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Article: The wall: occupation and apartheid.(Israel covers its border with a wall)
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- Peace and Freedom
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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Cutting deep into the West Bank (not on the 1967 Green Line once separating Israel from that territory) the so-called "Separation Wall" being erected by Israel has resulted in the de facto annexation of some 47 percent of the West Bank, isolating communities into bantustans, enclaves, and military zones. Having a major impact on the day-to-day lives of thousands of Palestinians, it has been referred to as an "apartheid wall" separating the two peoples. Instead of creating security for Israel, the Wall is raising levels of anxiety and anger that Palestinians feel toward their occupiers. WILPF's Women Challenge U.S. Policy Building Peace on Justice in the Middle East ...