- Tel Aviv (SatireWire.com) - Israel today continued to
believe it was building a massive fence to seal off the West Bank
instead of unwittingly footing the bill to construct the first stage
of an 800-mile-long wall meant to seal off the entire state of Israel
from everyone else.
Since construction began Sunday, Arab leaders have continually condemned
the barrier, statements that have successfully motivated Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon to keep building it.
"Israel should not unilaterally build a wall along its borders simply
to keep Palestinians out," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa
said at a press conference yesterday. "We prefer negotiation over
separation."
- "How was that?" Moussa then whispered to an
aide.
"Great. They're still walling themselves in," the aide said.
Increasing the pressure, Jordan's King Abdullah II added he hopes Israel
"will at least stop once they've built a fence, and will not add sensors,
patrols, obstacles, and trenches." In response, Israeli government
spokesman Dan Gold said the fence was "just the beginning. Soon we
will have a full security zone, with sensors, patrols, obstacles, and trenches."
"This is too easy," Abdullah said later.
Abdullah also insisted he wants to meet with Sharon next week to vehemently
oppose construction of, say, a full 800-mile wall around the entire country.
As a result, Sharon is expected to refuse the meeting and finish the wall
by winter.
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