ei: Maps & Satellite Imagery

The Separation Barrier - Jerusalem Area (May 2005) -- This map, published in May 2005 by the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, shows the Separation Barrier in the Jerusalem area. The Israeli cabinet set September 1, 2005 as completion date for the Wall around Jerusalem, which will separate more than one-fifth of the Palestinian residents of the city.

The Separation Barrier in the West Bank (May 2005) -- A new map published by the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem in May 2005. The current route of the separation barrier is the primary cause of human rights violations in the area. Although the route was ostensibly based on security considerations, extraneous reasons, among them the desire to route the barrier east of the settlements and land intended for their expansion, also played a role. These extraneous considerations are improper and cannot justify the violation of Palestinian human rights.

The Wall's new route (27 February 2005) -- On 20 February 2005, the Israeli government approved a revised route of the Wall. Though the new route includes a number of changes that in specific locations provide some Palestinian communities access once again to other areas of the West Bank, or to a greater percentage of their agricultural land, the Wall’s impact of isolating Palestinian communities from one another, increasing transportation costs and travel distances, impeding the provision of basic services, devastating local economies, and destroying Palestinian territorial contiguity, remains the same.

Humanitarian Impact of the Wall (8 July 2004) -- Preliminary analysis by the Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that approximately 157,800 acres2 - or about 11.5 percent - of West Bank land (excluding East Jerusalem) will lie between the Barrier and the Green Line, according to the revised route. This will include 38,500 acres enclosed in a series of enclaves and 119,300 acres in closed areas between the Green Line and the Barrier, excluding East Jerusalem. An additional 4,000 acres are already located in two semi-enclaves, where land is encircled by the Barrier but access via one route is unrestricted. See also: Humanitarian Implications of Latest Wall Projections, OCHA (8 July 2004).

Humanitarian impact of the wall (8 November 2003) -- Preliminary analysis by the Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that the planned new Wall will have severe humanitarian consequences for more than 680,000 Palestinians in the West Bank - well beyond the impact of the current Wall. On October 1, 2003, Israel approved a new plan revealing new information about the Wall's planned route in the southern West Bank. The planned new Wall will be 687 km long. See also: New wall projections: Severe humanitarian consequences for more than 680,000 Palestinians in the West Bank, OCHA (12 November 2003).

The West Bank Wall (8 October 2003) -- The co-chairs of the Local Aid Coordination Committee (LACC) – the group of international donors to the Palestinians released an overview map of the wall in the West Bank. The map is an annex to a report on the rapid expansion of Israel's "separation barrier" around East Jerusalem: The Impact of Israel's Separation Barrier on Affected West Bank Communities: The "Jerusalem Envelope".

Affected Palestinian refugees by first phase of the wall (20 August 2003) -- This map from UNRWA available for download in PDF versions following the image below, shows affected Palestinian communities and the impact of the construction of the first phase of Israel's Apartheid Wall through the Palestinian West Bank. PDF original is recommended due to its clarity.

Israel's "Security Wall": Another Land Grab (July 2003) -- This map was produced by the Jerusalem Task Force of the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

Satellite Imagery of the Wall around Qalqilya (2002-2003) -- These satellite images of Qalqilya and the wall surrounding the city were taken on 3 March 2002 and 7 June 2003. One can clearly see the ongoing construction of the wall.

Satellite Imagery of Separation Wall (14 May 2003) -- Satellite image taken on 14 May 2003 of the separation wall in the north of the West Bank. The image is enhanced to illustrate the wall trajectory in red, major cities indicated in purple, and the Green Line in green.