Israel to adjust wall's route in Bil'in

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Attorney of Bil'in local council, Michael Sfard, said on Saturday that Israeli authorities informed him of the new route of the separation wall, adjusted according to a decision by the Israeli Supreme Court of Justice in 2007....

Once the adjusted route is implemented, residents of Bil'in are expected to restore almost half of their 2,300 donums confiscated during the construction of the wall's original route.

However, as the portion of the wall already built will be removed, farmers will expect significant damage to their olive groves located in the area.

The local Popular Committee Against the Separation Wall in Bil'in said the decision to alter the wall's route came too late, and would not change the fact that the wall in unacceptable, wherever it is, members said.

......hundreds of people have been injured or detained during peace protests against the wall, which have been brutally suppressed... Last year, Basim Abu Raham was killed at one of the rallies.

Nonetheless, Al-Khateib said, the adjustment to the wall's route is an accomplishment achieved by the village...  Full story