15 June 2006: Israeli High Court judgement on the Barrier around Zufin

Today the High Court instructed Israel to dismantle the eastern portion of the Separation Barrier that surrounds the Zufin settlement. In a petition filed by HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual, High Court President Aharon Barak ruled that an earlier petition on the issue was rejected after "the complete picture was not presented to the court" and "the Court rejected the petition on the basis of information, only part of which was well-founded."

Underlying these statements is the fact that the State lied when it claimed that the Barrier's route was based solely on security considerations. This ruling requires a re-examination of all those petitions that were rejected based on the same sorts of claims.

B'Tselem and Bimkom have documented 11 additional areas where the route was set in order to expand settlements, even at the expense of security considerations.