Following the outbreak of Palestinian Arab violence in 2002, Israel began construction of a barrier that would separate most of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) from areas inside Israel. The barrier consists primarily of a chain-link fence and in parts (about 10%) of a wall of prefabricated concrete. The purpose of the fence was to prevent infiltration of terrorists and stop the wave of suicide bombings which took hundreds of lives in Israel. Palestinians insisted that the fence is an "Apartheid Wall" designed to de-facto annex parts of the West Bank to Israel. In fact, the fence encloses about 10% of the land of the West Bank. They took their case to the International Court of Justice. Israel refused to present evidence directly, arguing that the court had no jurisdiction. It presented only an advisory opinion regarding the jurisdiction of the court. Several countries submitted briefs to that effect. The court however, ruled for the Palestinians and they won a ruling that seemingly insists that in principle the fence is illegal as long as any part of it is built beyond the 1967 Green Line.
For additional information about the separation barrier in Israel and for specific statistics, visit: http://www.btselem.org/english/Separation_Barrier/Index.asp
"La Barrera israelí de Cisjordania es una barrera, aún no finalizada, construida por el Gobierno de Israel que se extiende aproximadamente en un 20% a lo largo de la Línea Verde y el 80% restante en territorio cisjordano, adentrándose en el mismo hasta 22 kilómetros en algunos lugares, con el fin de incluir asentamientos israelíes densamente poblados como, entre otros, Ariel, Gush Etzion, Emmanuel, Karnei Shomron, Guiv'at Ze'ev, Oranit y Maale Adumim. Cuando esté terminada, aproximadamente el 10% del territorio cisjordano quedará en el lado israelí de la barrera y será aislado del resto de Cisjordania. Su proyecto final estima su longitud total en 721 kilómetros (junio de 2006)." (Wikipedia)
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