Apologies to my Jewish friends, but -

[docwebster]

Somebody want to remind why exactly Germany building a wall was bad, and Israel building "security barriers" isn't?

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[nsingman.livejournal.com]

No apology necessary to this Jewish friend. However, since I don't sympathize with Israel, I'm the black sheep in my Jewish family (no pun intended).

The obvious difference is that Israel's wall is being built to keep outsiders out, rather than insiders in (the purpose of the Berlin wall). I am sympathetic to the innocent victims of the terrorists (I don't see how blowing up children advances the cause), and the innocent victims of the Israelis' ham-handed responses (I don't see how demolishing a dead bomber's second cousin's girlfriend's home makes Israel safer). But all in all, I don't have a dog in this fight.