Try Security Fortress, Try Canton, Try Concentration Camp in the literal and original meaning of the word.

A fence isn't 10m tall, constructed of solid concrete with medieval watchtowers/gunemplacements at regular intervals, with cramped massively fortified gates for Palestinan access that are cattle corals not gateways. All this the perimeter of the worlds largest offensive emplacement, Israeli settlements atop hills nothing more than the massive fortress towers themselves.

Been there. Seen it.

I find it tragic that the ADL, who have rightly fought against real racism and anti-semitism in the past, are now so willing to act as mouthpieces for the ultra-Zionist agenda of the Sharon govt. Can't you see this alienates many genuine anti-racists?

Whomsoever he or she is, they should take the time out to consider whether the actions of the Israeli terror-state are in fact doing the vast majority of the world's Jewish population (who are not psychotic bloodthirsty Arab-hating racists) a massive disservice.

And its not enough to say "Yes but loads of Arabs are bloodthirsty and hate Jews."

As my dear old mum would have said: "If they started it, then you stop it."

Maybe my dear fellow Jew you should read this article by another fellow Jew that appeared on the IMEMC website earlier in the week.

And like another commenter I have been there. I have seen it. Israel is not my country and never will be if it continues to behave in this way. Whatever happened to Jewish ethics?

Your Home Is My Castle
By Ran Ha Cohen, November 17, 2003 9:30

The Apartheid Wall – the so-called "security fence" – presently being erected deep in occupied Palestinian land has already left about 12.000 Palestinian villagers outside it, trapped between the Wall and the Green Line. All this territory, between the Apartheid Wall and Israel proper, has been termed "the seam zone." The Israeli Army recently ! issued clear and detailed orders concerning this zone, as reported by Amira Hass of Ha'aretz (14.10.2003): "An individual will not enter the seam zone and will not stay there; An individual found in the seam zone will have to leave it immediately."

What about a Palestinian who lives in the seam zone? -Well, he "will be permitted to enter the seam zone and stay there, so long as he bears a permit in writing" issued by the Israeli Army.

So if you happened to have your house in the seam zone, and you are aged 12 or older, you have to persuade the Israeli Army to give you a permit to stay at home, or to go home. If you expect a visit, first make sure your guest fills one of the 12 relevant application forms – for an owner of a business in the seam zone; a merchant; an employee; a farmer; a teacher; a student; an employee of the Palestinian Authority; a visitor; an employee of an international organization; an employee of a local authority or infrastructure company; a member of a medical team; or for 'all other objectives' – the Israeli Army thinks of everything. Once your guest has filled out the form, and has been lucky enough to obtain the permit, he is most welcome to visit you.

Obviously, the Israeli Army may or may not issue the permit. The Army may limit its validity, withdraw it, or suspend it at will. It may take you several days to get a permit, it may take months. But it may also depend on the applicant: he may be politely asked – in a discrete conversation with an anonymous agent in dark sun-glasses – to keep an open eye on his neighbours or family if he wants to get a permit, or to grant the Israeli intelligence some other service: No free lunch.

Obviously, these draconic measures are not really applied to everybody. Some people do not need a permit. These are:

"1. A citizen of Israel;
2. A resident of Israel;
3. Anyone entitled to immigrate to Israel according to the Law of Return."

So if your mother happened to be Jewish, and you live in Montreal, in Mexico City or in Johannesburg, you need no permit at all to go to the small West Bank village of Salim. But if you are a Palestinian, even if you and your family have been living in Salim for centuries, y! ou cannot stay there without a written permit from Major General Moshe Kaplinski "or someone acting on his behalf", as the order goes.

Major General Moshe Kaplinski has not been summoned to the International Criminal Court in the Hague yet for this racist order. I doubt whether he ever will be.

But if you ever wondered what the world would have looked like if Hitler had won the War, I think this could give you a pretty good idea.