The Walled-Off World - Israel to Mexico

After decades of discussion, the Israeli government began construction of a wall separating Palestinian territories from Israeli ones in 2002, during the Second Intifada. Still under construction, it mostly follows 1949 armistice lines (allowing Israel to claim it was merely a defensive measure to stop the incursions of suicide bombers) but in some places includes Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Critics attack the wall as a tool for grabbing land from Palestinians and instituting “apartheid.” Here Palestinian shepherds walk along the barrier near Ramallah