Security measures in Israel are sad, but a necessary reality of life

The lack of facts in Betty Purcell’s article (November 2) is more than compensated for by fiction. A few examples will suffice.

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If every man, woman and child in the West Bank is under the control of the Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority (PA) would not need EU direct financial support to pay its civil servants. Nor would the PA be collecting tax revenues.