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June 28, 2022

20 years later, Israel still building separation barrier

  • The U.N. estimates that about 65% of the roughly 450-mile structure has been completed.
    • By ODED BALILTY
    Associated Press

    JERUSALEM — Twenty years after Israel decided to build its controversial separation barrier, the network of walls, fences and closed military roads remains in place, even as any partition of the land appears more remote than ever.

    Israel is actively encouraging its Jewish citizens to settle on both sides of the barrier as it builds and expands settlements deep inside the occupied West Bank, more than a decade after the collapse of any serious peace talks.


     
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