Checkpoints are something, which is uncomfortable for everybody on both sides, but unfortunately still necessary.
There is no way to take them away regarding the fact that Israel is constantly threatened from terror and suicide attacks.
What other solution do you see?
I know that it’s a shame, that thousands of innocent and good people loose their time at the checkpoints and I understand that they are angry, because they loose time and money queuing up. They have nothing to hide and no bad intentions.
But as long as these crazy terrorists come over the border and try to introduce bombs, what shall the government do?
It’s the government’s duty to protect its citizens don’t you think so?
I have seen the misery going on there and thought that it’s inhuman. But then I thought, that one horrible day maybe 99,99% of these poor people do have nothing to hide and are treated in this unfair way - But 1 terrorist is among them and will cause injuries and death if not discovered at the check point.
I also would wish that the situation would be a different one and these horrible checkpoints would belong to a grey past, but actuality shows us, that unfortunately this isn’t possible at the moment.
I think there should be more people working there to avoid long hours of waiting and accelerate this sad process as much as possible, because nobody wants innocent people to loose their time and despair.
This is and has been always the big injustice in the world: Millions suffer the consequences of the acts of a few crazy people...
I hope things will change in the future, I hope that the next generation will do better...
Once again, I think we should try to make many more efforts to try to find a solution, which suits both parts, and we have to find this solution soon for the sake of everybody living in Israel and for the sake of the next generations.
It’s no way to say, oh things are like that and it’s the fault of the others… this way of pessimist thinking has no future!
In the end nobody will win, everybody will loose.
I won’t give up my hopes…