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Israel completes half of West Bank barrier
Around 49,400 Palestinians in 38 villages will remain stranded on the Israeli side of barrier once completed.
JERUSALEM - Israel has completed building half of its controversial West Bank separation barrier ahead of schedule, defence ministry sources said Friday.
Of the planned 670-kilometre (416-mile) route, 330 kilometres have been finished. Another 140 kilometres are in the process of completion and work on the rest has yet to start.
Multiple appeals to Israel's supreme court have delayed the construction of hundreds of kilometres of the barrier, particularly in the highly sensitive areas around occupied and annexed east Jerusalem.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), three quarters of the planned route eats into the West Bank and only 145 kilometres follows the Green Line that separates Israel from the territory.
Israel justifies the massive barrier of electric fencing, barbed wire and concrete wall by insisting the edifice is vital to stop potential attackers from infiltrating the country and settlements in the West Bank.
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Of the planned 670-kilometre (416-mile) route, 330 kilometres have been finished. Another 140 kilometres are in the process of completion and work on the rest has yet to start.
Multiple appeals to Israel's supreme court have delayed the construction of hundreds of kilometres of the barrier, particularly in the highly sensitive areas around occupied and annexed east Jerusalem.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), three quarters of the planned route eats into the West Bank and only 145 kilometres follows the Green Line that separates Israel from the territory.
Israel justifies the massive barrier of electric fencing, barbed wire and concrete wall by insisting the edifice is vital to stop potential attackers from infiltrating the country and settlements in the West Bank.
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http://middle-east-online.com/english/?id=16284
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