive fence to seal off the West Bank instead of unwittingly footing the bill to construct the first stage of an 800-mile-long wall meant to seal off the entire state of Israel from everyone else.
Since construction began Sunday, Arab leaders have continually condemned the barrier, statements that have successfully motivated Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to keep building it.
"Israel should not unilaterally build a wall along its borders simply to keep Palestinians out," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said at a press conference yesterday. "We prefer negotiation over separation."
"How was that?" Moussa then whispered to an aide.
"Great. They're still walling themselves in," the aide said.
Increasing the pressure, Jordan's King Abdullah II added he hopes Israel "will at least stop once they've built a fence, and will not add sensors, patrols, obstacles, and trenches." In response, Israeli government spokesman Dan Gold said the fence was "just the beginning. Soon we will have a full security zone, with sensors, patrols, obstacles, and trenches."
"This is too easy," Abdullah said later.
Abdullah also insisted he wants to meet with Sharon next week to vehemently oppose construction of, say, a full 800-mile wall around the entire country. As a result, Sharon is expected to refuse the meeting and finish the wall by winter.
The Refusniks, who came from Russia, were too educated and skilled to accept the labor jobs Palistinians traditionally filled. Israelis must now rethink thier reliance on cheap Palistinian labor.
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