Israel moves to define - and secure - its borders
Israel has modified the route of its West Bank separation barrier, moving forward with Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s plan to quickly define the country’s final borders as his Kadima Party secured a parliamentary majority.
The Israeli Cabinet voted yesterday to reroute an area near the major settlement of Ariel deep in the West Bank, and approved putting temporary fencing around areas of Jerusalem abutting the West Bank. The moves will put thousands of Palestinians on the “Palestinian” side of the enclosure, officials said.
