View of the security
fence from the town hall of JAYYUS (bottom half of picture is West
Bank territory). This line of separation is located 6 km to the east
of the "green line", that is, 6 km inside Palestinian
territory. The "green line" is the line of demarcation
between Israeli and Palestinian territories drawn up after the defeat
of Arab forces in the 1967 war. The farmers of Jayyus are cut off
from 2/3s of their farmland and water sources that supply the village
with fresh water. Over 15,000 olive trees, 50,000 fruit trees, 120
green houses, as well as fertile grazing pastures have been illegally
confiscated.
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