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Palestinians celebrate rare victory over hated barrier
September 5, 2007
From the front door of his single-storey stone house Waheed Suleiman Yassin has an enviable view over the surrounding hills and a compelling vantage point in front of one of Israel’s most controversial projects in the occupied West Bank.
Just 20 metres from his door and running down two sides of his house stands the wide metal system of fences and patrol roads that make up this stretch of the 450-mile West Bank barrier.
Israeli Court Orders Rerouting of Barrier
September 5, 2007
Israel’s high court ordered the military Tuesday to reroute the separation barrier near the West Bank village of Bilin, the scene of sometimes rowdy weekly demonstrations against the project that Israeli and Palestinian activists say helped bring about their rare legal victory.
Hamstrung courts remove some obstacles
September 5, 2007
Yesterday’s court victory for Bil’in is not the first time Palestinian villages in the West Bank have successfully challenged the path of the Israeli separation barrier.
Court orders state to alter West Bank separation fence route at Bil'in
September 4, 2007
The High Court of Justice Tuesday ordered the state to redraw, partially dismantle and rebuild the route of a 1.7 kilometer section of the West Bank separation fence, which was built on land belonging to Bil’in, a Palestinian village which has become a focus of opposition to the barrier.
Court: Bil'in barrier route must change
September 4, 2007
The High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered the IDF to change the route of the security fence in the area of Bil’in after Palestinian villagers claimed the current route led to an annexation of their agricultural lands.
