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Tue 03 Mar 2004Israeli wall creating Palestinian ghettoes
Two decades ago the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish wrote: "I have seen dew drops as bombs / when they shut the gates of my heart on me / built barricades and imposed a curfew . . .", writes Proinsias De Rossa
Recently, together with 10 other MEPs of all political shades, I visited the site of the ultimate barricade: the so-called "security" barrier being built by the Sharon government, ostensibly as part of its campaign to defeat terrorism.
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