At the same time as Israel is burying eight victims of a suicide bombing yesterday by a member of Yasser Arafat’s own Al Aqsa brigade, the Palestinians are using the United Nations Court to attack Israel for building a fence that could have saved their lives.

The Palestinian statements to the court today confirmed the concerns of many countries about the one-sided nature of the question before the court: it seeks to put Israel’s measures to stop terrorism on trial, but not the terrorists themselves; it focuses only on Palestinian quality of life and not on the right of Israelis to life itself; and it stresses only Israeli responsibilities without a word about the responsibilities of the Palestinian side.

Full text of Israel's document as presented to the ICJ (pdf 1.7MB)

Unofficial Summary of Israel's written submission (Word 55KB)

“YOU ARE JUDGING AND I AM BURYING MY HUSBAND.”  - An article by Fanny Haim.

In addition to the following web pages, we invite you to read and watch our documents and Power-Point presentations on the security fence issue:

The Anti-Terrorist Fence - Facts and Figures (pps 4mb): English         Spanish

The Anti-Terrorist Fence - An Overview: A comprehensive summary of the major issues concerning the fence (WORD 62 KB) 

Saving Lives: Israel's Security Fence (pps): English (2mb)        Japanese (3mb)

Which Is Really Worse (pps 1mb)

More articles, speeches, publications and links are available in the "More Info" section.

An updated collection of answers to the most frequently asked questions about the anti-terrorist fence.

You are invited to download the full PDF version(14MB) or read the HTML version.