Mariam Shahin

About the author: Mariam Shahin is a freelance journalist who works in the Middle East. Her articles have appeared in the London Independent, the Guardian, and the Christian Science Monitor.

The Israeli security wall being built between Jewish settlements and the Palestinian population in disputed Palestinian territories is a flawed and dangerous solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It might provide a small measure of protection for Israeli settlers in the West Bank but is doing so by making the Palestinians prisoners. Walls have been erected before during the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and have not worked to bring peace. The only logical reason for erecting the wall is to allow further Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory. If the international community fails to stop the wall's construction, there will be...