My Heart Pumps Piss

The Israeli security wall, which has reduced suicide bombing dramatically, is infringing on the ability of Palestinians to make money:

JERUSALEM -- The workers at El-Ghazali family furniture store aren't sure whether they're following Israel's so-called security barrier or the barrier is following them.

They have set up shop in three different locations since February, trying to find the perfect spot on the "right" side of the serpentine barrier designed to wall off Israel from the West Bank.

But after shifting around the city and its Palestinian suburbs in a bid to maintain access to customers, factories and warehouses on both sides of the barrier, the store finds itself in the worst possible place--at the dividing line taking shape down the middle of the main road linking Jerusalem to Ramallah.

"You know, animals don't accept to be trapped in a cage," said Said Jinini, the furniture store's showroom manager. "What about human beings? This reality isolates us, separates us, imprisons us in a cage."