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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (85706)3/24/2003 3:13:26 PM
From: Jacob Snyder   of 281500
 
re: Palestinian Bantustans:

Another source, this one an Israeli newspaper:

The Defense Ministry has completed two alignments of the fence - a western one parallel to the seam line and an eastern one, severing Palestinian population concentrations in the West Bank from the Jordan Valley.

Today the two first stages of the fence, from Mehola in the Beit She'an valley to Elkana near Rosh Ha'ayin, are in construction at a cost of NIS 2 billion. The construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The next section from Elkana to Mount Amasa near Arad will cost NIS 4.5 billion.

The eastern fence is planned on the mountain slopes, along the "Alon axis" from Mehola to Ma'aleh Adumim and from there to the Judean Desert. The fence will leave two Palestinian enclaves which may come under Palestinian rule in the future.

Ministers who took part in the tour said Sharon wants to use the two fences to outline the temporary borders of Palestinian state....

haaretzdaily.com
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