Introduction In summer 2002, following a campaign of suicide bombings by Palestinian militants, the Government of Israel approved construction of a temporary 723-kilometer-long Barrier with the stated purpose of preventing Palestinian suicide bombers from entering Israel.(1) On 9 July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, issued an advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The opinion recognised that Israel respond in order to protect the life of its citizens [but] the measures taken are bound nonetheless to remain in conformity with applicable international law. (2) In analysing the Barrier route, the Court stated that the sections which ran inside the West Bank and East Jerusalem together with...
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