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Israel preparing new route for west bank barrier { July 13 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/13/international0427EDT0436.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/13/international0427EDT0436.DTL Israel preparing new route for West Bank barrier - GAVIN RABINOWITZ, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, July 13, 2004 (07-13) 01:27 PDT JERUSALEM (AP) -- Military cartographers are charting an alternative route for the contentious West Bank separation barrier that would run closer to Israel and minimize hardship for Palestinians, security officials said Tuesday. The changes were made in response to a ruling by Israel's Supreme Court last month that the planned path violates Palestinian rights. Defense officials said last week's world court ruling that the barrier is illegal was not a factor in their decision-making, and that they were guided entirely by the criteria established by the Israeli court. Three alternate routes are to be presented to the Defense Ministry on Thursday, security officials said on condition of anonymity. The 425-mile complex of fences, concrete walls, trenches and razor wire is already one-quarter built. Israel says it needs the barrier to keep out Palestinian attackers, while Palestinians contend it is a land grab. Some 1,000 Israelis have been killed in nearly four years of fighting, many of them by suicide bombers and gunmen. In the same period, more than 3,000 Palestinians have been killed, most by army fire. While the old route was defined purely by security considerations, the new one would try to find a balance between Israel's security needs and Palestinian rights, a defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. In redrawing the map, planners were asked not to run the barrier next to Palestinian villages and not to separate Palestinians from their fields and schools, the official said. As a result, the new route runs much closer to Israel, and some Jewish settlements in the West Bank will now find themselves on the "Palestinian" side of the barrier, the official said. The biggest route changes are expected in planned areas between the settlement of Elkana and Jerusalem and another stretch in the southern West Bank. No major changes are expected to the barrier that has already been built, the official said.

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