Trapped between Israel and the wall

[Wonk]

By Sharmila Devi in Arab Ramadin, West Bank
Published: February 12 2004 17:03 | Last Updated: February 12 2004 17:03

A number of Palestinian villagers, cut off from the rest of the West Bank by Israel's separation barrier, this week received the latest notifications that the army intends to demolish their homes.

The meandering route of the controversial barrier has left them on the "wrong" side of a completed 150km northern section in what the Israeli authorities designated closed military zones last October.

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At a time when Palestinian officials argue that Israeli expansion in the West Bank is putting the viability of their future state at risk, they claim the northern barrier amounts to the de facto annexation of some of the territory's richest agricultural and water resources. Many of the Jewish settlements that the barrier plans to take in further south were located with strategic control over such resources in mind.

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