This Wall is a monstrosity. There is no excuse for it. All the reasons given are complete bullshit. It is simply another way to steal land, also by making the Palestinians unable to feed themselves or earn any kind of living. The Israelis must know full well that if you build a Wall to stop suicide bombers, then the anger will be diverted elsewhere. But nothing deters them. Besides this, the Wall means that the Israelis are inside it with all their weapons pointing over it. They are cutting themselves off from the rest of the world. What a very sad State it is.
For anyone interested, there are two excellent films: Budrus, directed by Julia Bacha, shows the peaceful resistance of a village to the Wall cutting them off from their land. The film Wall by Simone Bitton concerns the buidling of the Wall, the position Israel takes and the consequences for Palestinians.

The wall is not a monstrosity, its location is. The author of this message seems to have forgotten the large number of terrorist bombings directed against the civilian population that preceded the building of the wall. Many countries have built walls on their borders with less reason and hardly anyone complains about them. If the Israeli wall followed the green line border their would be no cause for complaint, so let's focus on the real issue. Or does anonymous really want to see the return of the terrorist bombers?

As more of my fellow Americans are made to understand the brutal tactics employed by the Israelis in their war of extermination against the Palestinians, I would hope that the continuing support for these dreadful people will cease. I do not want any more of my tax monies being funneled to the present war criminals currently administering the country. I also hope that we are looking to find the Israeli spies who, like the Russians recently apprehended, need to be sent out of the country - the ones who steal our nuclear secrets and anything else of use in their quest to destroy the people whose land they stole and are continuing to steal.

Mr. Sarin sounds like a child, caught in the act, saying his brother is worse. Wrong is wrong.

Stan Nadel, If you are going to try to excuse the wall then start at the wall and work back:
The wall was built supposedly to stop attacks from Palestinians (but it's route clearly shows it is a landgrab). The Palestinians attack because they are occupied by Israel and their land continues to be colonised. Every human being has a right to live in freedom. Every indigenous people, and the Palestinians are the indigenous people of Palestine and what is now called Israel, have a right to either their own country in what is left of their land or in one State with equal rights for all; i.e. as other colonising nations like the US have done. There would be no wall if there were no attacks; there would be no attacks if Palestine had not been occupied and colonised. Ergo, the problem is not with the wall, nor the attacks by Palestinians but by Israel's occupation and continued colonisation. The Israeli occupation of Palestine is one of the most brutal and murderous in the modern age. If you were a Palestinian you would also attack your oppressor. If you were a coloniser and occupier with conscience you would end the occupation, negotiate final borders, pay compensation for suffering caused to the indigenous people and then there would be no attacks... and no wall.
 

Let's set one fact straight to clear up whom is to blame, terrorists or Israeli thieves: FACT is that the Israelis began stealing and occupying Palestinian lands first, then Palestinians reacted by blowing up innocent people in Israel. The United States continues monetary and bizarro support for "our friends" the Israelis, which endangers Americans everywhere because of a double standard State policy by the U.S. Peace can be won by compromise, understanding, and willingness.