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YOAV WEISS al aZaria, 2007
buytheWaLL.CoM
buytheWall.com is pleased to offer choice pieces of the barrier being built
between israel and the occupied West Bank (a.k.a. Judea and Samaria).
First, a little history: in 1961 Communist East Germany erected a wall between
itself and West Berlin to keep its citizens from defecting. This wall became a
symbol of the persecution inflicted by the Communist regimes of Eastern
Europe.
in 1989, thousands of protestors tore that wall down. Despite years of socialist
indoctrination, a few of them were entrepreneurial enough to market pieces of
the wall to tourists as souvenirs. Tiny chunks sell today for 2-5 Dollars apiece.
The separation barrier between israel and the occupied-territories has already
become a symbol of the palestinians’ struggle for freedom from israeli occu-
pation as well as of israel’s battle to prevent terrorism. pieces of the wall are
sure to become highly desirable souvenirs when israel, which has acknowledged
that the wall is temporary, eventually dismantles it. moreover, like the
Berlin wall, it is already covered with graffiti, some of them by established artists.
it is worth noting that those sections of the Berlin wall that were so decorated
were the first to sell and fetched the highest prices.
The wall consists of pre-cast concrete sections 8 meters high designed to
withstand an anti-tank missile. They are suitable for use as tabletops, sculptures,
paperweights, benches, and generally as conversation pieces. They
can be yours from buythewall.com at only 15 Euros a piece in sizes ranging
from half a square meter to two square meters.
So enter buythewall.com and buy your piece of The Wall!
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