Here's a fascinating item from today's Jerusalem Post.
'I used to be against the fence, now I'm for it'
Sami Mcarah, a 29-year-old Arab Israeli resident of Jaffo got off a bus at Tel Aviv's old bus station just minutes before a bomb went off on Sunday that killed one woman and injured 30 others.
"I used to be opposed to the security fence, but now I support it, and I'm going to start a foundation to support the fence's construction" Mcarah told Israel Radio.
"The terrorist had no intention just to hurt Jews, but he went out to kill as many people as possible. The Palestinians are stupid for what they're doing, they're not achieving anything and in the end they will only turn us Israeli Arabs against them," said Mcarah.
Mcarah, wounded by shrapnel to his leg, said he rushed over to a woman he saw on the ground and tried to help her. He said he took her pulse but she was already dead, "The images in my head will never go away, although I feel lucky that I have a new life after surviving the second terror attack."
Yes, this was his second terror attack.
I used to be against the fence, too, for obviously different reasons. But it's clearly saving lives. It's just impossible to argue with the statistics. So while I still see this as a short-term fix for a long-term problem, the short-term fix seems to be working. Today's events notwithstanding.
