Anti-Israel Protestor: "I'm not really excited about Israel. I don't like it."
Interviewer: "Why not? I mean, how much do you know about it?"
Anti-Israel Protestor: "Israel is really, uh, racist, and um, I don't know exactly..."
The above is an excerpt from an exchange outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague this week, broadcast on Israel's Channel Two Television News. Hundreds of anti-Israel protestors demonstrated against Israel and its construction of the anti-terrorism partition, while even more protested in favor. Yesterday, however, was quieter than the day before. Today's session was to be the last before the judges retire to prepare their decision on Israel's counter-terrorism fence. They will decide if they are authorized to rule, and if so, whether the fence is legal according to international law.
Inside the hall yesterday, spoke a representative from Belize - a Central American nation about the size of Israel for which the issue of Israel's partition was important enough to send a delegate to speak - while outside, a mock trial of Palestinian terrorists was held. The testimony offered by relatives of Israeli victims of terror was moving; crying could be heard among those listening, and at least two European Parliament Members said they understood the importance of Israel's war against terrorism.
Other EU Parliament delegates visiting Israel today condemned the fence today, saying that it is "collective punishment" and "should not be built on Palestinian lands [sic]."
Other delegates who spoke against Israel were from Cuba and Jordan. The Cuban railed against the "occupying force" without mentioning Israel by name, while Jordan's Ambassador to the UN said that Israel's anti-terror partition was a danger to the stability of King Abdullah's regime. Employing impressive audio-visual materials, he said that a "new wave of refugees [from Judea/Samaria] is threatening my country."
Monique Chemilier-Gendreau, on behalf of the Islamic bloc of nations, told the ICJ justices today that terrorism against Israel is not as bad as what Israel itself has done. "The suicide attacks against Israel must not be judged in a vacuum," she said. "They must be tied to the much worse blood-filled actions that Israel has initiated against the [Arabs] ever since its establishment." Gideon Meir, coordinating Israel's Foreign Ministry media efforts in Holland, told Ynet in response, "What else can be expected from ten Moslem Arab states that come to indict the victim instead of those who perpetrate the terrorism? It's obvious that her words grant legitimacy to terror."
Interviewer: "Why not? I mean, how much do you know about it?"
Anti-Israel Protestor: "Israel is really, uh, racist, and um, I don't know exactly..."
The above is an excerpt from an exchange outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague this week, broadcast on Israel's Channel Two Television News. Hundreds of anti-Israel protestors demonstrated against Israel and its construction of the anti-terrorism partition, while even more protested in favor. Yesterday, however, was quieter than the day before. Today's session was to be the last before the judges retire to prepare their decision on Israel's counter-terrorism fence. They will decide if they are authorized to rule, and if so, whether the fence is legal according to international law.
Inside the hall yesterday, spoke a representative from Belize - a Central American nation about the size of Israel for which the issue of Israel's partition was important enough to send a delegate to speak - while outside, a mock trial of Palestinian terrorists was held. The testimony offered by relatives of Israeli victims of terror was moving; crying could be heard among those listening, and at least two European Parliament Members said they understood the importance of Israel's war against terrorism.
Other EU Parliament delegates visiting Israel today condemned the fence today, saying that it is "collective punishment" and "should not be built on Palestinian lands [sic]."
Other delegates who spoke against Israel were from Cuba and Jordan. The Cuban railed against the "occupying force" without mentioning Israel by name, while Jordan's Ambassador to the UN said that Israel's anti-terror partition was a danger to the stability of King Abdullah's regime. Employing impressive audio-visual materials, he said that a "new wave of refugees [from Judea/Samaria] is threatening my country."
Monique Chemilier-Gendreau, on behalf of the Islamic bloc of nations, told the ICJ justices today that terrorism against Israel is not as bad as what Israel itself has done. "The suicide attacks against Israel must not be judged in a vacuum," she said. "They must be tied to the much worse blood-filled actions that Israel has initiated against the [Arabs] ever since its establishment." Gideon Meir, coordinating Israel's Foreign Ministry media efforts in Holland, told Ynet in response, "What else can be expected from ten Moslem Arab states that come to indict the victim instead of those who perpetrate the terrorism? It's obvious that her words grant legitimacy to terror."