More rain was falling outside her window as the PM stared out across the city towards the western wall. Heidi Goldbloom was deep in thought and wondering why all this was happening during her administration. The intercom on her desk shocked her out of her reverie as her PA announced the arrival of David Pinner, the Israeli Minister of Building and Works.
“Send him straight in please,” Heidi called from the bullet-proof picture window, “David, please sit,” she said as she took her seat behind the oversized desk.
“Thank you Madam Prime Minister.”
“Now David, tell me, what is going on on the Temple Mount site,” Heidi asked.
David looked a little uncomfortable, as he shifted slightly in the chair, “Basically nothing, I am afraid work has stopped again.”
“What is the problem now, we seem to be getting nowhere, very fast.”
“One of our workforce was killed yesterday when a Palestinian rocket hit the site, it also damaged two of the machines, so we have had to close the site down again,” explained David.
“I'm sorry about the workman, let me know about the family, I will send them a letter and make provision for a pension. Now what do you need to get this project started?”
“We have tried almost every security measure we can think of Prime Minister,” stated David, “I know this is over the top but the only thing we haven't tried is building a higher security wall. Ben Marks has drafted in a anti-missile laser battery, so we just need a measure to stop personnel attacks that thrown missiles over.”
“What sort of wall are you thinking about,” the PM asked.
“Ben suggested a plexi-steel sheet on stanchions set above the existing wall, with a over-hang, that will allow our people to see the progress and is virtually indestructible.”
“OK, David, do it, we need to get this project moving,” announced the PM.