Walled Off: 12 Years of Israel's Separation Barrier

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An international photography collective documents the evolution and conflicts surrounding the barrier wall

March 12, 2014 11:51AM ET by Mairav Zonszein (/profiles/z/mairav-zonszein.html) - @MairavZ (http://www.twitter.com/MairavZ)

The West Bank “separation barrier” or “security fence” or “apartheid wall” or “anti-terrorist fence,” depending on whom you ask, is the largest infrastructure project in Israel's history. Twelve years old this April, it costs Israel an annual average of $260 million for maintenance.

Since 2005, Activestills, a collective of Construction on the barrier wall, 2006. Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org Israeli, Palestinian and international photographers, has been documenting the evolution of this structure and its impact on the lives of those it is designed to keep out of Israel. In the process, Activestills has created a compelling visual record of a physical structure that has come to exemplify the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Children play soccer in Anata, Nov. 25, 2005. Photo by Yotam Ronen Activestills.org

Most of the barrier comprises a set of 2-meter-high, electrified barbed-wire fences with vehicle-barrier trenches and a 60-meter-wide exclusion zone on the Palestinian side. But in more densely populated urban areas, particularly those around Jerusalem, like Anata, above, space limitations prompted the Israelis to instead build a concrete wall to the height of 8 meters. The approximately 15,000 residents of the village are surrounded on three sides by the barrier, which keeps its residents from regular access to the businesses, hospitals, cultural centers and other services in the Holy City.

Wall construction in Anata, Dec. 20, 2006. Photo by Yotam Ronen Activestills.org

Construction of the barrier commenced on April 14, 2002 (http://972mag.com/the-wall- project/), at the height of the second intifada, when then–Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered it as a measure to protect Israelis from Palestinian suicide bombers. From the moment construction began, Palestinians protested its route, 85 percent of which runs east of the Green Line, which marked the 1967 boundary between Israel and the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The full route, as outlined in the blueprint approved by Israel’s Ministry of Defense, is 422 miles of zigzagging curves and loops, making it more than twice as long as the 199-mile- long Green Line. More than one-fifth of the planned barrier has not yet been constructed.

Demonstration against the barrier in Bil’in, Sept. 23, 2005. Photo by Yotam Ronen Activestills.org

The Palestinian village of Bil'in began organizing demonstrations in 2005 to protest construction of the barrier, whose route cut the village off from more than half of its agricultural lands. Under Israeli military law, a protest, or even just a procession of 10 or more people, in Palestinian villages is illegal and warrants forceful dispersion. The weekly protests at Bil'in, regularly suppressed by Israeli border guards using stun grenades, tear gas and rubber-coated bullets, have become an international spectacle.

“Almost everyone was at some stage either injured, or arrested, or having seen his/her equipment destroyed,” says Activestills photographer Anne Paq. “This is not an environment where you can be calm and have a lot of time to really do good pictures. On some occasions, you do not even have time to think about the pictures you take.”

Bassem Abu Rahme flies a kite at a demonstration in Bil’in, July 25, 2008. Photo by Oren Ziv

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Bil'in resident Bassem Abu Rahme was killed on April 17, 2009, by a high-velocity tear gas canister fired at his chest, in an incident captured on video. Known in his village as “Pheel” (elephant, in Arabic) because of his large frame and fun-loving demeanor, Abu Rahme was a regular at the weekly protest, often seen trying to reason with the soldiers in broken Hebrew and English.

In September 2013, Israel’s military advocate general closed the investigation into Abu Rahme’s death without any indictment, claiming it was impossible to identify the soldier involved, or to establish whether there had been a breach of regulations that forbid tear gas canisters from being fired directly at human targets.

Al-Walaja, Dec. 7, 2010. Photo by Anne Paq Share Tweet

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It may look like a surrealist painting, but this image of the barrier in Al-Walaja is very real: The village is to be completely encircled by 360 degrees of concrete wall, according to the planned route of the barrier.

Al-Walaja is a five-minute drive from southern Jerusalem, just across the Green Line. Some of its lands were annexed by Israel in 1967, used to build the settlements Gilo and Har Gilo. Part of the Israeli plan for this area is to build a national park that preserves the agricultural terraces Palestinians have been farming for generations — although they will no longer be able to do so once the wall is finished. Residents are currently engaged in a protracted legal battle over the route of the barrier.

Waiting near the Bethlehem checkpoint to attend Ramadan prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Aug. 10, 2012. Photo by Anne Paq Activestills.org

As of September 2013, (http://www.btselem.org/freedom_of_movement/checkpoints_and_forbidden_roads) there were 99 fixed checkpoints in the West Bank through which Palestinians must pass to move between towns. Most have been privatized and are run by employees of security companies rather than by uniformed Israel Defense Forces soldiers, and are a constant source of disruption and humiliation in Palestinian life.

Protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Sarsak, Nablus, June 14, 2012. Photo by Ahmad Al-Bazz Activestills.org

“I'm trying to focus on neglected issues, about issues that few people know about,” says Ahmad Al-Bazz, the photographer who took this picture on the 89th day of the hunger strike of Mahmoud Sarsak, a midfielder for the Palestinian national soccer team. Sarsak had been held under administrative detention in an Israeli prison for three years without charge or trial. His plight, together with that of many other Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, became the focus of almost daily demonstrations in Palestinian cities, although few of those received media attention.

Despite being blindfolded and handcuffed, one of the children looks directly at the camera. “The boy can see, his eyes are not totally covered. He noticed me while taking photos. This is why he is looking right at me,” al-Bazz explained.

Perhaps because of his role in the nascent Palestinian national soccer setup, Sarsak became a popular symbol of protest. Even FIFA President Sepp Blatter called for his release, which was achieved after he had gone 92 days without eating.

The wall as a giant screen, Bethlehem, Nov. 29, 2012. Photo by Ryan Rodrick Beiler Activestills.org

Residents of Bethlehem used the barrier as a screen on which to project the live feed of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas formally appealing to the United Nations General Assembly for Palestine to be granted “non-member observer state” status. The vote was 138–9 in favor of the upgraded status for Palestine, with 41 nations abstaining.

Director Emad Burnat near the wall in Bil’in, Nov. 29, 2013. Photo by Hamde Abu Rahma Activestills.org

Emad Burnat began filming the protests against the separation barrier in his native Bil’in in 2005, the same year his fourth son, Gibreel, was born. Six years later, the documentary “Five Broken Cameras,” which he co-directed with Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi, put the story of Bil’in on the world map. It received critical acclaim, was nominated for an Oscar and won an International Emmy Award, which he is pictured holding here.

The movie has become an international success, and will even be screened in Israeli high schools. But it has done nothing to move the wall or better the village’s situation. The photo was taken by Hamde Abu Rahma, also a resident of Bil’in, who entered photojournalism after seeing his cousin Bassem Abu Rahme shot and killed in 2009.

Climbing the wall to attend prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, July 26, 2013. Photo by Oren Ziv Activestills.org

During the holy month of Ramadan last year, Israel granted thousands of permits to Palestinians living in the West Bank that would allow them to reach the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. But getting through the checkpoints can take hours, and not everyone was granted a permit. It is much faster — though also more dangerous — to simply climb over the wall.

Oren Ziv, one of Activestills’ co-founders, who took this photo, comments, “Mainstream media often leaves events early, or doesn’t show up at all, so we get exclusive photos.”

Marathon, Bethlehem, April 21, 2013. Photo by Ryan Rodrick Beiler Activestills.org

When Palestinians staged their first-ever marathon, calling it the "Right to Movement" race, runners had to complete two laps of the route. That’s because there simply isn’t one single stretch of 26 uninterrupted miles under Palestinian Authority control.

“It's easy just to roll up and take some shots of the wall, of the cool graffiti or whatever,” says photographer Ryan Rodrick Beiler. “Lots of people do that without ever talking to someone who lives with it every day … The harder thing is to show the wall in a new way, or a way that shows its direct impact on people.”

Muhammad Amira overlooking his agricultural lands, Nil’in, Oct. 21, 2013. By Keren Manor Activestills.org

In this photograph, Muhammad Amira is trying to get a good look at his olive trees and grazing lands just beyond the barrier, with the sprawling settlement of Hashmonaim in the background. Nil’in residents have been cut off from about 7.5 acres of their agricultural lands by the wall built there in 2007.

Amira is a farmer and science teacher who frequently attends protests against the separation barrier. The village has lost five residents to IDF fire during protests over the years, including a 10-year-old child.

Hole in the wall, Al Khader, West Bank. Nov. 22, 2013 Activestills.org

Activestills will not divulge the identity of the photographer responsible for this exclusive image, for fear of incriminating the Palestinians who broke the wall.

Lights from the Israeli settlement of Har Gilo are visible in the distance, and a beam of light — from Highway 60, the main north-south road traversing the West Bank — shines through the hole, as if a glowing buried treasure were discovered. In this case, the army did not show up.

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Subscribe RSS (http://comments.us1.gigya.com/comments/rss/6311261/ajam/3fcb6ad96c6c4efc9bb8 6aac10bc7edd1394639537098) Lena Walton 31 days ago When I lived In Israel many years ago. The wall was just someones horrible idea of apaarteid in Israel. When I returned 30 years later I was horrified to see the concrete monstrosity had become real. Its slowly suffocated the last strongholds of the nobel Palestinian people. The Belin wall was pulled down and yet Israel was allowed to build this with money from England and America. Its disgusting!

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James Tierney 177 days ago

I am going to go out on a limb here... I am a Christian, but that is not supposed to be the issue here. First let me be very clear, Palestine deserves a place to call home and so does Israel. But for the world leaders to support Israel to take over Palestinian Lands is robbery. The world is supporting Israel because they have misinterpreted biblical prophecy. False prophets in the Nominal Christian churches have claimed that the temple needs to be rebuilt in Israel in order for the "conversion of the Jews" to take place. The Jews know that these false prophets are trying to convert them and they accept their support because it gives them power to take over Palestine. But those men are misinterpreting the bible and applying texts inappropriately to establish international policy. The Christian Coalition and C Street in Washington DC make policy for the world based off of erroneous interpretations of the bible or we would never support the overthrow of another people like we are.

Jesus was in the temple just before being betrayed and when He left He said "your house is left unto you desolate" and when they crucified Him the veil was torn from top to bottom signifying the end of the Temple system. Then ROME destroyed Jerusalem and scattered their people to the wind.

In all sincerity, Palestinians have more right to that land than the Jews do. Israel deserves a place to call home but not at the expense of stealing other peoples land. How dare someone to claim the name of the Lord to STEAL from others. Isn't there something about that in the TEN COMMANDMENTS?

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JohnnyandAngie Johnson 37 days ago

If you are a Christian then you must read the scripture of the description of the land that GOD gave the Jews.All this land is their's ,the Arabs are the interlopers.Jordan is their home and Lebanon and Syria.Don't profess being Christian and not knowing what belongs to God's first chosen people.

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Samlight2010 515 days ago On 23 March 1918, in Al Qibla, the daily newspaper of Mecca, (Emir Faisal) attested that Palestine was "a sacred and beloved homeland of its original sons," the Jews; "the return of these exiles(Jews) to their homeland will prove materially and spiritually an experimental school for their [Arab] brethren." He called on the Arab population in Palestine to welcome the Jews as brethren and cooperate with them for the common welfare. It is not too late to feel and live Emir Faisal's vision. On 4 January 1919, Emir Faisal and Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization signed the Faisal–Weizmann Agreement for ArabJewish cooperation, in which Faisal conditionally accepted the Balfour Declaration based on the fulfillment of British wartime promises of development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and on which subject he made the following statement. "We Arabs... look with the deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement. Our deputation here in Paris is fully acquainted with the proposals submitted yesterday by the Zionist Organisation to the Peace Conference, and we regard them as moderate and proper. We will do our best, in so far as we are concerned, to help them through; we will wish the Jews a most hearty welcome home... I look forward, and my people with me look forward, to a future in which we will help you and you will help us, so that the countries in which we are mutually interested may once again take their places in the community of the civilised peoples of the world." It is not too late to feel and live Emir Faisal's vision.

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Jim Blalock 516 days ago cost Israel 260 million a year. You mean american tax payers 260 million a year. The most recent assessment of total U.S assistance to Israel has been determined to exceed 10 billion a year. This number is derived from economic and military aid, and give a ways. forgiven loans none of which have ever been repaid by Israel. Tax exempt status to anyone contributing money to Israel and other things like lost interest and interest on monies we give Israel at the beginning of each fiscal cycle. The zionist have done an excellent job controlling our politicians and hiding the corruption from the U.S voter. But the real cost is even higher than 10 billion when you factor in the cost our policies cost our nation in blindly supporting that fascist state.

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Jim Blalock 516 days ago hmm, wonder how you would feel if i stole you land , kicked you off it, put you in a open air prison and controlled every single item that entered it. i imagine you might strap on a bomb to. but maybe i am wrong, maybe you would just role over and ask me to tickle your belly instead. Reply Share 2 replies 0

Avi Barro 499 days ago Maybe you are wrong. May be jews, 100 years ago, collected money and bought those lands, with full price from the owners. Lands that worth nothing. Wetlands, who no one try to live on, because of diseases, lack of pure water, bad conditions. Those jews, made the lands to a treasure. This country was divided by the Nations, into two countries. One of the Jews, one for the Arabs. The Arabs did not agrees for the division. they claimed the all country. they fight to occupy the lands of the Jews. In 1948 there was a bloody war. They lost, we took our lands back. The Jordenian took the Yehuda and Shomron mountains. In 1967, the Jordenian joined to Eagypt and Siria and attaked Israel. Israel is a shrink country, 30 Km (20 miles) in some areas. We fight back (I was a child and I remember the bombs). The rest is history.

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Dallas Tex 286 days ago You make strapping on a bomb a joking matter that my friend is why the wall had to be built , also you need to read history of this Holy land not even the Arabs dispute and or support Palestine.

Reply Share 0 lydda exodus 551 days ago

The Illegal "Land Grab: of the Zionist regime was also fulfilled with the use of a wall. Russia watched the USA support the Zionist thug terrorists use the 6 billion in US tax dollar AID yearly to annex the Palestinian West Bank JUST LIKE RUSSIA IS DOING TO CRIMEA.

We look so weak because of the Zionist terrorist actions of using a military occupation to place right wing extremist Zionist terrorist camps in the West Bank, killing Palestinians at will and calling them terrorists within the West Bank but West Bank residents can't enter Israel.

THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE FOR THE ZIONIST TERRORISTS WHO ATTACK any American official who tells them to stop killing Palestinians for their land.

UN WILL BEGIN SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAELI OFFICIALS LIKE WE HAVE BEGUN TO DO TO RUSSIANS. This will be a day when the Palestinians will be allowed to determine their own destiny without ZIONIST TERROR AND RELIGIOUS RADICAL JUDEA SAMARA JIHADI JEWISH RADICALS KILLING THEM.

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Kerry Winn 551 days ago

The wall fulfilled its purpose; less homicide bombings of Israeli citizens.

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Star Messenger 552 days ago

Before 1947 Jews and Arabs were living in peace...for hundreds of years. So, what happened? In 1948 the Palestinians became "aliens". Here is a message for Israel: Leviticus 19:34 (NIV) "The alien living with you must be treated as one of your nativeborn. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God."

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Cyrus Trance 551 days ago

Arabs were attacking Jews back in 1929.

That increased 10 fold when the UN announced Resolution 181.

Reply Share 1 laudyms 552 days ago

Israel proves the old saying: "You become what you hate." Now they are the ones building ghettos...

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Arnold Rivas 552 days ago

Sadly, you're right about that. Even though the issue is a lot more complicated than that, with the catalyst of Western nations back in 1948, we are now living with the unintended consequences of the choices made long ago.

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Cyrus Trance 551 days ago The Palestinians built their own ghettos.

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Geoff Giles 554 days ago

Nice place for our tax dollars to go.

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JTustice 554 days ago

When you move into a new neighborhood and build a fence, it says more about you than your neighbor.

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Maqbool Qurashi 554 days ago

This is Masada on a larger scale. Jewish desire to recreate Kingdom of David had been trumping the reality on the ground. Netanyahu always refer to the area as Judea and Samaria. As long as AIPAC controls the Congress, there is no hope to end the conflict even though BDS is picking up speed in the rest of the World.

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Swej Kcuf 554 days ago

Unbelievable. It is the duty of the world to see how rabbinic Judaism evils affecting more than 4 Million Palestinians under the current occupation and blockade. Not to mention the more than 7 Million Palestinian refugees who demand their right to return. Unlike Baruch Goldstein the champion of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, the Palestinians do have a genuine cause to afflict equal amount of pain.

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Tim Kirby 551 days ago You are right about the Palestinians suffering. It should not be that way. Nobody should suffer just because they are of a different origin or religion. It is even more sad because I'm sure that a high percentage of those numbers are children, unless I am mistaken, (which i could be because to be honest I don't know the numbers). All those kids suffering are innocent, Israeli and Palestinian. They shouldn't be getting killed just because policy makers can't get along. I bet most people in both areas are just tired of fighting and want to get on with their lives and loved ones, just like me. I think hardliners in politics are the cause for the problem, because they are so self conscious of themselves that they have to portray themselves as someone who has a lot of power. Politicians bully us, and we end up taking it out on each other, when we should be voting out the politicians and organizing ethical and moral campaigns for nonviolence, compassion, and equality.

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Tim Kirby 554 days ago we can all live together in peace side by side if we all want to

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Abraham Abraham 553 days ago

You are right

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Tim Kirby 551 days ago If only everyone thought that way Mr. Abraham. Muslims, Jewish, and Christians should realize that they all stem from Abraham anyways. To be honest, talking to some imams and rabbis (sorry if I misspelled), they seem to think that it would be better for the three Abrahamic religions to understand that they are all in some way or another connected at the roots, which should give them reason to respect and understand one another even more.

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Kit Catranis 552 days ago

Michael, as effective as writing in caps may feel at the time I would advise not to do so. Mainly because it is a perfect example of the level of immaturity in your understanding of effective communication. If you honestly think that by writing in caps you have convinced ANYONE that it is possible to enjoy using their children as weapons, then you are not only rudely mistaken on what has actually occurred between Palestine and Israel but also the manner in which it was conducted. This seems like another miscommunication. My opinion is that at the core of each conflict you find miscommunication, not disagreement or hostility which often accompany this confusion. ;)

Reply Share 1 reply 1 Cyrus Trance 551 days ago

The wall does as intended, it keeps Palestinians from killing Israelis.

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Alfredos jeffries 555 days ago

I doubt Israel will ever remove the barrier wall/fence. You haven't seen suicide bombings in pizzerias, buses and clubs lately. I think Israelis would prefer the occasional rocket firing. Many countries have barrier fences and many with questionable borders. The Chinese did it thousands of years ago. The real solution is a peace deal. Fatah has to make peace with Hamas first. Who represents the Palestinians? Fatah and Abbas or Hamas and Haniyeh? It can't be just Fatah and the West Bank negotiating with Israel. What about Gaza? They need open direct communication of all parties otherwise there will never be better circumstances...

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Charles Roscoe 555 days ago

Since the wall went up Israel is in peace and the Arabs have turned on each other across the middle east.

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Harmony Harmonious 554 days ago

Oh, how excellent... We'd all better figure out how to cooperate and stop contending.... There's not enough cement to build all the walls we're gonna need ...you can ALWAYS find a new enemy if that's how u choose to view the world

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JTustice 554 days ago

When you can't call any of your neighbors as friends, is the problem with you or your neighbors?

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Dimas Dimas 555 days ago

At the end of the day, after all the political puppet shows, Israel WILL be protected.

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ThisIsPalestine 557 days ago

Holy crap? You mean murdering 1200 Israelis in cold blood lead to negative consequences?! Who could have imagined such a thing?

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ThisIsPalestine 557 days ago Don't like it? Make peace. (drops mic)

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Stephanie Jennings 554 days ago

Zionism is a form of apartheid and won't last. You are fooling yourselves but not the world.

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Nigel DandridgePerry 552 days ago

When a lie is believed the only way to protect the lie is to build more and more walls around it. A lie based on a fantasy and accepted by people too scared to speak against it becomes more and more a pandemic sickness. All counties that profess to be endowed with gifts from God are living lies.

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Star Messenger 552 days ago

Endowed with gifts from God? It all depends what you call a "gift".

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Cyrus Trance 551 days ago

What lie are you talking about?

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Cyrus Trance 551 days ago

Please explain why there are 1.2 million Palestinian Israeli citizens and zero Jews who are Palestinian citizens?

The real apartheid are the Palestinians.

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