Israeli wall

ISRAEL faced a second day of condemnation at the World Court yesterday over its West Bank barrier but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dismissed the hearings as an “international circus” and vowed to keep building fences.

Cuba and Indonesia, whose own human rights records have come under international criticism, joined Jordan and other countries in backing the Palestinians’ case against the barrier Israel is erecting in and around occupied territory.

Israel has stayed away from the hearings, disputing the court’s right to rule on the case.