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Later in the day, at a checkpoint, we saw four Palestinian Arab men handcuffed and blindfolded and left baking in the sun. Many of the Germans snapped pictures wildly, looking horrified. The Israelis seemed unaffected, and they theorized about why the men were being detained.

The brutality of this permanent war, thrust upon the Israelis by the terrorists, has been a shock for some of the Europeans here to absorb. But it has been equally shocking for them to see how years of unrelenting terror have numbed this country's people.

With fences so easy to climb -- and to fire rockets over -- it can be hoped that the Germans saw that Israel is within its rights to draw the line wherever it sees fit.

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