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In June 2002, Israel began implementing the next stage of its expansionist and repressive program by building a Wall inside the West Bank that would run at least the West Bank’s entire length. Not surprisingly, the path of the ever-winding Wall would follow, consistently, the logic of land confiscation and control, including the annexation of settlements and the caging off of built-up, Palestinian areas..[ More...] Effect of the Wall on Water
The second day after occupying the West Bank in 1967, the Israeli military issued military order No. 92, which would prohibit all water development, drilling, and infrastructure building in the West Bank, unless a permit was obtained from the military “water officer”; to date, not a single permit has been issued, for agriculture or domestic use, in any of the areas which benefit from the Western Aquifer, demonstrating Israel’s iron grip over Palestinian water resources. Groundwater is the main source of all water-related usage in the West Bank and in historic Palestine and is divided into three basins in accordance with the groundwater flow direction Groundwater is the main source of all water-related usage in the West Bank and in historic Palestine and is divided into three basins in accordance with the groundwater flow direction: northern, eastern and western.n: northern, eastern and western.[ More...] Case Studies
The latest confiscation facing the village of Rafat is taking place for the construction of the Apartheid Wall, where 750 dunums have already been confiscated, 600 dunums of which has been de facto annexed and isolated from their owners. Rafat is one of a number of villages being severely affected by the construction of the northern portion of the Jerusalem Wall, which extends the length of some 7 kilometers from Rafat to Jaba’.The village of Rafat is located on the northern edge of Jerusalem, approximately 2 km southwest of Ramallah city and is considered the natural border between Ramallah and Jerusalem. [ More...] Statistics
Since the years of Oslo, Israeli closure on Palestinian life has resulted in a severe decline in per capita income in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The figure to the right highlights the relationship between economic growth and closure, beginning in the year 1994 when the closure policy, as we know it, was in its early days, less than one year after the signing of the Oslo Agreements. the number of those living off of less than $US2 per day rose from 600,000 in September 2000, the eve of the Intifada, to between 1.2 and 1.5 million by the end of 2001.[ More...] The Legal Status of AL-Jidar
The Apartheid Wall is justified by the Israeli government in front of the international media as a means of preventing attacks on Israel while developing a strong campaign to justify the Wall and to show its advantages. In reality, the origin of the idea of the Wall did not coincide with these attacks but have been a part of Sharon’s plans for many years. The expression for security reasons instead has been adopted by Israel to justify this and other measures against the Palestinian people, even if contrary to international law. The Wall is clearly illegal according to international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL). This article shows the Wall’s illegality through two main dimensions one the Wall itself, and two its consequences and violation to Palestinian rights. [ More...] |
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