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	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Q&A: What is the West Bank barrier?
		Palestinian land is confiscated to build the barrier; hundreds of Palestinian farmers and traders are cut off from their land and means of economic survival.
		Palestinians say a fence around the entire West Bank might have shown the Israeli government was serious about ending the occupation - the minimum requirement for a fair resolution of the conflict as far as Palestinians are concerned.
		Israeli officials say there is nothing to prevent the fence from being moved after a negotiated settlement.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/3111159.stm (1174 words)

	The Wall - Background
		The Israeli West Bank Barrier (also called the "West Bank Security Fence" by its supporters, or "West Bank Wall" by its opponents) is a physical barrier consisting of a network of fences, walls, and trenches, which is being constructed by Israel.
		Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, prior to the Camp David 2000 Summit with Yasser Arafat, vowed to build a separation barrier, stating that it is "essential to the Palestinian nation in order to foster its national identity and independence without being dependent on the State of Israel".
		In particular, Israeli cabinet members said modifications would be made to reduce the number of checkpoints Palestinians had to cross, and especially to reduce Palestinian hardship in areas such as Qalqilya where the barrier goes very near, and in some cases nearly encircles, populated areas.
	www.thewall.org.uk /content/view/2/2 (2582 words)

	USATODAY.com - West Bank barrier route disputed, Israeli missile kills 2
		Palestinians charge that the barrier's route is meant to prevent them from establishing an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza, lands Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war.
		The barrier is an integral part of Sharon's plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements by the end of September 2005.
		In the Israeli helicopter attack, one of the dead was identified as Amr Abu Suta, who Israel accused of involvement in the 1992 slaying of three Israeli soldiers in a Jewish settlement in Gaza.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-07-29-west-bank_x.htm (811 words)

	ei: What's New on EI?
		Last week, however, it was Israeli textbooks in the spotlight, as the Ministry of Education approved a new textbook with a difference.
		The West Bank and Gaza are geographically and politically separated, divisions which are exacerbated by the political rift between Fatah and Hamas and the specter of civil war.
		In the Qalqilya district of the northern West Bank, many Palestinians were separated from their agricultural land and livelihood, because the barrier did not always follow the internationally recognized "green line" between Israel and the Palestinian area.
	www.electronicintifada.net /v2 (1260 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The report said the West Bank Israeli barrier is being used to expropriate Palestinian land in and around the city.
		A Foreign Office document obtained by the Guardian said the Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the West Bank barrier are jeopardizing the prospect of a peace agreement by trying to put the future of the city beyond negotiation.
		The memo further said stringent Israeli controls on the movement of Palestinians in and out of the city are an attempt to restrict the Palestinian population growth.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2005-11/25/article05.shtml (813 words)

	West Bank Summary
		The West Bank is a landlocked territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East.
		Located west and south-west of the Jordan River in the eastern part of the Palestine region in the Middle East, it is bordered by Israel to the west, north, and south, and by Jordan to the east.
		The population of the West Bank is predominantly Palestinian (84%) with a significant minority of Jewish settlers.
	www.bookrags.com /West_Bank (3462 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Israeli West Bank barrier
		Israelis most commonly refer to the barrier as the "separation (hafrada) fence" (or geder ha'hafrada) and "security fence" or "anti-terrorist fence", with "seam zone" referring to the land between the fence and the 1949 armistice lines.
		Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, prior to the Camp David 2000 Summit with Yasser Arafat, vowed to build a separation barrier, stating that it is "essential to the Palestinian nation in order to foster its national identity and independence without being dependent on the State of Israel".
		Israeli public opinion has been very strongly in favor of the barrier, partly in the hope that it will improve security and partly in the belief that the barrier marks the eventual border of a Palestinian state.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/West_Bank_Barrier (5678 words)

	Gaza for the West Bank (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The second was to approve the final route of the so-called separation barrier in the Israeli occupied West Bank.
		Both blocs are deep within the West Bank, and both are where the bulk of the 4,500 new settlement housing units now under construction or approved for tender in the occupied territories are located, says Israel's Peace Now Movement.
		Israeli officials say the latest route of the barrier was charted with the knowledge and approval of the Bush administration.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /new_web/gaza_for_west_bank.htm (826 words)

	Israeli West Bank barrier ... - Jul. 10, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner said Israel was ready to discuss the future of its separation barrier in the West Bank after it pulls out of the Gaza Strip, suggesting this could involve dismantling or moving the wall.
		Originally planned to extend almost 700 kilometers (over 400 miles), the barrier is actually a network of electric fencing, barbed wire and concrete walls that juts deep into the West Bank to snakes around a number of Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory.
		The Jewish state says the barrier is vital to prevent attacks on its soil but Palestinians claim its real purpose is a land grab pre-empting a definitive demarcation of the border of their promised state.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/jul/10/text/wnw_4-1-p.htm (642 words)

	Israeli West Bank barrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of January 2006 the length of the barrier as approved by the Israeli government is 670 kilometers.
		Israeli West Bank Barrier - North of Meitar, near the south west corner of the West Bank.
		Furthermore, because of its planned route as published by the Israeli government, the barrier is perceived as a plan to confine the Palestinian population to specific areas, causing further humiliation [62] [63].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier (5836 words)

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		And if the residents of the West Bank have tolerated this and not exploded in anger over these conditions then it is only because they regard the crisis of the siege in Gaza to be graver than their situation.
		The West Bank is effectively a large Israeli prison that is not only surrounded by the Israeli West Bank barrier and a number of Israeli settlements, but also has scores of military checkpoints spread throughout the areas.
		Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak sent a letter to the US ambassador to Tel Aviv Richard H. Jones and to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stating that the Rimonim checkpoint had been dismantled and that other developments would be implemented in the coming few days.
	www.asharqalawsat.com /english/news.asp?section=3&id=12398 (1655 words)

	Two Palestinians Killed in West Bank Barrier Protest
		A Palestinian is carried to an ambulance after he was injured during clashes with Israeli forces at the construction site of the part of the controversial Israeli security barrier near the West Bank village of Biddu, February 26, 2004.
		Israeli forces killed two Palestinians protesting against Israel's West Bank barrier on Thursday, the first fatalities in demonstrations over the controversial project now under World Court review.
		Witnesses in the West Bank village of Biddo said Israeli forces opened fire in a confrontation with stone-throwers, killing two Palestinians.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines04/0226-07.htm (608 words)

	Israeli court orders changes to West Bank barrier route -DAWN - International; 01 July, 2004
		AL QUDS, June 30: Israel is to alter part of the route of its West Bank barrier after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that its current path violates the rights of tens of thousands of Palestinians living near Jerusalem.
		The Israeli government has pledged to complete construction of the barrier - a montage of electric fencing, barbed wire and concrete - by the end of next year despite a barrage of international criticism.
		The Palestinians, however, say that its route, which often juts deep into the West Bank, is proof of an intent to pre-empt the borders of their promised future state and grab some of their most fertile land.
	www.dawn.com /2004/07/01/int8.htm (707 words)

	B'Tselem - The Seperation Barrier
		In most areas, the barrier is comprised of an electronic fence with dirt paths, barbed-wire fences, and trenches on both sides, at an average width of 60 meters.
		The construction of the barrier has brought new restrictions on movement for Palestinians living near the Barrier's route, in addition to the widespread restrictions that have been in place since the outbreak of the current intifada.
		Farming is a primary source of income in the Palestinian communities situated along the Barrier's route, an area that constitutes one of the most fertile areas in the West Bank.
	www.btselem.org /english/Separation_Barrier (893 words)

	West Bank barrier could be removed in event of peace: Israeli FM
		West Bank barrier could be removed in event of peace: Israeli FM West Bank barrier could be removed in event of peace: Israeli FM JERUSALEM (AFP) Jan 19, 2004
		The legality of the barrier, which has drawn condemnation even from Israel's top ally the United States, is to be debated by the court based in The Hague on February 23 following an Arab-backed request by the UN General Assembly.
		The barrier, which -- at its full extent -- is to stretch 730 kilometres (about 450 miles), is a montage of fencing, trenches and in certain areas, an eight-metre (25-foot) high concrete wall.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040119152834.mgcg7nsz.html (434 words)

	Israel's "separation barrier" in the occupied West Bank: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law ...
		Israeli authorities have argued that the separation barrier is vital to prevent suicide bombings and other attacks against civilians in Israel.
		The complexity of the barrier's planned route in the Jerusalem area is perhaps the most obvious example of how the barrier is being constructed in a manner to incorporate and make territorially contiguous illegal government-sponsored civilian settlements in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
		The separation barrier constitutes a serious further encroachment on the land and resources of the occupied West Bank, causing extensive harm to the Palestinian inhabitants and threatening to impose permanent changes to the detriment of the local population.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2004/02/20/isrlpa7581_txt.htm (2964 words)

	AP Wire \| 02/24/2007 \| West Bank town fights Israeli barrier (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Palestinians say the barrier, which dips into the West Bank in many areas to include Jewish settlements on the Israeli side, is an Israeli land grab that locks them up in enclaves, robbing them of a future state.
		Palestinian and Israeli protesters, joined by foreign activists, first banded together two years ago to try to prevent a section of the barrier from being built on the hills of the village, which lies north of Jerusalem.
		Jonathan Pollak, a 25-year-old Israeli seriously injured in 2005 when a tear gas canister hit him in the head, said the protests were remarkable for bringing Israelis and Palestinians together to fight the occupation.
	www.fortwayne.com /mld/newssentinel/news/local/16774506.htm (567 words)

	Israeli troops kill three West Bank militants - Boston.com
		Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, local security and hospital sources said.
		A Palestinian security source said the three militants were spotted while driving their car in the northern city of the occupied West Bank and were shot at by an Israeli undercover unit operating in the area.
		An Israeli army spokeswoman said that a special undercover unit operating in the area returned fire at a car containing three militants who had fired at the troops and that they confirmed hitting the three men.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/04/21/israeli_troops_kill_three_west_bank_militants (294 words)

	Israeli cabinet approves extension of West Bank barrier - www.smh.com.au
		A barrier would be built east of Ariel - which with 18,000 residents is the second largest settlement in the West Bank - but would not immediately be connected to the main security fence which runs further west, closer to Israel.
		In the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, Israeli commandos arrested Bassam Saadi, a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad.
		Under the plan, the barrier would run east of Ariel, but would not be connected for now to the main security fence running further to the west, closer to Israel.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/10/01/1064988273219.html (773 words)

	Israeli Court Orders Shift to West Bank Barrier - New York Times
		In addition, the Israeli court was highly critical of an advisory ruling issued last year by the International Court of Justice in the Hague, which said all sections of the barrier inside the West Bank violated international law, and should be torn down.
		Today's ruling was quite similar to one handed down by the Israeli court in June 2004 in response to a petition by several West Bank Palestinian villages to the northwest of Jerusalem.
		Under the plan, about 10 percent of the West Bank would be on the Israeli, or western side of the barrier, which consists of an electronic fence, as well as concrete walls, razor wire, trenches, patrol roads and guard towers.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/09/15/international/middleeast/15cnd-mide.html?ex=1284436800&en=f243ca16d92b687f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all (1069 words)

	CNN.com - Jordan to mount anti-barrier case - Feb. 23, 2004
		Israeli troops fired tear gas at stone-throwing Palestinians protesting the barrier on what they called a 'day of rage'.
		It is felt the barrier could make life difficult for Palestinians, prompting them to flee the West Bank into neighboring Jordan and strain its resources putting pressure on its demographic balance.
		On Monday, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Jonathan Peled stood near the barrier at Abu Dis in the West Bank.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/02/23/mideast.barrier (994 words)

	Press TV - Israeli troops injure peaceful protestors
		A large number of Palestinian, international and Israeli peace activists demonstrated in the West Bank village of Bil'in on Friday in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and in protest of the construction of the annexation wall on the land of the village.
		Although Israeli army troops were deployed around the village to keep the protesters away, this week, the organizers of the protest decided to change the route of the demonstration, taking the soldiers by surprise.
		Activists claim that building and maintaining the wall is a crime of apartheid, isolating Palestinian communities in the West Bank and consolidating the annexation of Palestinian land by Israeli Settlements.
	www.presstv.ir /detail.aspx?id=7746§ionid=351020202 (280 words)

	Israel: West Bank Barrier Endangers Basic Rights (Human Rights Watch, 1-10-2003)
		Despite the illegality of such changes beyond the Green Line, not one of the competing proposals for the barrier's route is contiguous with the this line which is the post-1948 demarcation line between Israel and the West Bank.
		The barrier's division of Palestinian land is what contributes to its harmful humanitarian impact on the Palestinian population.
		As is common in other locations throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli officials have informed local residents that all movement in the area 50-80 yards adjacent to the barrier will be forbidden.
	www.hrw.org /press/2003/10/israel100103.htm (1365 words)

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