The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have drawn plans for completing the path of the apartheid wall in the southern areas of al-Khalil province south of the occupied West Bank.
According to Walla website the IOA decided to implement a plan by the Israeli ministry of war to build a 42-km long separation wall stretching from Tarqumiyah crossing to the west of al-Khalil to Mitar crossing south of the city and adjacent to the settler road No. 35. The wall is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017.
In the recent months the IOA accomplished building 10 km of the wall in the southern area of al-Khalil.
The IOA started on 16th June 2002 building a concrete separation wall that is 4.5 to 9 meters high across the lands of the occupied West Bank adding further suffering to the Palestinian citizens there.
The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on 9th July 2004 stipulating that building the wall contradicts the international law and demanded dismantling it and compensating those affected. However the IOA continued building the wall which reached 402 km long in 2006. The curvy wall surrounds most of the West Bank lands and it is expected to reach 703 km long according to a plan by the Israeli government.
