each other and from the remainder of the West Bank." It will annex 9.5 percent of the West Bank to Israel, including some 10.2 percent of the total cultivated area. It will "physically separate East Jerusalem"—the hub of Palestinian society—"from the rest of the West Bank," and "already separates Bethlehem from Jerusalem." The consensus of expert opinion is that the wall will preempt any possibility of a viable Palestinian state and, consequently, of a just two-state settlement. The result will be the dismemberment of Palestine and, in all likelihood, endless bloodshed. The white glove of legality that the Israel High Court has drawn over this sanguinary process will be drenched in blood as well.

Beyond the egregious practical repercussions of the Israel High Court's decisions, they attest on anthe Iranian nuclear project. And if this involves a protracted, conventional air assault on the Iranian nuclear facilities—then so be it. The Iranians will have brought that assault on their own heads. And, if conventional weapons cannot do the job—and if Israel is forced to go the course alone, it is doubtful that its conventional capabilities will be sufficient to destroy the Iranian nuclear project—then non-conventional weaponry will have to be used to stymie the project. And many innocent Iranians will die. But the Iranians will have brought this upon themselves by bringing to power and leaving in power a leadership that will have forced Israelis to do what was necessary in order to survive. ("A Second Holocaust")

CONCLUSION

 In response to pressing political developments, this writer completed in