So why shouldn't we REALLY treat the Palestinians in a more humane way?

So why shouldn’t we REALLY treat the Palestinians in a more humane way?

This is a question that we are often asked in the letters people write
us after seeing our presentations – especially the last one on
anti-Semitism.

Here is a scenario that is not at all hypothetical –

A young woman, a mother of two young infants living in the Gaza Strip,
arrives at the Israeli army checkpoint terminal.

So why shouldn’t we REALLY treat the Palestinians in a more humane way?

This is a question that we are often asked in the letters people write
us after seeing our presentations – especially the last one on
anti-Semitism.

Here is a scenario that is not at all hypothetical –

A young woman, a mother of two young infants living in the Gaza Strip,
arrives at the Israeli army checkpoint terminal. Each day this terminal
crossing regulates the entry of 15-20,000 Palestinians into Israel. As
this woman passes through the magnetic gate the alarm goes off. At this
point the soldiers at the gate are instructed to do one of two things:
1) Not allow her to go through the gate, or
2) Take any precautionary measures necessary (including the use of
firearms) in the event that they suspect this person is a suicide
bomber.

In this scenario, the “person” is a woman. Women are treated differently
(you can’t ask them to lift their shirts up). The woman at the magnetic
gate starts crying – saying that she needs to get to the hospital
urgently for treatment. She explains that the reason the metal detector
in the gate sounded the alarm is because she has metal plates in her
leg.

Now, here is the dilemma. There is a woman at the magnetic gate. She has
triggered the alarm. We know that in past months there have been a
number of suicide bombings carried out by women. So what would YOU do in
this situation? What would YOU do if you were the one who has to take
this decision? What action would you take?

Here are your options:
1) Send her away – and prevent her from receiving the treatment she
claims she needs – and, by so doing, eliminate the possibility that she
can activate the bomb in Israel. 2) Accept her explanation, and accept
responsibility for letting her through the checkpoint despite the fact
that she has triggered the alarm, and ask her to accompany you to a
special room where a female officer can make sure that she isn’t
carrying explosives (don’t forget that the metal detector went off as
she passed through).

So what would you do if you were the person in charge of the checkpoint?

The scenario continues. The person in charge, under instructions to make
life easier for the Palestinians needing to pass through the checkpoint,
and especially faced by a woman who claims she needs urgent medical
attention (a mother of two infants, don’t forget), decides to let her
through and accompanies her to a room to be searched by a female
officer. The woman falls over as she enters the room and, as people rush
to help her up, the woman presses the button and activates the 5 kilos
of explosives that she’d been carrying on her body. She blows herself
up, murdering 4 Israelis and wounding a dozen others in the process.

Now, here is the REAL dilemma. What should the soldiers at that terminal
crossing do tomorrow morning? Should they deny entry to the thousands of
Palestinians seeking work in Israel in order to provide for their
families? Based on their experience of the previous day, should they
deny entry to Israel to any person claiming that s/he needs medical
attention? These people, with their crutches, wheelchairs, pacemakers,
etc., are the ones most likely to trigger the alarm on the metal
detector.

Or – should they put this incident behind them, and carry on risking
their lives just because the rest of the world (which isn’t present at
this checkpoint) condemns them for not treating these people in a more
humane way.

We would really like to hear your opinion on this matter. And please
spare us the platitude that we shouldn’t be there in the first place. If
we weren’t there, the suicide bombers would have absolutely free
passage.

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