Area Affected
The Barrier's total length is 723 km, more than
twice the length of the 1949 Armistice Line
(Green Line) between the West Bank and Israel.
The total area located between the Barrier
and the Green Line is 9.8 % of the West Bank,
including East Jerusalem and No Man's Land.
When completed, approximately 13 % of
the Barrier will be constructed on the Green Line
or in Israel with 87 % inside the West Bank.
Populations Affected
If the Barrier is completed based on the
current route:
Approximately 35,000 Palestinians holding
West Bank ID cards in 35 communities will
be located between the Barrier and the
Green Line.
The majority of the approximately 250,000
Palestinians with East Jerusalem ID cards
will reside between the Barrier and
the Green Line. However, Palestinian
communities inside the current municipal
boundary, Kafr Aqab and Shu'fat Camp,
are separated from East Jerusalem by the
Barrier.
Approximately 125,000 Palestinians will be
surrounded by the Barrier on three sides.
These comprise 28 communities; the Biddya
and Biddu areas, and the city of Qalqilya.
Approximately 26,000 Palestinians in 8
communities in the Az Zawiya and Bir Nabala
Enclaves will be surrounded on four sides
by the Barrier, with a tunnel or road
connection to the rest of the West Bank.
Maria Amin, a six-year-old Palestinian paralysed from the neck down when the car she was travelling in was caught in a missile attack on a leader of the Islamic Jihad militant ...
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