EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the International Criminal Court as the hearer of this case involving the Israelis' security fence. The case is being heard by the International Court of Justice.
By Chad Groening and Jody Brown
February 24, 2004
(AgapePress) - One of the nation's prominent conservative pundits thinks it is "astonishing" that the issue of Israel's security wall would go before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Gary Bauer admits he is perplexed. He believes that in building a security wall in its country, Israel is not committing a crime. Israel, he says, has the right to defend itself from Palestinian terrorist attacks.
 Gary Bauer |
In fact, the president of American Values says Israel has a duty to build the fence as a defense against "mass murderers who are regularly attacking them." That is why he hopes the Jewish state will remain steadfast.
"I'm hopeful that Israel will ignore any ruling that the court makes, and I hope that the United States will take the same position," he says. "But we do need to keep in mind that even though the United States agrees with Israel that the court has no jurisdiction, the U.S. is pressuring Israel behind the scene to not build the security fence in places where they're building it. So I think U.S. policy still needs to get cleaned up a little bit, too."
Bauer says the whole court proceeding is a fiasco, and that he agrees with Israel that the court has no jurisdiction in this matter. He also encourages Christians to ponder how the birthplace of Christ has "fallen into the hands of a culture that produces homicide bombers and worships death."
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