Linda Grant writes of the women of Machsom Watch. ‘Machsom’ means ‘checkpoint’ in Hebrew. The organization observes the conduct of Israeli soldiers and police at the checkpoints which control the movement of Palestinians. One of these women expresses the following view, similar to that I have argued for on this blog:
Ora is not opposed to fences on principle. She wants the Israeli government to end the occupation, withdraw to the Green Line and build a border. “There will still be terror,” she said, “but we will be justified if we hit back.”