The Seam Zone

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• The Seam Zone
• Additional alternatives for determining permanent
  borders

Shaul Arieli - C
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Strategic Objectives of the State of Israel

• An end to the Palestinian Israeli conflict
  through an agreement in which will be anchored
  the mode of political separation between Israel
  and the Palestinian Entity and the groundwork for
  cross-border cooperation.

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Contributing Factors to the Building of the Seam
Zone

• Threat of terror more than 900 Israeli civilians
  killed since October of 2000.
• Economic protection measure GDP per-capita in
  Israel is 16,300 compared to 940 for
  Palestinians.
• Demographic threats influx of 120,000 illegal
  immigrants into Israel from the territories and
  Arab countries.

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Official Objectivefrom the Hebrew-version
website of the Ministry of Defense

• The plan for the Seam Area was designed as one
  component in the war against terror by reducing
  the ability of terrorists from the areas of the
  Palestinian Authority to infiltrate into Israel.
• from the Hebrew-version website of the Ministry
  of Defense

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Principles for Drawing the Barriers Linefrom
the Hebrew-version website of the Ministry of
Defense

• An answer to the operational need for continuity
• The seam-line and hot pursuit (observation and
  control)
• Security of the force operating along the
  seam-line
• Preventing where possible separation of land
  from its owners
• Taking into consideration the pattern of life
  along the seam-line, and the needs of the Israeli
  and Palestinian populations
• Avoidance of annexing Palestinians west of the
  Barrier
• Taking individual rights into consideration
• Preservation of landscape and nature
• Physical separation between Israelis and
  Palestinians
• Ease of functioning and maintenance over time.

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Palestinian built up areas (red)
Israeli Settlements built up areas (blue)
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Area A
Area B
Area C
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Western Barrier
Delineation of the Barrier authorized on June
23, 2002 and on the 1st of October 2003
Secondary Barrier
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Sharons Passover Declaration 2004
Maale Adomim
Kiryat Arba
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Proposed Eastern Barrier
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Outposts built before Feb. 2001 (blue)
Dismantled Outposts (pink)
Outposts built after Feb. 2001 (green)
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"View of Nofe-Nachamia Outpost on 8.2.02 Part of
Rachalim Settlement but Outside of municipal
boundaries
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Nofe-Nachamia Outpost Dismantled Oct.
2002 Resettled Feb. 2003 Photo taken 26.5.03
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View of Nofe-Nechamia Outpost with newly paved
access road. 12.12.03
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View of Nofe-Nechamia Outpost 2.1.04
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View of Nofe-Nechamia Outpost from April, 2004
showing addition of 6 new trailers
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Proposed settler fingers
Western Barrier approved by the government
Eastern Barrier
Proposed additional settlement blocks
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Palestine
Eastern Barrier
Western Seam Zone
Palestine
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Security Barrier or Political Barrier?
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700 km of roads Frequently used by Israelis
Western Seam Zone
58 settlements and scores of Outposts on the
Eastern side of the fence.
???Disengagement???
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Electricity and Water supply Under
Israeli control
Disengagement From Gaza???
Entrance of Palestinian workers Into Israel
under Israeli control
No passage to the West Bank from Erez
Territorial waters under Israeli control
Karni checkpoint And main import center Under
Israeli control
Philadelphi road Under Israeli control
Airspace under Israeli control
Cement importation and transfer Facilities
un Israeli control
Rafah border crossing Under Israeli control
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Political Aim of the Barrier

• To influence the determination of the permanent
  border of Israel in the absence of a partner
  through a policy based on settlements and
  security claims.

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Considerations in Determining the Line of the
Barrier

• COMPROMISE BETWEEN
• Annexation of maximum territory and settlements
  along the green line
• Annexation of minimum Palestinian villages and
  inhabitants

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Nablus
Qalqilya
Ariel
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Qalqilya
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The Barrier and Gate Closures
Palestinian School Children Waiting for Israeli
Soldiers to Open Gates
Khirbet Jabara, Tulkarm District
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Jerusalem
270,000 Palestinians
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The Old City of Jerusalem
871 Dunams 27,000 Palestinians 3,000 Jews
130 Dunams
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Israeli Jerusalem In 1967
19,000 Dunams
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Jordanian Jerusalem In 1967
6,000 Dunams
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United Jerusalem
71,0000 Dunams
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East Jerusalem
220,000 Palestinians
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Israeli Neighborhoods
180,000 Jews
60,000 Dunams
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The Barrier
270,000 Palestinians
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Northern Jerusalem
Ramallah
Givat Zeev
Aram
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1920-1967 Shaping Reality
Military superiority vs. International
legitimacy Each one is a necessary condition
for survival but only when used together can
they create conditions for justifying the
enlargement of the homeland of the Jewish
people.
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End Results
Palestine
Eastern Barrier
Western Seam Zone
Israel 23,233 km2 45 of West Bank annexed to
Israel Totaling 87 of mandated Palestine With
5.3 million Jews And One million Arabs
Palestinian State - 3,417 km2 55 of West Bank
and Gaza 13 of Mandated Palestine 3.5 million
Palestinians plus refugees
Palestine
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• Seam Zone Proposal
• For Modification of the Delineation That Was
  Decided Upon By The Government of Israel on Oct
  1st, 2003

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Principles for determining the proposed route of
the fence

• The Green Line as a preferred delineation.
• Large settlement blocks that can be added with
  contiguity and without damaging the Palestinian
  livelihood.
• Other blocks would be secured as separate
  defended areas, with access roads secured by
  means other than physical barriers.

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Proposed Delineation
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Ariel and Emanuel as a separate block
Proposed Delineation
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Roads within Proposed Seam Zone used
by Palestinians
To Nablus
Chable
North - South
East - West
Route 60 Bethlehem to Hebron
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Comparison The Existing Line and the Proposed
Line
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Provisional State Of Palestine
Western Barrier
Eastern Security Area without Barrier
Provisional State of Palestine
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Common Principles for the Determination of
theBorder- Geneva Initiative

• The agreement setting permanent border, final,
  recognized, and agreed upon by both Palestine and
  Israel.
• The border between Israel and Palestine is based
  on 1967 line according to the decision of the
  UNSC Resolution 242 and the Clinton Principles.
• Exchange of territories will be carried out
  relatively to a 11 ratio as to serve both
  parties interests.
• Abandoned territories that were existing along
  the 1967 borders will be distributed evenly
  between the parties.
• None of the parties will annex settlements or
  inhabitants of the other side.

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Israeli Palestinian Territorial Exchange
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Palestine
Israel 20,409 km2 Palestine 6,241 km2
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Exchanged Areas 124 km2
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Palestine
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Jerusalem Under the Geneva Initiative
Annexation of 265,000 Jews on 70,500 Dunams
220,000 Palestinians Under Palestinian Sovereignty
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Comparing the Geneva Initiative and the
ProposedBarrier in the Seam Area.
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Conclusion

• David Ben-Gurion (Speech to the Knesset April 4,
  1949) The IDF can conquer all the territory
  between the Jordan River and the Sea but what
  kind of state will we have under the assumption
  that there are elections and that Dir Yassin is
  not our policy. We will end up with a Knesset
  with an Arab Majority. Between a Greater Israel
  and a Jewish State we chose a Jewish State.