Latest strip of West Bank security fence to hinder Palestinian access to agricultural land

26.03.2012                      03.Nissan. 5772

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Latest strip of West Bank security fence to hinder Palestinian access to agricultural land

Planner at Israel Nature and Parks Authority says Walaja residents would still be able to work their land.

The unfinished separation fence around the West Bank will run between a Palestinian village and a large park proposed for Jerusalem's southern edge – a move that would make it tougher for local Palestinians to reach their agricultural land.
Construction in that area began over the past year, but residents of the village near Jerusalem, Walaja, learned about the implications only recently from Ir Amim, a group that fights for Arab rights in the city. Farmers would have to cross through a gate to reach their land….