"Israeli" Justice: Security fence may be built on Palestinian farmland

Source: Haaretz, 22-02-2007
The High Court of Justice ruled Thursday that it is permissible for the "Israeli" Army to build security fences around West Bank settlements, even if the barriers cut into agricultural land owned by Palestinians.
Justices Dorit Beinisch, Eliezer Rivlin and Edmond Levi rejected a petition submitted two years ago by ten Palestinian residents of the West Bank opposing the construction of security fences surrounding adjacent settlement land.
The petition was submitted by the council heads of the villages of Beit Lid, Ramin, Shufa and al-Labad against the separation fence path planned near their villages, which was intended to surround the settlements of Avnei Hefetz and Einav Hashomron.
The fence surrounding Avnei Hefetz was built at a distance of 1.5 kilometers from residential homes, and was originally planned to surround an illegal outpost east of the settlement. Last year, the court forbade construction of the fence around the illegal outpost.