Israel Separation Wall Map
Israel builds new stretch of wall sealing southern w bank yahoo news august 3 2017.
Israel separation wall map. However rather than following the. Separation wall since 2002 israel has been constructing a wall that stretches for more than 700 kilometres. Al masry al youm egypt to extend buffer zone with gaza strip egypt independent october 7 2017. Israel calls it a security barrier against terrorism while palestinians call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall.
In 2002 israel decided to build the so called separation wall. The wall by israeli filmmaker benny brunner shows how the separation fence annexes palestinian land violates international law and severely restricts palestinians who live nearby particularly. B tselem map of the separation barrier in the west bank ferbuary 2008 author b tselem created date 2 6 2008 10 17 31 am. By 2003 it had already constructed 143 kilometres of the colossal structure most of which cut deep into the west bank the.
The map of greater jerusalem surrounded by the separation barrier reflects the israeli governments official aspirations for a demographic balance that maintains a clear jewish majority in jerusalem a majority that has gradually declined since the annexation of east jerusalem in 1967. Israel s separation barrier covered in graffiti one depicting the late palestinian leader yasser arafat at the qalandiya checkpoint between jerusalem and the west bank city of ramallah. The wall by israeli filmmaker benny brunner shows how the separation fence annexes palestinian land violates international law and severely restricts palestinians who live nearby particularly. Since 2002 israel has been constructing a wall that stretches for more than 700 kilometres annexing palestinian land inside the occupied west bank israel began building its separation wall in the occupied west bank in june 2002 claiming that it was necessary for security.