Israeli Court Orders Re-Routing of West Bank Wall


Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the state to re-route part of its West Bank separation wall around the Palestinian village of Bilin. For nearly three years residents of Bilin and international peace activists have held weekly non-violent demonstrations against the wall because it cuts off a large part of their farming land. Bilin's mayor Ahmed Issa Abdallah Yassin hailed the court ruling as a victory but he said protests will continue until the wall is eliminated. Israel is building a 425 mile wall through the West Bank to separate Palestinian residents and Jewish settlers. In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued a non-binding ruling that parts of the wall are illegal and should be torn down but Israel has vowed to complete the project.