Israel Proudly Displays Separation Fence To Arriving Tourists

[Purveyor]

The very first thing visitors to Israel see when they walk through Ben-Gurion International Airport’s arrivals hall is an illuminated, panoramic landscape photo showing an area where the West Bank meets Israel. Right smack dab in the middle of it is none other than Israel’s separation barrier. (The road can be seen in the center, with two barbed-wire outer fences on either side and a lighter weight fence in the middle.)



It is as if Israel is proudly saying to its visitors: Welcome to the land of milk and honey, segregation and oppression. As if the wall/fence/barrier has become such an integral part of the landscape that whoever installed this lovely photo montage didn’t even notice.

Or maybe they forgot to photoshop it out and it’s a major oversight (that somebody made a real f–k up)?

Either way, this is mind-boggling – and it certainly takes Israeli hasbara (state PR) to a whole new level. Could it be Israel has reached a point where it is so sure of its own policies that parading around a photo of the ugly separation barrier is totally normal? Considering the way it has been parading around new settlement construction during peace talks, I wouldn’t be surprised.

http://972mag.com/israel-proudly-displays-separation-fence-to-arriving-tourists/77328/

[bravenak]

1. Maybe they're bragging.

They did a good job on that fence. We can't get ours right. I thought we were supposed to get one with electricity and a moat but it never happened. The Berlin Wall is gone so the world needs a new wall to admire.
They're just showing us how it's done.

[azurnoir]

2. I think that for the Israeli government it's a source of pride

afterall didn't the ICC rule against the wall 8 years ago, but there it is in all it's glory so it could be a show of strength in a way

[pelsar]

3. or maybe...just maybe.....(and this maybe a foreign concept to many)

that its simply a reality of israel and there is no reason to go an hide it?....

the whole concept of "hiding the truth" words that can't be said, redefining words to mean different things is simply the cowards way out.

what clearly bothers the author of the 972 mag and others here, is the mindset: that fact and truths dont have to be hidden....knowing reality is a far better way to live.