Mapping Apartheid in the West Bank - Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine / Israel
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The West Bank
After 41 years of Israeli military occupation* Animated to show the Green Line, Israeli Settlements, the Wall/Barrier, the off-limits Jordan Valley, and Israeli Military travel and control restrictions for Palestinians
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The area known as the Palestinian West Bank, showing what is known as the Green Line. | |||
| Israeli Jews-only settlements and “settlement blocks” established since 1967 and repeatedly declared to be in violation of international law and UN Security Council Resolutions. | ||||
| Mostly completed sections of Israel’s Walls and Barriers. Construction began in 2003 and a landmark ruling “the Wall” was declared illegal by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in July 2004.. | ||||
| Sections of the Wall under construction. | ||||
| Palestinian areas completely surrounded by the Wall and/or additional barriers. |
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| Palestinian areas trapped between the Wall and the Green Line. |
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| Boundaries of Palestinian “enclaves” established by Israel with all Palestinian travel between “enclaves” controlled by Israeli army roadblocks and checkpoints. |
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| Tri-section boundaries established by Israel — dividing the West Bank further into three sections requiring special permits for Palestinians to travel between sections. | ||||
| The entire Jordan Valley has been restricted by the Israeli military and made off-limits to Palestinians. Israeli settlements and farms are shown and are continually expanding. | ||||
| *Updated with additional information by Goals for Americans on 1 August 2008 and based on detailed monitoring and studies provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territories (OCHA) and the Israeli organization B’tselem. | ||||
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