The Separation Barrier

Running partially along the Green Line but diverging in many places to include Israeli settlements, the incomplete separation wall/fence which separates Israel from the West Bank has been a controversial project. The Israeli government argues that the barrier is an effective way to keep out Palestinian terrorists, but it also negatively impacts the lives of thousands of Israeli-Arabs by cutting their villages off from the rest of Israel.

Background Information

• The Barrier’s Path – From www.mideast.web, details the changes in the barrier’s route.
• The Anti-Terrorism Fence – Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs page on the separation barrier.
• Israel’s Security Fence – Israeli Ministry of Defense page on the barrier.
• The Separation Barrier – B’Tselem page on the barrier.

Legal Documents & Reports

• The Place of the fence/wall in international law – Amnesty International report, February 2004.
• ICJ Ruling – Ruling of the International Court of Justice on July 9, 2004.
• Physicisans for Human Rights Report – On the impact on health and Palestinian access to hospitals. (in a word document, will have to put it on website ourselves)
• The Humanitarian Impact of the West Bank Barrier on Palestinian Communities – A UN report from March 2005 on the barrier’s humanitarian impact.
• Israel’s Wall – A report by the PLO’s Negotiations Affair’s Department from July 2005.
• Israeli Supreme Court Ruling – From September 15, 2005
• Barrier and Checkpoints – Reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• Barrier Stops Palestinians Accessing Land Special Report from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Nov. 2006

Maps

• B’Tselem Map
• Revised Route Map – from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, shows the changes to the barrier route made in April 2006.

News Articles

• Articles on IJC decision
• Ha’aretz articles on the fence

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