A few years ago liberals couldn't see a connection between those dueling sub headlines: Prison Population Highest Ever and Crime Rate Drops Dramatically. Meanwhile, Israel is scorned by the international community——as usual——this time for building a fence to protect itself against terrorist suicide bombers.

Recently released from a Palestinian Authority prison(!), the bomber responsible for horrific bus murders in BerSheva, Ahmed Kawasmeh, circumenvented the fence by sneaking into Israel from Hevron, where there is no fence, (tragically Israel cannot monitor every millimeter of its border) travelled to BerSheva and slaughtered innocents on a bus. 

Posted by Ethel C. Fenig   9 3 04