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An extended nine-judge panel at the Israeli High Court of Justice unanimously ruled that the Israeli government should reroute the Separation Wall in Qalqilia area north of the West Bank annexing land there, the court also authorized Israel to continue the construction of the Wall in the Palestinian territories stating that their decision was not based on the ruling of the International High court of Justice.

Headline 091505

An extended nine-judge panel at the Israeli High Court of Justice unanimously ruled that the Israeli government should reroute the Separation Wall in Qalqilia area north of the West Bank annexing land there, the court also authorized Israel to continue the construction of the Wall in the Palestinian territories stating that their decision was not based on the ruling of the International High court of Justice.

The decision was made after a petition, based on The Hague ruling, filed by the Association For Civil Rights in Israel, on behalf of residents of five Palestinian villages which will be isolated from the rest of the Palestinian areas by the Wall which is intended to surround Alfe Menashe settlement, north of the West Bank.

Israel is attempting to make the Separation Wall as the official border between Israel and the West Bank. Currently there are 44 petitions pending at the Israeli High Court of Justice, the court ordered a freeze of the construction in several areas until rerouting the wall there.