Professors for a Strong Israel
Statement to the Press - 14 September 2003
Re: Whose blood isn't red?
Professors for a Strong Israel condemns the Prime Minister's decision to leave
Ariel, Karnei Shomron, and the northern part of the Jordan Valley outside
the security fence. If the fence will have any security value at all, it
is criminal to deprive a large population of its benefits because of
political considerations. In effect, the Prime Minister is proving that
(1) he lacks the backbone to stand up to American pressure, (2) the fence
is indeed being built as a political, not a military instrument, and (3)
he accepts the American position that the fence is the beginning of a
partition of the country.
We expect that the representatives of the Right in the Knesset will continue
to hold up funding for the fence until both its effectiveness and its ultimate
purpose are made clear.
Prof. Benjamin Svetitsky, Acting Chairman of PSI
Tel: 055-327 415