Israeli wall debate Intense'
Tuesday's teach-in focused
on the 25-foot-high barrier
being constructed by Israel
By Moriah Balingit
Freelance Reporter
Tensions ran high in 100 Willamette
on Tuesday during a teach-in entitled
'The Israeli Construction of the Wall in
the West Bank." While participants said
the dialogue was productive, Associate
geography Professor Shaul Cohen not
ed that the intense debate "a number of
times strayed from the boundaries of
civil discourse"
The teach-in featured various per
spectives on a 25-foot-high barrier be
ing constructed between the West Bank
and Israel. Israel states that the barrier's
purpose is security, as it has been
plagued by a rash of suicide bombings
during the past three years that have re
sulted in the deaths of900 people, psy
chology major and Oregon Hillel Grin
spoon Israel Advocacy Intern Lach
Litwer said. Critics maintain that the
barrier's construction has hidden polit
ical motives and is a vehicle for "land
grabbing" on the part of Israel.
Participants in the teach-in were
somewhat divided on the issue, but
some hot debate arose over aspects of
the situation.
Honors College Professor David
Frank, author of the book "Shared
Land/Conflicting Identity: Trajectories
of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol
Use," said that he thinks the barrier is
a bad idea. While he acknowledged
that the wall has prevented some sui
cide bombings, he said, "... it's also
(Left to
right) Shaul
Cohen, Dr.
David Frank
and Lach
Litwer
participate
in a panel
discussion
on the
decision to
build a wall
between the
West Bank
and Israel.
Tim Bobosky
Photographer
created a context for the creation of
more suicide bombers."
Litwer, the panel's student repre
sentative, said he believes the wall is
necessary for the security of Israelis
and that it will be beneficial in the
long run.
"This fence is here in order to cre
ate an atmosphere where a lasting
peace can be established," he said.
Cohen, author of "An Absence of
Place: Expectation and Realization
in the West Bank," was the third
teach-in participant.
"In the short term, perhaps the
wall is a good idea," he said.
But Cohen said that he objects to
the projected course of the wall,
which encroaches on the Palestinian
side of the Green Line, a geopolitical
border separating the West Bank
from Israel proper.
"In essence, the course of this wall
ensures its necessity, and that's a
tragedy," he said.
Tammam Adi, director of the Islam
ic Cultural Center of Eugene; objected
to the way the conflict was discussed.
"I'm disturbed by the constant ref
erence to the Palestinians as a prob
lem," he said.
Cameron Levin, the contemporary
issues coordinator for the University
Cultural Fomm, said she attempted to
incorporate a number of viewpoints
when organizing the event.
"There are a plethora of view
points," she said. "The interaction
was intense."
Moriah Baiingit is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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The Department of Public Safety re
ceived two found property reports,
one report of stolen property, one re
port of lost property, one report of a
bike impound at the Knight Library,
one report of bike theft from an off
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larceny.
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reports of suspicious conditions, three
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one at the PLC parking lot.
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