1. This was often done on a temporary basis at first, but usually the fences became permanent hedges or walls. 2. Perhaps hostesses will be offered coffee or tea, treated the way new neighbors behaved before fences became standard. 3. The fence became a metaphor for that divide. 4. The fence has already become a makeshift shrine, with flowers, flags, and T-shirts attached. 5. The fence became such a fixture that it was ultimately incorporated into the permanent memorial, she said. 6. When lush new sod covered the emptied lot, the fence itself became an attraction, its makeshift exhibits changing every day. 7. Right-wing Israelis fear the fence may become the acknowledged border of an eventual Palestinian state and isolate Jewish settlers. 8. The NRP fears settlers would be left isolated in the West Bank by the enclosure, and that the fence would become the border with a future Palestinian state. 9. The NRP fears the fence will become the acknowledged border between Israel and a future Palestinian state, pre-empting eventual negotiations. |