It is very hard to comment on this monstrosity of a wall for the simple fact there is nothing to compare it to. I don't think there exists or has ever existed anything like it. You can point to the Berlin Wall or the Great Wall of China but these barriers were placed on borders ( in the case of Berlin it was the dividing line between the east and west). This wall dissects the West Bank into several bantustans/prisons/reservations/enclaves or whatever term you want to use. That means it not only disrupts movement into Israel but between one Arab town to the next. This barrier along with 500 checkpoints prevent any freedom of movement inside of the occupied West Bank. This is unprecedented. This is why this is not a defensive barrier for Israel but simply another tool in the military occupation arsenal to make life miserable for the natives on top of the fact it consolidates stolen lands.
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