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Central West Bank Barrier | RAMALLAH | JERUSALEM | NORTH BETHLEHEM | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory Central West Bank Barrier | RAMALLAH | JERUSALEM | NORTH BETHLEHEM | Al Lubban ashSharqiya Yo'ezer Eli Kafr ad Dik Farkha 'Ammuriya Qaryut Neve Ya'akov Al LubbanNumbers ash Sharqiya on the map correspond with 'Ammuriya Qaryut Deir Ballut Deir Ballut Khirbet Qeis information in Barrier Update #5 Deir Ballut Hizma Pdu'el Allon - March 2005. Khirbet S Qarawat Bani ZeidAlmon (Anatot) Ma'ale Levona Kfar Adumim Barrier path based on Israeli Shilo Mazari' anNofei Nubani Prat Kafr 'Ein government, Ministry of Defence/ Deir Ghassana-BaniPisgat Zeid Ze'ev Seam Zone Authority, map - 20 Military Base Shu'fat Camp 'Anata 'Arura Al Ka'abina (Tajammu' Badawi) February 2005. Path updated by Rantis Al Lubban al Gharbi Sinjil Turmus'ayya Beit Rima-Bani Zeid satellite image analysis and field 'Abwein observations. Beit Arye Rantis Al 'Isawiya Deir as Sudan Jilijliya Areas under construction and land 'Ajjul French Hill An Nabi Salih Mishor Adumin requisition orders collected from local Az Za'ayyem 1 'Abud authorities and IDF liaison - as of Ofarim 1 Khirbet Abu Falah At Tur An Nabi Salih February 2005. Umm Safa West Bank Barrier: planned and constructed Ash Shayyah Ma'ale Adumim as of 20 February 2005 Deir Nidham Khalamish Al Mazra'a ash Sharqiya Al 'Eizariya Ras al 'Amud 'Atara ISRAEL Deir Abu Mash'al Jibiya Ateret Ofarim-Nili Bypass Road Abu Dis 2 Burham Shuqba Kobar 'Arab al Jahalin New Kedar 'Atara Bridge Qibya Silwad Beitillu Kedar Abu Shukheidim Yabrud 3 Shabtin Jammala As Sawahira ash Sharqiya West Bank Nakhli'el Bir Zeit 'Ein Siniya Deir 'Ammar Camp DeirMa'ale 'Ammar Adumim: New Barrier Route Budrus Deir Jarir Nili Na'ale The Ma'ale Adumim planned Barrier route - Route subject to completion ofJifna further inter- ministerial examination - extends over 61 km2 of West Bank land. It also cuts 45%Dura across al Qar' thewidthoftheWestBank.ThesizeandstrategiclocationofthisBarriersectionwillhave serious affects on north south travel forAl Mazra'a West Bank al Qibliya residents and access to Jerusalem. Ofra At Tayba Talmon Bet Ni'lin 4 Deir Qaddis Abu Qash Al Jalazun Camp 'Ein Yabrud Kharbatha Bani Harith Ni'lin Ras Karkar Al Janiya Surda Beit El Al Midya Talmon West Bank Rammun Modi'in Ilit Inset Bil'in Beitin Ha-Shmanim Matityahu 'Ein Qiniya Beitin Kafr Ni'ma Dolev Bet El/Ramallah DCO Shilat Deir Ibzi' Menora Dead Sea Deir Dibwan 'Ein 'Arik Saffa Ramallah Al Bireh Modi'in Settlement Block Beit 'Ur at Tahta Khirbet Kafr Sheiyan Burqa Beituniya Psagot Makkabim 443 Beit Sira Al Am'ari Camp Kharbatha al Misbah Beit 'Ur al Fauqa 443 6 Kokhav Ya'akov Ma'ale Mikhmas Beit Khoron Military Base Rafat Kafr 'Aqab Mikhmas Beit Liqya At Tira Beituniya 8Qalandiya Camp JORDAN VALLEY 5 Qalandiya Jerusalem Airport Geva Binyamin Beit Nuba Giv'at Ze'ev No man's land Military Base Beit Duqqu Al Judeira Qalandiya Jaba' Atarot Jaba' (Tajammu' Badawi) Beit 'Anan Al Jib Bir Nabala Ar Ram & Dahiyat al Bareed Beit Ijza Giv'on Geva Binyamin (Adam) Mevo Khoron Giv'on Ha-Khadasha 7 7 Bir Nabala Kharayib Umm al Lahim Giv'on Ha-Khadasha Ar Ram 9 Al Qubeiba Neve Ya'akov Biddu 436 Qatanna Nebi Samuel An Nabi Samwil Beit Hanina Pisgat Ze'ev Hizma Beit Hanina al Balad Hizma Almon (Anatot) Har Adar Ramot Allon Beit Surik No man's land Beit Iksa Pisgat Ze'ev Ramot Allon Shu'fat Military Base Armistice line 1949/ Shu'fat Camp 'Anata ISRAELISRAEL Al Green Line Rekhes Shu'afat Shu'fat Camp 10 Bir Nabala Planned Enclave Ramat Eshkol Al 'Isawiya French Hill Ma'alot Dafna Barrier Construction Status Sheikh Jarrah 1 11 Road Network Az Za'ayyem Completed Other Road Wadi al Joz As Suwwana Under construction At Tur Az Za'ayyem Main Road Old City Jerusalem (Al Quds) Land with requistion orders Bab as Sahira Restricted Road Ash Shayyah12 Planned Barrier Roads with restrictions for Palestinian Jewish Quarter Ma'ale Adumim Al 'Eizariya Special security arrangement vehicle use. Silwan Prohibited Road Jerusalem Municipality Jerusalem Ras al 'Amud Road protection Roads on which Israel prohibits Palestinian Ath Thuri vehicle use. 13 Abu Dis Route subject to completion of Cliff Hotel further inter-ministerial examination Palestinian Built-Up Area 14 14 'Arab al Jahalin Al Quds New Kedar Planned Barrier - path based on Israeli Government Israeli Settlement University (Ministry of Defence - Seam Zone Authority) maps, published 20 February 2005. Rachel's Tomb Talpiyot Mizrakh Checkpoint As Sawahira al Gharbiya Container Kedar Barrier - path extracted from satellite imagery and 60 verified with field surveys. Tunnel Sharafat Beit Safafa Jabal al Mukabbir As Sawahira ash Sharqiya Restricted Road and Prohibited Road are controlled 43 Road Number Giv'at Ha-Matos Ash Sheikh Sa'd by the IDF. Access and status subject to change. Al Walaja Sur Bahir Gilo 15 Ein Yalow Za'tara Road 17 (under construction) 18 Gilo 17 Umm Tuba Cartography: OCHA-oPt - February 2005 Har Homa 'Ayda Camp Base data: PA MoPIC, July 2000, OCHA update 2004 Green Line Battir Har Gilo Al 'Ubeidiya For comments contact <[email protected]> Al 'Aza (Beit Jibrin) Camp Khallet an Nu'man16 Dar Salah Armistice line (1949)/ Beit Jala DCO Tel. +972 (02) 582-9962 Al Hujeila Al Haddadiya Wadi Fukin G http://www.ochaopt.org Beit Jala Bethlehem (Beit Lahm) OCHA Husan Al Khas Wadi Fukin Beit Sahur Hadar Betar Bethlehem Umm al Qasseis Juhdum The designations employed and the presentation of material Tunnel on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion what- 05,0002,500 soever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations Al Khadr Ad Doha Umm 'Asla concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or Betar Illit area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its Fakht al Jul frontiers or boundaries. Meters 60 Ad Duheisha Camp Khallet al Louza Bei BrrWBC_Ram-Jer-BethN0205.
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