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High Court contests security barrier

Dan Izenberg. Jerusalem Post, July 26, 2010
State must justify proposed route around Wallaja.

My Daily Routine at the Jabel Mukaber Checkpoint

2/4/2010 Huffington Post
Mai Abdo is Vice Principal at the Jabel Mukaber Elementary School. Her personal story opens a window onto the daily complications created by one small checkpoint.

Jerusalem official: Areas east of fence not part of city

By Nir Hasson, January 10, 2010, Haaretz
Yakir Segev, who holds the East Jerusalem portfolio in the Jerusalem municipality, made an uncharacteristic remark, declaring that the Palestinian neighborhood east of the separation fence were "no longer part of the city."

Armed men attacked school, the police refused to act saying:" ït's behind the wall"

By Nir Hasson, December 25, 2010, Haaretz
school in the East Jerusalem village of Kfar Akab, that was left outside the separation barrier, suspended classes yesterday to protest police failure to intervene when seven armed men stormed the school

Israel`s Security Wall Forces Further Detours

By Reuters, March 11, 2009, Javno
The wall along this section of the ancient city now separates some 60,000 residents of al-Ram from Jerusalem.

Security fence grew a mere 12 km. in 2008

By Tovah Lazaroff, February 25, 2009, Jerusalem Post
For those who live in the Jerusalem area, where the wall has yet to be completed, the work is clearly continuing.

The closure of Al Ram

By Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, February 17, 2009, IMEMC
The Israeli administration closed the only remaining passage of Dahiyat Barid between the Jerusalem suburb of Al Ram and the city.

60.000 Palestinians in Al Ram could lose their Jerusalem ID cards

By Saed Bannoura, February 9, 2009, IMEMC
At least sixty-thousands Palestinian residents of al-Ram, located in East Jerusalem, are facing the threat of losing their Jerusalem identity cards if Israel implements its recent decision to close Dahiat al-Bareed Gate, the only entrance left to enter Jerusalem after the Israeli Annexation Wall encircled the city.

Israeli Supreme Court ruling allows wall to separate Jerusalem residents from city

December 20, 2008, Ma'an News Agency
The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected a petition by Palestinian residents of three Jerusalem neighborhoods demanding that Israel re-route its separation wall in order to remain inside the city.

Lawyer: Wall ruling could cut off 20,000 Jerusalem residents

December 2, 2008, Ma'an News Agency
An Israeli court approved a re-routing of the Israeli separation wall on 25 November such that the barrier will isolate areas of Shu’fat, the Salam neighborhood, Anata and Ras Khamis from the rest of East Jerusalem.

Jerusalem city hall refuses services to area beyond separation fence

By Jonathan Lis, June 16, 2008, Haaretz
The Jerusalem municipality has refused to send a member of its veterinary services to the Ras Hamis neighborhood in the northern part of the city, in order to collect a number of stray dogs captured by local residents.

Would that the walls were holy

By Michael Schwartz, December 24, 2007, Haaretz
Viewed from the Israeli side, the separation barrier saves lives, a sacred task. No wall is one-sided, though, and every wall under the sun casts a shadow. For this to be a wholly holy wall, we must also see the barrier from the Palestinian side: The route of the barrier restricts Palestinians' access to schools and health care, to places of worship and family homes, to fields, to livelihood. It demeans dignity and oppresses lives.
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