Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education - January 1, 2004 - Back to Resources Page

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The Israeli authorities began construction of the separation wall in June 2002. Some call it the Apartheid Wall, others call it the New Berlin Wall, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) has termed it “the Annexation Wall.” According to a study by the Jerusalem-based United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the wall in the Jerusalem area will disrupt Palestinians’ mobility, their access to education and health services, sources of livelihood, and all their basic existential needs that the Fourth Geneva Convention is intended to protect and ensure. OC HA’s opposition to the barrier wall or fence is based on its route and its infringement of these basic human rights.

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Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education - January 1, 2004 - Back to Resources Page