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Mideast Update
An Israeli soldier checks a Palestinian woman's identification at checkpoint between the West Bank and Jerusalem (AP) Email to friend
Reprisals, retaliations and despair; even crackdowns and reoccupation can't seem to stem Palestinian attacks. After a bloody weekend, Israel is enacting a strict travel ban in the West Bank and parts of Gaza, and it's resumed the practice of destroying suspected bombers' homes. But no matter what the Israeli Defense Force does, insecurity reigns in the streets of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and beyond.
Israelis who once called for negotiations now demand a wall to separate their nation from their neighbors. Well, there's 120 feet done, only 225 miles to go. And as criticisms of the Sharon government escalate, so does malnutrition amongst Palestinian children.
Calculating the cost of the military approach: assessing the chances for progress in the Middle East.
James Bennet, New York Times Mideast correspondent
Jerrold Green, director of Middle East policies of Round Corporation
Lietenant Colonel Yehuda Shaffer, a reservist currently on duty in Raffiah, located in the Gaza strip.
Yehuda Shaffer, It feels as if it was our second war of independence listen
James Bennet, They fear that if Israel makes concessions while the fighting is going on, they?ll make the same mistake they did in Lebanon when they unilaterally withdrew. listen
