James Brooks: Israel's New War Machine Opens the Abyss: "Israel's occupation of the Palestinian Territories passed through a profound transformation during the last several months. Through a series of policy changes and military orders, the West Bank 'security fence' has gradually revealed itself to be the backbone of a comprehensive new system of land theft, imprisonment, collective punishment...and worse. The question is not whether it is a 'political fence' or a 'security fence', but whether it is an engine of ethnic cleansing."

James Brooks: Israel's New War Machine Opens the Abyss: "Israel's occupation of the Palestinian Territories passed through a profound transformation during the last several months. Through a series of policy changes and military orders, the West Bank 'security fence' has gradually revealed itself to be the backbone of a comprehensive new system of land theft, imprisonment, collective punishment...and worse. The question is not whether it is a 'political fence' or a 'security fence', but whether it is an engine of ethnic cleansing."