In 2002, Israel began building a 360-mile long, 30-foot high wall on land it has confiscated from Palestinian farmers. Through this Wall, which was ruled illegal by the International Court of Justice, Israel has annexed up to half the territory and even more of the water internationally recognized as belonging to the Palestinian people.

In late 2006, while claiming to be entering into renewed peace talks with Palestinian leaders, Israel began construction of 2500 new houses for Jewish settlers on land illegally confiscated from Palestinians.

Palestinians in the West Bank are prevented from moving freely in their own land by more than 400 checkpoints, where humiliation and violence are daily occurrences.  Most of these checkpoints are not on borders between Palestine and Israel, but between Palestinian towns and villages.

United Nations map of restriction of freedom of movement.

Since the construction of the Apartheid Wall began in 2002, more than 100,000 Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes because they are no longer able to support themselves.  Many of those have left the country.  Learn why at the website of the Palestinian Environmental NGO Network.