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To say that the wall stopped attacks is a tad ridiculous. Anyone with a ladder can get over it in about 10 seconds.
Then why are you saying it? When the security barrier was added to a system of patrols and checkpoints it made penetration into Israel much more difficult.
Israeli West Bank barrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Only about 5% of the barrier is a wall, the rest is a multi layered security fence.
Most of the barrier (over 95% of total length) consists of a "multi-layered fence system".[31] The IDF's preferred design has three fences, with pyramid-shaped stacks of barbed wire for the two outer fences and a lighter-weight fence with intrusion detection equipment in the middle. Patrol roads are provided on both sides of the middle fence, an anti-vehicle ditch is located on the West Bank side of the fence, and a smooth dirt strip on the Israeli side for "intrusion tracking".
Some sections (less than 5% of total length) are constructed as a wall made up of concrete slabs up to 8 m in height and 3 m in width.[32] Occasionally, due to topographic conditions other sections of the barrier will reach up to 100 m in width.[33] Wall construction (5%) is more common in urban settings, such as areas near Qalqilyah and Jerusalem, because it is narrower, requires less land, and provides more protection against snipers. In all cases there are regular observation posts, automated sensing devices and other apparatuses. Gates at various points are controlled by Israeli soldiers.
Israeli West Bank barrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In most areas, there are also exclusion areas, so if you were to try to approach the barrier you would likely be detected by an observation tower or electroniic surveilance and stopped by a patrol. For every strategy there is a counter strategy - that's why people still play chess - but tunneling is unlikely to be successful because tunneling is anexpensive, time consuming activity that would likely be reported by the Shin Bet's extensive network of informants. In Gaza, numerous attempts to tunnel into Israel have been detected but only one was successful in 2006.
Contrast this with 2002 when there was no security barrier and no IDF presence in the West Bank and suicide bombers could easily walk across the green line or in some cases take a cab from the West Bank to their targets.
So it's more like a prison wall.
I was just saying, some pictures I saw the wall was in the middle of a street with houses on either side. You could throw a few grenades over the wall any time you wanted. Or climb over quickly...
It's nothing like a prison wall. First of all, only 5% of it is a wall, and second, it is intended to keep people out of Israel, not to lock them up.
In a March 23, 2008 interview, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdallah Shalah complained to the Qatari newspaper Al-Sharq that the separation barrier "limits the ability of the resistance to arrive deep within [Israeli territory] to carry out suicide bombing attacks, but the resistance has not surrendered or become helpless, and is looking for other ways to cope with the requirements of every stage" of the intifada.[37]
Israeli West Bank barrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So regardless of your musings, the Palestinian Arab terrorists consider the security barrier a very effective measure in preventing terrorist attacks.