"Israeli high court restricts barrier" by Karin Laub, Associated Press | December 16, 2008
JERUSALEM - Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank cannot run in wide loops around Israeli settlements to allow for their expansion, the country's Supreme Court ruled yesterday in an order hailed by a lawyer for Palestinian villagers as a precedent-setting victory.
Israeli officials say the barrier, two-thirds complete, is designed to keep out Palestinian attackers, including suicide bombers.
No, it is not: Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
The Palestinians and Israeli critics charge that the barrier is part of a land grab. They say that in many areas the route was not determined by security needs, but by Israel's desire to incorporate as many settlements as possible on the Israeli side and to allow for their expansion.
We ALL KNOW the NaZionist scum are STEALING LAND with their DAMN WALL!!! Mr. Olmert, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!!!!
Yesterday's ruling came in the case of Bilin, a West Bank village that has become a symbol for Palestinian opposition to the barrier with weekly protests and clashes between villagers and Israeli troops.
Gee, how come my Zionist War Daily never reports those PROTESTS (save for one phrase here upon a Tuesday)? And those "clashes" are what is known as ISRAELI OPPRESSION!
Bilin has lost half its land, or 500 acres, to the barrier and to the Modiin Illit settlement, home to 40,000 people and expanding rapidly. Last year, the high court ruled that Israel's government must move the Bilin barrier westward, saying its location had little to do with making the settlement more secure and a lot with giving it more land.
Yeah, the LAND has been "LOST!" It wasn't STOLEN by the NaZionists of Israel or anything!!!!
Yesterday, the court rejected the latest route proposal and said the state must come up with a more appropriate path, in line with the court's criteria. "Security considerations that will shape the new route must only take into account houses that have already been built and not plans for future construction," the court said, referring to arguments by state planners that they need a buffer zone between settlements and the barrier....
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By the time they do that, there will be no more Palestine!
I guess that is the POINT, huh?
