UPI International Intelligence articles from April 2007

UPI International Intelligence archives from April 2007

Analysis: Syria back in the Arab fold.
April 2, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- Syrian Ambassador Imad Mustapha corrected one of his dinner guests last week, commenting that the recent Arab summit in Saudi Arabia had welcomed Syria back into the Arab fold. "It's the...

Review of the Arab press.
April 3, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 3 (UPI) -- So-called moderate Arab newspapers Tuesday warned the Israeli government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert against rejecting or evading the Arab peace initiative that was reactivated at the summit in Riyadh, Saudi...

Analysis: U.N.: bird flu still a threat.
April 3, 2007... Byline: CLAIRE LEVENSON UNITED NATIONS, April 3 (UPI) -- There have been fewer cases of bird flu tallied this year than at the same time last year, but Egypt, Indonesia and Nigeria have not managed to contain the deadly H5N1 virus, which...

Commentary: Pakistan's Talibanization.
April 3, 2007... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 classic, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," was a vivid portrayal of a split personality. Paired, the two names have come to signify bipolar behavior. As...

Analysis: S. Korea's push for open economy.
April 3, 2007... Byline: LEE JONG-HEON SEOUL, April 3 (UPI) -- South Korea's free trade deal with the United States is expected to pave the way for the Asian nation to jump on the free trade bandwagon, which could ensure great benefits to its export-driven...

Analysis: Ukraine in turmoil.
April 3, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 3 (UPI) -- Ukraine has been plunged into a political crisis that has its roots in a power struggle between the country's pro-European president and its pro-Russian prime minister. Monday night,...

Analysis: African economies improve.
April 3, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 3 (UPI) -- There's good news and there's bad news from Africa. The good news is that African economies are generally improving, increasing to a growth level just over 5.5 percent per annum....

Analysis: Pelosi on the road to Damascus.
April 4, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- Ignoring a Bush administration ban on opening diplomatic channels with Syria, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew to the Syrian capital, Damascus, for a meeting with President Bashar Assad....

Review of the Arab press.
April 4, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 4 (UPI) -- Arab newspapers commented Wednesday on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's landmark visit to Damascus. The official Syria Times said it supported Pelosi's view that the visit was an important move that serves U.S....

Analysis: Berlin split over security laws.
April 4, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 4 (UPI) -- Germany's top security chief wants to tighten the country's security and anti-terror laws further, a plan met with considerable resistance from half of the government. Interior Minister...

Analysis: Hopes dim for Syria talks.
April 4, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT JERUSALEM, April 4 (UPI) -- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday sounded optimistic after meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, but experienced hands in the Middle East peace process...

Analysis: U.N. council ponders Kosovo.
April 4, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 4 (UPI) -- Kosovo's future has finally been taken up by the U.N. Security Council as the international body debates whether the province should resume autonomy as part of Serbia or accept a...

Review of the Arab press.
April 5, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 5 (UPI) -- Qatar's ash-Sharq commented in its editorial Thursday the 15 British soldiers captured last month by the Iranian authorities return home not because of a commando rescue operation or attack, but due to diplomatic...

Analysis: The axis of not-so-evil.
April 5, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- Within the past 24 hours, two of the three countries President George W. Bush labeled "the axis of evil" -- Iran and North Korea -- have offered an ever-so-slightly gentler face to the...

Analysis: Ahmadinejad's Easter gift.
April 5, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 5 (UPI) -- The staged release of 15 British sailors by Iran as an Easter "gift" to Britain relieved people in Europe, but it did nothing to improve the West's position in the struggle over Iran's...

Analysis: 'Made In U.S.A.' losing cachet.
April 5, 2007... Byline: SHIHOKO GOTO WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- The days of legislators gathering at the steps of Capitol Hill to smash Toshiba television sets and Sony stereos in protest of Japanese imports flooding U.S. markets are now a distant...

Analysis: Darfur violence may spill over.
April 5, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 5 (UPI) -- Fresh from his first visit to the conflict-torn nations of the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator warned of the threat posed by...

Outside View: Act of grace or desperation?
April 6, 2007... Byline: ALI SAFAVI PARIS, April 6 (UPI) -- While everyone breathed a sigh of relief over the release of 15 British sailors held captive by the Iranian regime for nearly two weeks, the theatrics played out on television screens during...

Analysis: Arab peace initiative's hurdles.
April 6, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, April 6 (UPI) -- With Arab leaders back in their capitals after the summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the Israeli prime minister spending the Passover holiday in an undisclosed Galilee...

Analysis: Stronger U.N. disabilities pact.
April 6, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 6 (UPI) -- The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been opened for signing. On the first day it garnered 81 signatories and ratification from Jamaica. This means...

Policy Watch: Transnational revolution.
April 6, 2007... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- Transnational revolutionary movements seek to promote their brand of revolution not just in one country, but in a group of countries or even the entire world. Nationalist revolutionaries,...

Outside View: No more Orange Revolution.
April 6, 2007... Byline: ANDREI YERMOLAYEV MOSCOW, April 6 (UPI) -- Ukraine's tussle among its ruling elite is about to enter a new and sharper phase: a crisis of power. The distinctive feature of this situation is that before, legislative and regulatory...

Walker's World: Post-Blair knives are out.
April 9, 2007... Byline: MARTIN WALKER WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- With the sudden shock of an unexpected thunderstorm, a large and jagged obstacle has thrust its way across what had looked to be a smooth succession from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown as...

Analysis: Air of change in the Arab world.
April 9, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- It may not be a wind of change sweeping the Arab world, but it certainly is "a breath of fresh air," said Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's ambassador to the United States. Something very unusual...

Review of the Arab press.
April 9, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 9 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's al-Watan said in an editorial Monday that four years after the occupation of Iraq, the biggest loser has been the Iraqi people. The semi-official daily said while it's true the people got rid of a...

Commentary: Multicultural boondoggle.
April 10, 2007... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) -- Islamic activists in Europe have taken a leaf out of the old Communist guidebook for the "long march through the institutions." In Antwerp, for example, the City Council has been...

Analysis: Iraq and Japan's back-scratching.
April 10, 2007... Byline: SHIHOKO GOTO WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) -- Japan remains the second-largest economy in the world, even as it remains poor in natural resources and effectively importing all of its petroleum needs. Indeed, more than 90 percent of...

Analysis: Indecision dominates France.
April 10, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 10 (UPI) -- The critical phase of the French presidential campaign has begun, with the country's former security chief in the lead and two more candidates closely behind. Get ready for some potential...

Germany to help boost Syria's economy.
April 10, 2007... BERLIN, April 10 (UPI) -- Syria will bank on the help of Germany to push forward economic reforms and attract foreign investors, Berlin said. Germany has pledged $94 million in development aid to Syria for the next two years, the German...

Outside View: U.S. backs NATO enlargement.
April 10, 2007... Byline: TARAS KUZIO WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) -- On March 6 and 9 both houses of the U.S. Congress approved the "NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007." The act follows in a long line of U.S. legislation adopted since 1994 that strongly...

Analysis: Pressure on Sudan steps up.
April 10, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 10 (UPI) -- Diplomatic pressure on Sudan is rising over its conflict-torn western region of Darfur as reports increase of violence expanding beyond its borders. A Beijing delegation...

N. Korea defectors form body in South.
April 10, 2007... SEOUL, April 10 (UPI) -- North Korean defectors in South Korea launched a unified political body Tuesday to fight dictatorship in their communist homeland. The group, named "The Committee for Democratization of North Korea," also said it...

Review of the Arab press.
April 10, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 10 (UPI) -- Arab newspapers commented Tuesday on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad when U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein's regime. Jordan's ad-Dustour said in an opinion piece that Baghdad fell at the...

Analysis: Doubts over North Korea deal.
April 10, 2007... Byline: LEE JONG-HEON SEOUL, April 10 (UPI) -- With a weekend deadline for initial denuclearization steps just days away, prospects remained dim that North Korea would act on a nuclear disarmament agreement on schedule over a protracted...

Walker's World: France's cyber-election.
April 11, 2007... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PARIS, April 11 (UPI) -- The French presidential election, now just 11 days away, presents a striking contrast between old and new. The issues are politically antique, hoary old shibboleths of left and right and...

Analysis: N. Korea urged to close reactor.
April 11, 2007... Byline: LEE JONG-HEON SEOUL, April 11 (UPI) -- The United States and South Korea Wednesday called for North Korea to keep on track in its nuclear disarmament agreement, pointing out that a dispute over Pyongyang's assets frozen at a Macao...

Analysis: Iran helps U.S. missile shield.
April 11, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 11 (UPI) -- Iran's latest claim that it is capable of enriching uranium on an industrial level has encouraged proponents of U.S. plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe, but Moscow is still not...

IMF upbeat on slower global growth.
April 11, 2007... WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- The world economy is in good shape, but growth is likely to slow down this year and next in most countries, including the United States. That was the conclusion reached by the International Monetary Fund in...

Analysis: No solid stats on Iraq security.
April 11, 2007... Byline: KRISTIN BILLERA WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- The size, strength and capability of Iraqi security forces remain an enigma, with neither the Pentagon nor the Iraqi government able to offer any solid information. That much was...

Analysis: Syria is not a U.S. enemy.
April 11, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has come under heavy fire on a number of fronts over her trip to Damascus and her meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad -- an enemy of the United...

Analysis: U.N. debates nuclear disarmament.
April 11, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 11 (UPI) -- With Iran moving at a gallop to enrich uranium for nuclear fuel and North Korea pulling back on the reins to slow its pace in developing nuclear weapons, the U.N. Disarmament...

Review of the Arab press.
April 12, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 12 (UPI) -- Arab newspapers commented Thursday on a series of suicide bombings that rocked Morocco and Algeria this week. Algeria's al-Khabar asked whether the triple attack in the Algerian capital on Wednesday was targeted...

Commentary: Sharpton's Chutzpah Inc.
April 12, 2007... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- Google Al Sharpton and to his critics, he is known as "Al Charlatan" or "Rev. Soundbite," a rabble-rousing racial ambulance chaser who never met a video camera he didn't like. To...

Analysis: Israeli-Arab lawmaker disappears.
April 12, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, April 12 (UPI) -- An Arab member of Israel's Knesset who is abroad while security authorities investigate his alleged offenses symbolizes the deep division and suspicions between the country's...

Analysis: N. Korea focuses on economy.
April 12, 2007... Byline: LEE JONG-HEON SEOUL, April 12 (UPI) -- North Korea has vowed to revive its ruined economy and improve the livelihoods of its famine-hit people by appointing a transport technocrat as the country's new economic czar. The move,...

Analysis: Al-Qaida in the Maghreb.
April 12, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 12 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for the Algiers bombings, and the world should have been prepared: Only weeks ago, a pair of German terrorism experts issued a paper...

Analysis: Hopes grow for Japan-China ties.
April 12, 2007... Byline: SHIHOKO GOTO WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- The finest sushi that money can buy was served on hand-crafted plate ware, together with the best Kobe beef available, to the Chinese premier on his first visit to Tokyo. And in turn, Wen...

Policy Watch: Key to democratic revolution.
April 13, 2007... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- There have been several attempts at democratic revolution in recent years. Some of these have succeeded, but others have failed. Why? A key factor in determining the success or failure...

Analysis: N. Korea moves before deadline.
April 13, 2007... Byline: LEE JONG-HEON SEOUL, April 13 (UPI) -- With all eyes focusing on what North Korea says about its funds frozen in a Macao bank, Pyongyang made the first move Friday in response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the financial...

Outside View: Elliot Abrams' Maghreb plot.
April 13, 2007... Byline: CLAYTON E. SWISHER WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- As the debris from bombings by the newly formed al-Qaida in Maghreb offshoot in the heart of the Algerian capital still smolders, another attack is looming in the diplomatic front....

Analysis: From Tartus to Jerusalem.
April 13, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT JERUSALEM, April 13 (UPI) -- Gaunt, white-haired, Syrian-born Ibrahim Soliman was excited Thursday as he entered Israel's Knesset. Soliman, who grew up in the small coastal town of Tartus and hadn't dreamt he would...

Interview: Iraqi premier rejects timetable.
April 13, 2007... Byline: KEN JOSEPH JR. TOKYO, April 13 (UPI) -- In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared upbeat about the future of his country, despite the daily dose of bad news emerging from Iraq every day....

Analysis: Positive signs in Darfur?
April 13, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (UPI) -- Just because there have not been many horror stories out of Sudan's beleaguered western region of Darfur recently doesn't mean we will soon be hearing positive news from the...

Walker's World: France looks at coalitions.
April 16, 2007... Byline: MARTIN WALKER PERIGUEUX, France, April 16 (UPI) -- With less than a week to go before the first round of voting, France's presidential election remains a cliffhanger, so close that leading politicians are already calling openly for...

Review of the Arab press.
April 16, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 16 (UPI) -- The Palestinian al-Ayyam daily commented Monday that the meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Sunday was different from previous summits. The mainstream...

Analysis: Morocco's dual offensive.
April 16, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- As Morocco faces renewed violence from terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qaida, authorities have counter-attacked by launching a dual assault: anti-terror police operations to thwart...

Atlantic Eye: Morocco's role -- Part 1.
April 16, 2007... Byline: MARC S. ELLENBOGEN TANGIER, Morocco, April 16 (UPI) -- Two explosions by Islamist cells in Casablanca in the past week should not eclipse Morocco's crucial role for Europe and the United States. Morocco is a strong economic...

Analysis: Russia treats dissent harshly.
April 16, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 16 (UPI) -- The Kremlin's violent crackdown on opposition protestors has sparked outrage, but no real diplomatic action in Western Europe. Over the weekend several hundred Kremlin critics were beaten...

Review of the Arab press.
April 17, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 17 (UPI) -- London-based al-Hayat commented Tuesday that while the official aim of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Middle East tour is to reduce Iranian influence in the region and support the Iraqi government, there...

Analysis: Sudan OKs military help, again.
April 17, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (UPI) -- Sudan says it will accept the peacekeeping force the U.N. Security Council has been trying to dispatch to the violence-wracked western Darfur region of the sprawling East-Central...

Analysis: Turkey criticizes EU presidency.
April 17, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 17 (UPI) -- Turkey is unhappy with Germany's European Union presidency, as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan feels Berlin should have done more to push Ankara's bid to become a member of the...

Analysis: Israeli shekel's mixed blessing.
April 17, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, April 17 (UPI) -- Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer Tuesday had a piece of advice for Israeli businessmen who set prices in U.S. dollars: "They should use the shekel. It's about time they...

Analysis: U.N.'s climate-change debate.
April 17, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council for the first time has taken on the question of climate change, energy and security, as requested by Britain, this month's president of the panel of 15....

Commentary: Open source intelligence.
April 18, 2007... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, April 18 (UPI) -- Almost all the world's intelligence services subscribe to it. It is arguably the world's best intelligence. Its daily brief is read avidly by anyone who matters in governance...

Walker's World: France's divided Left.
April 18, 2007... Byline: MARTIN WALKER BORDEAUX, France, April 18 (UPI) -- The postmen of France have done their Herculean job, delivering more than 300 million election addresses, one for each of the 12 presidential candidates, to more than 25 million...

Review of the Arab press.
April 18, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 18 (UPI) -- Several Arab newspapers commented Wednesday on the Virginia Tech shooting spree that left 33 people dead, including the shooter. Syria's official Tishreen said despite the tragedy, U.S. President George W. Bush...

Analysis: S. Korea grapples with killings.
April 18, 2007... Byline: LEE JONG-HEON SEOUL, April 18 (UPI) -- South Koreans, who were jubilant Tuesday night over their country's winning the right to host the 2014 Asian Games, rapidly fell into shock following reports that a South Korean native was...

Analysis: Darfur at the crossroads.
April 18, 2007... Byline: WILLIAM M. REILLY UNITED NATIONS, April 18 (UPI) -- Sudan's misbegotten Darfur, the northeast African nation's sprawling westernmost region that has been the scene of four years of dire humanitarian and security conditions, has...

Analysis: U.S. and Israel probe alliance.
April 18, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, April 18 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz Wednesday advocated preparations for "real steps" against Iran's nuclear program, but U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said, "The...

Outside View: India spreads nuclear wings.
April 19, 2007... Byline: MUAZZAM GILL ANAHEIM HILLS, Calif., April 19 (UPI) -- With India's successful test firing last week of Agni-3, its longest-range intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Asia's arms race has gone up another notch....

Analysis: Security vs. justice in Germany.
April 19, 2007... Byline: STEFAN NICOLA BERLIN, April 19 (UPI) -- Germany's two top federal ministers are increasingly at odds over how much leeway authorities should have when combating terrorism. The two forces at odds are the country's security...

Analysis: Olmert tries to calm Syria.
April 19, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, April 19 (UPI) -- In a determined effort to prevent rumors and miscalculations from leading to Syrian-Israeli hostilities, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert this week repeatedly tried to set the...

Analysis: Moroccan bombers not the A-Team.
April 19, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- A spate of suicide bombings that shook Casablanca, Morocco's main commercial city on the Atlantic coast, has diplomats and terrorism experts worried that this could be the beginning of...

Review of the Arab press.
April 19, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 19 (UPI) -- Arab newspapers Thursday welcomed a decision by Arab foreign ministers to start marketing the Saudi-proposed Arab peace initiative but raised questions about Israel's acceptance of the plan. Saudi Arabia's Okaz...

Analysis: No contender yet post-Wolfowitz.
April 20, 2007... Byline: SHIHOKO GOTO WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- Whether Paul Wolfowitz resigns under pressure or stays on until his term ends in 2010, one thing is clear: It will not be easy to undo the damage done by the current World Bank president....

Policy Watch: Iran and the Iraqi Sunnis.
April 20, 2007... Byline: MARK N. KATZ WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has long claimed that Iran is providing arms and training to anti-American Shiite militia groups in Iraq. For Iran to do this may be reprehensible, but is at least...

Politics & Policies: French elections.
April 20, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- French voters will go to the polls Sunday to cast their ballots in the first round of the country's two-round presidential elections. There are 12 candidates running for the job; 12...

Analysis: N. Korea's offshore funds.
April 20, 2007... Byline: LEE JONG-HEON SEOUL, April 20 (UPI) -- North Korea is still using its funds in a Macao bank -- now unfrozen by the United States -- as an excuse to delay denuclearization. After months of haggling, the cash-strapped country is...

Commentary: Brains vs. judgment.
April 20, 2007... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- In his book "The Pursuit of the Ideal," the late Isaiah Berlin wrote, "Utopias have their value -- nothing so wonderfully expands the imaginative horizons of human potentialities...

Analysis: Iran presses for talks, not war.
April 20, 2007... Byline: HARBAKSH SINGH NANDA ALMATY, Kazakhstan, April 20 (UPI) -- Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami says Tehran has no desire for a nuclear weapon, but any isolation, sanctions or military strike against his country would worsen...

Analysis: The Quartet's record.
April 20, 2007... Byline: JOSHUA BRILLIANT TEL AVIV, Israel, April 20 (UPI) -- Five years ago, Spain initiated what has come to be known as the "Quartet," which has been trying to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. At the time, Spain held the...

Analysis: Sarkozy, Royal in face-off.
April 23, 2007... Byline: CLAUDE SALHANI PARIS, April 23 (UPI) -- And then there were two. The people of France voted Sunday in the first of two rounds to elect the next president of the republic. And the winners of the first round are Nicolas Sarkozy...

Walker's World: How France is now EU key.
April 23, 2007... Byline: MARTIN WALKER CANNES, France, April 23 (UPI) -- The first round of France's presidential election has set the stage for an epic duel between left and right, and between two sharply different visions of the modern post-industrial...

Review of the Arab press.
April 23, 2007... AMMAN, Jordan, April 23 (UPI) -- Arab newspapers Monday blasted a U.S. move to set up a security wall in Baghdad and compared it to the Israeli barrier erected in the West Bank. The London-based al-Hayat said in a commentary the separation wall...