Israelis consider building ‘Berlin Wall’ in Jerusalem

The police minister, Uzi Landau, who met yesterday with Mr Sharon to discuss ways of boosting security after two devastating Palestinian attacks in the city centre of Jewish West Jerusalem, said that “stone walls and barriers” are to be constructed to keep Palestinians from the West Bank out of outlying Jewish areas of the city.

The walls will be high: they are meant not only to deter Palestinians from crossing, but to make it harder for Palestinian fighters to snipe at Jewish areas or throw petrol bombs. The Scotsman