Sunday, June 30, 2002

Israeli Defense Chief Unveils Jerusalem Fence Plan
Israel plans to erect a three-section 30 mile long fence and other physical barriers on Jerusalem's borders with the West Bank in response to Palestinian suicide bombings that have killed at least 80 people in the city since the Palestinian uprising began in September 2000.

The planned Jerusalem fence weaves in and out of land Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East war and on which Palestinians want to establish a state.

Construction began a month ago, before the start of work on a separate project for a 180 mile fence straddling Israel's porous border with the West Bank.


Palestinians say fence-building will lead to Israeli expropriation of West Bank land and cause them more economic hardship by stopping an influx of thousands of Palestinian laborers who sneak across the frontier into Israel each day.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-mideast-fence.html

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