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Article: The mystery of the green line.(OPINION)
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- February 1, 2007
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I was looking over a hiking map of the region around Jerusalem. Big as a tablecloth, it showed the countryside in vast, loving detail: every trail, picnic area and archeological ruin, with topographic lines marking the folds of the hills. It had everything one might want to plan a day-trip--all but the Green Line, the border between Israel and the West Bank. The map doesn't tell a hiker when he or she is about to enter occupied--and more dangerous--territory.
I admit that this was no surprise. The trail maps at the downtown Jerusalem bookstore of the Society for the Preservation of Nature were produced by the Survey of Israel, a government agency. Government ...