The Israeli Authorities annexed the Palestinian village of Beit Iksa by placing it on the map west of the Annexation Wall, and considered it part of Jerusalem. The decision means that the village would be isolated from the West Bank.
The decision comes in contradiction with a decision issued by the Israeli government in 2006 in which it decided not to annex the village.
Implementing the decision means that some 3000 Palestinians would be allowed to enter Israel without any permits, but would also be isolated from the West Bank.
>The conflict on the future of the village started after the Israeli government, headed by the former Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, had decided in 2003 that the village would be on the Israeli side of the Wall.
The government of former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, approved in 2006 the new route of the Wall which placed the village on the Palestinian side, only 200 meters away from the Green Line....
....The fence would likely be electronic, and a road would be paved next to it to allow military patrols to man it. The project will likely cost dozens of millions of Israeli shekels. Full story
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