Israel-Palestine: For Human Values in the Absence of a Just Peace | Page 4

Israel-Palestine: For Human Values in the Absence of a Just Peace
Palestinian state, has been cut off from the rest of the West Bank by Israel’s erection
of a fortified wall and security checkpoints, keeping out most Palestinians. The
Israeli government has annexed all Jerusalem and expanded the city’s boundaries to
include settlements, while depriving Palestinian residents of citizenship and public
services, despite their full payment of taxes to Israel. This claim that Jerusalem is all
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