Security Fence Length Keeps Getting Longer!
May 11, 2006
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The initial estimates on the security fence
were much less than what appears will be the final length, which is now estimated to
be some 305 miles. I suppose if one wanted to give a full comprehensive title to this 305 mile thing, it would be something like: The security barrier fence wall barbed wire trench detection unilateral convergence check points separation zone.
This is the current status on how much has already been completed and
the activity associated with its building, as reported in a Haaretz article by Aluf Benn, which follows.
Begin Haaretz Article
Ramon: Fence is Priority, Settler Compensation Must Come Later
By Aluf Benn
May 9, 2006
Justice Minister Haim Ramon wants the government to hold off on advancing a law compensating settlers who evacuate their homes voluntarily until after the West Bank separation fence is completed.
Ramon, who is to head the ministerial committee on legislation, supports offering compensation to settlers willing to leave settlements that are beyond the fence and slated for evacuation. However, he maintains t
he issue should be discussed only toward the end of the year. Security officials promised him yesterday that 95 percent of the fence, which comes to 120 kilometers, will be completed by then.
So far, 350 kilometers of the fence, out of a planned 500 kilometers, have been built.
Ramon said the construction of the fence is necessary to advance the convergence plan in the West Bank, and told government
officials yesterday that he would work to speed up delays related to judicial and administrative backlogs. As long as the fence is only partly finished, he said, it is too early to deal with canceling benefits for the settlements, all of which are considered part of a top national priority zone.
The justice minister dedicated his first working meeting with senior officials in his ministry to the completion of
the fence, which he sees as having top priority. Ramon said he decided to focus on the barrier since “the fence is a project that saves lives.”
Participants in the meeting described the legal situation regarding each section of the fence.
They said 61 High Court petitions against 46 different sections of the fence are pending, and 16 administrative petitions are being assessed by appeal committees that deal with sections located within the Green Line.
The High Court has already heard 53 additional petitions.
Several leading legal and defense officials participated in the meeting, including Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, State Prosecutor Eran Shendar, assistant prosecutor Michael Blass, outgoing Justice Ministry director general Aharon Abramowitz
and officials from the defense and justice ministries and the Israel Defense Forces.
Ramon promised to “make every effort, along with the judicial establishment, to expedite the procedures to construct sections of the fence that have yet to be built.” He also asked the participants for detailed timetables for the completion of administrative procedures and said he plans to work with the court administration to make sure there would be no delays in the legal deliberations related to the separation fence.
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