JERUSALEM, Jun 23 (NNN-PNA) – The Israeli regime has begun building nine-metre-tall walls, to replace the old fence barriers, in the northern occupied West Bank, said its Defence Ministry yesterday, citing security reasons.
The 45-kilometre-long walls will stretch from near the Palestinian village of Salem, east of Nablus city, in the northern West Bank, to the north of Tulkarm city, its ministry said, in a statement.
“The security barriers will include a massive concrete wall, protection measures, and other technological means,” it said,
The project was approved by the Israeli regime in Apr, amid a wave of Palestinian attacks in Israeli cities, and a total of 360 million shekels (about 104 million U.S. dollars) were allocated for the construction.
The controversial fence barriers, built about 20 years ago, have been a key symbol of the Israeli regime’s control over the West Bank, with the regime arguing, it is necessary to prevent Palestinian attacks.
Palestinians charge them as features of racial segregation and the Israeli apartheid regime.– NNN-PNA
