Supreme Court and Security Fence

Shalom! On Monday we went to the Supreme Court and the security fence.  The evening before we had heard about the procedures the guy from Kids For Peace has to go through every day just to pass from the West Bank to Israel.  Then on Monday we actually got to see it, event though we didn't go through the checkpoint, we drove around the roundabout and saw the wall.  A checkpoint that should normally take about 25 minutes can take him up to two and half hours!  We had also been told to think about whether the fence was necessary and important or not.  We learned about the bus bombing attacks and concluded that after the fence was established, the bombings went down significantly so there was definitely a need for it, even if it might affect people's style of living a bit.  We also went to the supreme court, where we got to sit in on a case for a little and although it was in Hebrew it was still pretty interesting.  We learned that the person with the most seniority sits in the middle and then from right to left, it goes most seniority to least.  The case we sat in on had the Court Justice.  We learned that the architectural style of the court building was meant to represent the inside and outside coming together.  That is why there were outside stones on the inside of the building too.  We learned that the more controversial a case is, the more judges they will have, but usually it would just be three.  It's very different in Israel because even non-citizens can present a petition, which no other countries do.  Israel doesn't expel citizens to international courts because they fear anti-semitism.  The maximum sentence is lifetime, which is 23 years.  Israel has one supreme court, six district courts, and 30 magistrate courts.  Israel has a pretty different legal system than America.
My question for you is...What do you guys think about the security fence, do you see it as necessary?

This was the front of the building, which had a sign on it and it translates to The House of Justice from Hebrew.

This is the view from the inside of the second floor of the building of the Supreme Court,  they wanted to emphasize the effect of inside and outside characteristics in the building.

This is the library that judges, lawyers, etc. can use to research certain topics as needed.  It can be used for references and more information.

This is the memorial stone outside of the bus stop, which marked the 100th bus bombing of the second intifada.

This is the "Security Fence" in between Israel and the West Bank.  It's a wall/ fence that essentially surrounds the whole perimeter.

This is a hallway that was halfway inside and halfway outside.

This is Sami and Stephan posing with the fence behind them.  Well, Sami posed but Stephan wasn't ready.