Israel to Change Route West Bank Wall

August 21st, 2008 By: Michael van der Galien | Tags:
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Israel will change the route of the wall in the West Bank, which aims at protecting Israeli citizens from Palestinian terrorists.

The decision to change its course came after Palestinian villagers filed complaints at the Jewish nation-state’s High Court. In their case the villagers argue the wall is illegal and infringes on their (human) rights.

The Israeli government, on the other hand, charges that the wall is absolutely necessary to protect its citizens.

It has now, however, agreed to move the barrier some 400 hectares ‘closer to Maale Adumim, the largest Jewish settlement in the Palestinian territories.’

According to many Palestinians, the wall ‘is a land grab aimed at undermining the viability of their future state.’

87% of the wall will be built on West Bank territory; that means that Israel is planning to build the barrier mostly on land it secured during the war of 1967. In this war, the young state was attacked by Arabs who intended to destroy it. Israel triumphed, however, and gained more instead of less territory.

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