What is Meretz USA's position regarding the West Bank security barrier?

Meretz USA supports Israel's right to defend itself by building a security barrier (also known as a security fence or a security wall) between Israel and the West Bank, as it has along the Gaza border. No less significant, the barrier should be built in a way that would ensure the greatest amount of security to Israeli citizens without causing undue hardship to Palestinian residents of the West Bank.

Unfortunately, the barrier that the current Israeli government is building does not fulfill these criteria. Large parts of the barrier encroach deep into the West Bank, and a major consideration in its design - beyond safety and security - seems to be an effort to grab as much Palestinian land as is reasonably feasible, without adequately addressing the needs of tens of thousands of Palestinians whose homes and livelihood are put in jeopardy by the barrier. Meretz USA would endorse the security barrier if it were built more or less along the Green Line. And in any case, as with any unilateral measure, such a barrier should only be seen as a stop-gap security measure until a full peace agreement can be reached.