Condi Rice thinks that Israel should dismantle checkpoints and allow Palestinians to freely travel between Gaza and the West Bank.
This is why that idea is insane:
A Palestinian man was arrested Friday afternoon at the Hawara checkpoint, located south of Nablus, with three explosives devices concealed in his belongings.
Soldiers manning the crossing uncovered the bombs during the man’s security check. The man was taken for questioning by security forces and sappers have been called in to detonate the explosives in a controlled manner. (Efrat Weiss)
Condi can go and suck eggs!
Just set up an automatic detonator to trigger any explosives brought through as they pass. That way, no checkpoint would be required. Any explosives would go boom before they can enter Israel.
This hasn’t been invented yet? Oh, never mind (HT Emily Litella).
In all fairness, I don’t think the Bush administration really wants to dismantle the checkpoints. They’re probably just throwing a bone to the world community by suggesting it, knowing full well that Israel wouldn’t build walls just to leave them ungarded.
Actually, I googled for this news story but couldn’t find any references. Could you post a link or something?
There’s a link in the post, John.
I meant about Rice’s remarks.
Oh, you mean the “benchmarks” plan. Here.