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"There is no way to avoid the decision, "
Shahal said last week at a symposium at
the Truman Institute at the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem.
"I don't know of any other country in
the world which has given up its right to
control who enters its territory" Shahal
said, referring to the current situation in
which hundreds of Palestinians, most of
whom are seeking work, enter Israel
daily. Israel's security forces are unable to
stop them.
In addition, too-easy access to jobs
inside Israel may in fact reinforce
Palestinian militancy — leading them to
conclude not that they are fortunate to
have jobs in a foreign country, but that
they have the right to work in what they
still consider Palestine.
"Every Palestinian worker entering
Israel realizes, in effect, the Palestinian
demand for their 'Right of Return,' "
said Avineri, referring to the Palestinian
desire to return to homes abandoned
during Israel's War of Independence.
But not everyone — whether on the
left or the right — agrees on the need
for separation.
"We are actually talking about forced
separation, where one party would dic-
tate the rules of separation to the weaker
party," said Meron Benvenisti, the for-
mer deputy mayor of Jerusalem. "The
principle of 'separate but equal' does not
work if the dominant party is the one
that dictates the rules. "
Hard-liners, including leaders of West
Bank settlers, also staunchly oppose the
plan for ideological reasons, albeit differ-
ent ones: They fear the fences will lead
Israel to ignore the precarious situation
of West Bank settlers.
"If one wants to protect the Israelis,
one should not neglect the Israelis" in
the West Bank, said Ron Nachman,
mayor of the settlement city of Ariel.
But these voices not only are becom-
ing a minority, they now fly in the face
of the fence-building work.
"Sometimes you pay dearly for finan-
cial savings," Shahal said. ''By failing to
erect the separation line in time, -We have
not saved money, but we continue to
pay the heavy price of human lives."