Mapping Apartheid in the West Bank - Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine / Israel

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Mapping Israeli Apartheid in the West Bank

				The Palestinian West Bank, bordered by the 1949 Green Line.

				Israeli settlements and settlement blocks established since 1967 in violation of international law and UN Security Council Resolutions.

				Completed and planned sections of Israel's "security fence" - the Wall.

				Sections of the Wall under construction.

				Palestinian areas completely surrounded by the Wall and/or additional barriers.

				Palestinian areas trapped between the Wall and the Green Line.

				Boundaries of Palestinian "enclaves" established by Israel. Travel between "enclaves" controlled by Israeli army.

				Trisection boundaries established by Israel. Permits required to travel between sections.

				Jordan Valley now virtually off-limits to Palestinians.

This animated map is largely based on information from OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) - Occupied Palestinian Territrories:

West Bank: Effect of Closure and Permit regime on Palestinian Movement OCHA
West Bank Barrier Update, July 2006 OCHA
West Bank Barrier Projections, July 2006 OCHA
Food Insecurity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, May 2006 OCHA
Territorial Fragmentation of the West Bank, May 2006 OCHA
Reference Map, October 2005 - Palestinian Communities and Israeli Settlements OCHA