Prime Minister Sharon convened his Cabinet this morning to gain final approve for the planned security fence separating Israel’s seamline communities from PA towns and villages in Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza). Yesterday, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer visited the site of the proposed separation and said that he hoped the first phase of the barrier (100-kilometers long) would be completed in the next six months. Construction has already begun in some areas.
Numerous right-leaning Knesset parties have expressed their opposition to the positioning of the fence. They fear the barrier will be viewed as a permanent border in future political negotiations between Israel and the PA. The proposed location for the barrier would also leave many Yesha communities on the “wrong” side of the fence.
Numerous right-leaning Knesset parties have expressed their opposition to the positioning of the fence. They fear the barrier will be viewed as a permanent border in future political negotiations between Israel and the PA. The proposed location for the barrier would also leave many Yesha communities on the “wrong” side of the fence.