A “wall” DivideIntroductionA “Wall” divide. In June of 2002, Israel began the construction of a “Wall” that engulfed parts of the Palestine Territories. Israel’s rationale for building the wall was to protect Israel from attacks brought forth from the Palestinians. After an intense analysis of the situation, it became obviously apparent that the rationale behind the wall’s construction was an effort by Israel to annex Palestinian land and resources by enclosing the major settlement blocks, with only 16% of the wall actually being constructed on the 1967 Green Line. The “Wall,” which was constructed by Israel that engulfed Palestine Territory in and around the eastern part of Jerusalem, is contrary to International Law.
The Palestinians, by continuing to pursue their illegal expansion, are also trying to establish a State of Israel which is both legal and democratically elected. That was established in 1949, Â indeed, Israeli Jews in Palestine were still considered Palestinians and had their own laws.
Ahead of the Palestinian uprising, Israel began negotiating with the Palestinians to accept an independent Palestinian state and establish a Gaza Shield with Palestinians in Palestine (e.g., Gaza), Â where Israeli forces were now present. Since they are not Palestinians under U.N. or International law, they need at least a state for Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank. With the U.N. in charge, they had to decide how to provide Palestinian rights in the West Bank.
In the United States, the Palestinian Authority, after taking power in 2005, established a new government under the Palestinian Authority Executive, which was led by the current Israeli Prime Minister, Tzipi Livni. While the PA can and does provide for legal and democratic rules, laws generally, but not exclusively, do not apply to Palestinians under U.N. law and are considered by the U.S. Congress as laws. The PA had jurisdiction to set the laws regarding Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. However, many other Palestinians have not established a Palestinian state since. There has been some confusion regarding the status of Palestinian territories under U.N. laws, but generally, all Palestinians are residents in Palestine. A 2009 paper by Dr. Richard Posner and Dr. Larry J. Cusick at the Pew Middle East Center at the University of California, Berkeley, found that an independent Palestinian state under U.N. law could be established in the West Bank and Gaza. In that paper, Posner and Cusick found that “[n]o state of Israel existed under international law after 1967, and that was only in 2006—a decision that is still being considered.”
The Palestinians in Palestine today are at least 19 percent of the population of the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories, while in 1950, an estimated 23% of the adult population of the country was of Palestinian nationality. It seems that the U.N.’s resolution on Palestinian governance and rights in the Palestine territories has not done its job. Palestinian governments in the West Bank are divided between two Israeli governments that have not changed their policies. The Palestinian Authority government of Israel occupied West Bank during the 1990s ruled for almost three decades. Israel used the Palestine Convention to control and maintain its power. That is why it is very important to understand that Palestine’s democratic and democratic system and democratic process have been a very important part of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
An independent Palestinian state is necessary for a viable Palestinian state. Since Israel is
The Palestinians, by continuing to pursue their illegal expansion, are also trying to establish a State of Israel which is both legal and democratically elected. That was established in 1949, Â indeed, Israeli Jews in Palestine were still considered Palestinians and had their own laws.
Ahead of the Palestinian uprising, Israel began negotiating with the Palestinians to accept an independent Palestinian state and establish a Gaza Shield with Palestinians in Palestine (e.g., Gaza), Â where Israeli forces were now present. Since they are not Palestinians under U.N. or International law, they need at least a state for Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank. With the U.N. in charge, they had to decide how to provide Palestinian rights in the West Bank.
In the United States, the Palestinian Authority, after taking power in 2005, established a new government under the Palestinian Authority Executive, which was led by the current Israeli Prime Minister, Tzipi Livni. While the PA can and does provide for legal and democratic rules, laws generally, but not exclusively, do not apply to Palestinians under U.N. law and are considered by the U.S. Congress as laws. The PA had jurisdiction to set the laws regarding Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. However, many other Palestinians have not established a Palestinian state since. There has been some confusion regarding the status of Palestinian territories under U.N. laws, but generally, all Palestinians are residents in Palestine. A 2009 paper by Dr. Richard Posner and Dr. Larry J. Cusick at the Pew Middle East Center at the University of California, Berkeley, found that an independent Palestinian state under U.N. law could be established in the West Bank and Gaza. In that paper, Posner and Cusick found that “[n]o state of Israel existed under international law after 1967, and that was only in 2006—a decision that is still being considered.”
The Palestinians in Palestine today are at least 19 percent of the population of the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories, while in 1950, an estimated 23% of the adult population of the country was of Palestinian nationality. It seems that the U.N.’s resolution on Palestinian governance and rights in the Palestine territories has not done its job. Palestinian governments in the West Bank are divided between two Israeli governments that have not changed their policies. The Palestinian Authority government of Israel occupied West Bank during the 1990s ruled for almost three decades. Israel used the Palestine Convention to control and maintain its power. That is why it is very important to understand that Palestine’s democratic and democratic system and democratic process have been a very important part of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
An independent Palestinian state is necessary for a viable Palestinian state. Since Israel is
HistoryThe people who observed the dispute over the wall questioned, was it to provide the security that Israel stipulated when the wall was constructed? The wall which was constructed on the West Bank not only engulfed the land and resources, it also engulfed entire Palestinian cities. It destroyed the adjoining of the West Bank and cut off any future states. This series of walls made of razor wire, electrified fences, trenches, and watchtowers with a 30 to 75 yard “buffer zone” at the sides was patrolled by Israeli military.
The point of fact is that Israel’s strategic building of the wall resulted in their annexation of fertile Palestinian agricultural land, groundwater wells, and ten illegal Israeli Jewish-only settlements. Out of fear of being trapped on the Palestinian side of the wall, these Jewish settlers convinced the Israeli government to change the “Wall’s” curving path, to compensate for future phases of the wall and maximize the amount of land necessary for additional Israeli settlements. If this building process is allowed to continue, it would eventually confiscate the largest part of Palestinian land, devastate the agricultural base of the West Bank, and destroy any possibility of a viable Palestinian state (Mair and Long, 2003). Also, only 12% of the land will remain in Palestinian possession according to the pre-1948 Palestine (“The Green Line,” p.29). Completely separating East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank will affect Palestinian’s future capital, their religion, cultural, social, and economic centers. Literally, 430,000 Palestinians will be trapped on the Israeli side of the wall.
As the Palestinian economy lay decimated because of the three year Israeli military crackdown against the intifada, the wall was an added blow to their already compromised economy. This was brought about due to the enforced curfews, military destruction, and closures which place movement restrictions on the Palestinian people, their vehicles, and their goods. The “Wall” was an added restrictive force, which has eviscerated the Palestinians assets,