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Olmert orders Jerusalem-area separation fence built by 2010
By Reuters
Tags: separation fence, israel news 

Israel must complete construction of the West Bank separation fence surrounding Jerusalem by 2010, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday.

Of the 490-mile-long network of fences and walls Israel is building in and along the occupied West Bank, a fifth runs around Jerusalem, including key eastern parts of the holy city where Palestinians want a capital for future statehood.

Israel conquered East Jerusalem, along with the West Bank, from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War. It began constructing the barrier to deter Palestinian suicide bombers from entering the country.
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"The fence in the Greater Jerusalem area must be completed by the end of 2009. This is vital to Israel's security," Olmert told Defense Ministry representatives on a tour of construction sites on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by his office.

More than two-thirds of the Jerusalem barrier is finished, the statement said. Of the outstanding sections, 4.5 kilometers (1 mile) have been held up by legal challenges, filed for Palestinian residents who fear losing access to farmland or city services.

The World Court in 2004 branded the barrier, which Palestinians consider a land grab, as illegal. The United States, patron of peace talks between Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has called the project "unhelpful."

Israel says that the project could be rerouted if there is peace. But Israel also says it will keep all of Jerusalem, along with settlement blocs in the West Bank, under any accord.

Olmert's term will end after a February 10 ballot. Neither of the leading candidates to replace him - centrist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and rightist opposition chief Benjamin Netanyahu - has shown a desire to shift policy on the barrier
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  2.   The Fence of Peace and Love Saves Lives 20:56  |  Baruch Gold 23/12/08
  3.   Separation "Fence"!! Ha Ha 21:05  |  Barry Zaretsky 23/12/08
  4.   How long, O Lord, how long? 21:16  |  Jim 23/12/08
  5.   Why so long ? 22:27  |  TOMY 23/12/08
  6.   Alan,1#, dream on, the fence is here to stay 22:30  |  Judah 23/12/08
  7.   to alan in londonstan: Your `wish` to Jews says it all 22:33  |  Arie 23/12/08
  8.   To those complaining about our border fence 22:37  |  Arie 23/12/08
  9.   Equally Responsible. 22:50  |  Cool B 23/12/08
  10.   My Uncle Irving says 23:52  |  David K 23/12/08
  11.   #1 Alan 00:08  |  FRED 24/12/08
  12.   finally, the real deal 00:19  |  Space 24/12/08
  13.   "Centrist Livni"? -- 01:13  |  disgusted american 24/12/08
  14.   #8 Arie We love our neighbors 01:27  |  Jim 24/12/08
  15.   Ehud, Do Something Right for Israel for a Change... 01:31  |  SMF 24/12/08
  16.   #10 David K. 01:54  |  Jim 24/12/08
  17.   #12 Space 02:22  |  Jim 24/12/08
  18.   Security Fence is great decision 19:29  |  Mark R 20/06/09
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