Transcript Jamal Juma - Stop the Wall

2002 - 2011
Israeli 2025 Vision
Toward Sustainable Ghettoes
Israel Master Plan “Israel 2020”
In Israel, trends is further augmented by a general political consensus, bridging all
political parties, that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be resolved within
the next few decades - hence Israel should see itself as a "marathon runner" and
build a strategy for long term resilience.
The Master Plan first faze was launched in 1992 involved 250 Israeli professionals
from the Academia, Ministries, Private sector, Unions, Military & Some Israeli
NGOs and international Jewish agencies.
In 1997, or after 6 years, They came out with 18 report to the general public.
These reports provided a pioneering example for comprehensive long range Israeli
national planning in major three lines: The WAR atmosphere, the PEACE
atmosphere & Israel and the Jewish communities around the world.
Who were within the “professionals”?
Professors from Dublin & Walberg universities in Denmark, Hawaii Cambridge
university, The Royal Technical Institute in Sweden, Toskopeh university in Japan,
Nijmegen in Netherlands, Lille in France, Harvard in the USA & The Technical
University in Berlin.
Why there were needed?
To understand and measure the new and expected International trends in Politics,
Aid, Economic, Religious, Tourism, Hi-Tech, Military, National Security,,, etc.
New International trends Such as:
- Qualified Industrial zones, Border industrial zones,,, etc
- Green Energy, Green housing, Environment,,, etc
- Aid theories & Foreign relations theories
- Theories related Private sectors roll in peace building
- Trade trends within Bilateral agreements, Multilateral agreements, WTO,,, etc
- Economical Coalitions: EU, OECD, Mercusure,,, etc
- Developed countries, developing countries and the rest of the world.
Herzliya Conference
started in 2000 until today on yearly bases
1- Galilee Development (Judaisation) plan
2- Negev Development (Judaisation) Plan
3- Greater Jewish Jerusalem
4- Disengagement Plan from WB &
Gaza
www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/
The Apartheid Wall & The battle of Jerusalem:
Judaization & Ethnic cleansing
in the city
A belt of Settlements & Walls to isolate Jerusalem
Giv’on bloc
12,000 Settlers
Central East Jerusalem
123,000 Settlers
211,000 settlers living
illegally on lands confiscated
from Palestinians
were annexed to Jerusalem
by the Apartheid Wall
Adumim bloc
33,000 Settlers
Etzion bloc
43,000 Settlers
Ethnic Cleansing of Jerusalem
The Apartheid Wall is
separating Palestinian villages
from Jerusalem and forcibly
changing the city’s cultural and
demographic make-up
22 Palestinian
villages, with a
population of 225,300
Palestinians, will be
isolated outside
Jerusalem
New Hotels
New Hotel
Rocfiler
Museum
Tunnels
Connecting
the three
Art Center
New
Settlement
Tram Line
New Hotels
Biblical Park
Mamila Hotel
New
Museum
Tunnels, Museums,
Temples
Tourist
Overviews
area & A
telefrek.
Mall
Archeological
Park
Car Park
Kings Valley
Car Park
Tourist Overviews
area & A telefrek.
New
settlement with
a very big and
high flag that
can be seen
from any area
east the old
city
New Settlement
overviews old
city
Qulqelya
41,600
inhabitants
• 4000 left
• 600 stores
closed
• Agricultural
land Isolated
By the end of 2005
“The need for a viable Palestinian
state with contiguity on the West
Bank”
George Bush, 2003
West Bank Post- 1967
Israeli governments established settlements in WB & Gaza:
• ••Labor
The
810
Governments
KM1,400
of thekilometers
(2):
Apartheid
Established
Wallmiles)
is
62 the
Settlement
single
largest
in WB and
There
are
(875
of
paved
encouraged 183,000
to The
movetotal
to WB.
infrastructure
projectsettler
in Israel.
cost of the
roads in the West Bank alone. Israel control 1200
project
has been
at approximately
NIS 13in WB
• Km
Likud
(4): Established
186 Settlement
of Governments
them
until estimated
today.
billion
(US$ 3.3 billion).
and encouraged
228,000 settler to move to WB.
• In August of 2008 there were 794 kilometers of by• • One
government: Encouraged
78,000
settler2007)
to move to
Theunity
Wall
(as
of January
pass
roadsconstruction
in the Westinvolved
Bank and
unclear
number of
WB. different subcontractors: around 60 planning offices,
700
planned
kilometers of road Israel is still planning to
53
major
construction
5 wire-fence
55% build.
of a total of 489,000 firms,
settler
moved to WBfirms,
after11
1992, while
civilian security firms and about 34 producers of
Settlements
expansion
was:
• All bypass
roads
have a 50–75m buffer zone on
surveillance
and
communications.
side,1991-1992:
where no9.1%
construction is allowed.
• each
Between
• In 2005, the Israeli Army announced that they needed
• to
Between
1993-1995:
3%
• The
cost
of paving
a kilometer
road istoNIS
15-25
install
USD
400 million
worth ofofhi-tech
secure
the
million,
it is &
possible
Wall
checkpoints.
• Apartheid
Betweenso1996-1999:
9.9%to estimate the Israeli
investment in West Bank bypass roads over the
• • The
Between
2000-2006: confiscates
estimated 5%12% of total WB land,
Apartheid
years,
includingWall
their maintenance
by NIS 10 billion
including
Jerusalem.
Military
zones
continue
control
• (2
In billion
2008, USD).
constructions in settlements was 28%to increased
30%
thesame
WB.period in 2007.
overofthe
• These roads confiscated around 1.54% of total
•West
82% Bank
of the lands.
water resources will remain under Israeli
Settlement
Built-upPalestinians
areas colonized
3.3% their
of WBown
& Settlers
control, forcing
to re-buy
population is considered 12% only from the total population
confiscated
water.
of West Bank BUT they dominate more than 40 percent of the
West Bank.
Apartheid Ghetto’s system
1- the Wall- confiscating & isolating the
resources
2- Apartheid RDs,
3- Chickpoints, “commercial, workers &internal
(in-between)’
4- Industrial Zones
The apartheid roads network
carves across the West Bank
Projected scope of Israeli
disengagement
Tunnels / alternative
Palestinian thoroughfares
The Apartheid road network around Nablus
Types of industrial zones:
1.Settlement Industrial zones – of
the largest 12 settlements, many
announced projects to expand
industrial zones in 2006-2007
2.“Joint industrial zones” –
Jenin, Hebron, Jericho and Gaza
3.“Border Industrial zones”
4.Agro-Industrial zone – located
in the Jordan Valley
5- Tourist industry
6- Other industries – Electricity,
Water, Services, Banking ...etc
The road to Bethlehem is sealed by a checkpoint. Travel is
impossible for Palestinians without a Jerusalem ID card.
Tourists will have a “special area” in the checkpoint.
Bethlehem
12%
of Palestine
13%
of South Africa
Palestine
South
Africa
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Jamal Juma
[email protected]
Tel: +972-2-2972505
Fax: +972-2-2975123
Let us Work Together to Stop the
Occupation and Apartheid !
Free Palestine!