23.06.2011                      21.Siwan, 5771

Umbau:

Defense Ministry begins dismantling section of West Bank barrier

High Court ruled in 2007 that route of barrier by village of Bili'in must be changed, as it cut off villagers from their land; villagers, activists have held weekly protest against the barrier for years.

The Ministry of Defense has begun in recent days dismantling a section of the West Bank separation barrier near the village of Bili'in, four years after the High Court of Justice ruled that the barrier's route must be redrawn.
Citizens of the village, which has become a focal point of opposition to the barrier, were cut off from their land by the barrier….