Northern WB

Tour of the Separation Wall and Settlements in the Northern West Bank

The tour included visits to the cities of Salfit, Qalqiliya and Tul Karem and their surrounding villages. The tour was guided by Mohammad Othman, Palestinian human rights activist, formerly with the Stop the Wall Campaign.

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Briefing in the field. Looking over the village of Azun Al-Atmeh (in the horizon) located in the so-called 'Seam Zone', isolated between the Annexation Wall and Israel. The visible houses is a settlement.

Briefing on the village of Azun Al-Atmeh.

Checkpoint leading to Azun Al-Atmeh village. The Wall and the military road beside it (on the left) are constructed inside the West Bank.

Agricultural gate and waiting container (left) near the city of Qalqiliya.

The agricultural gate.

Briefing beside the Annexation Wall in Qalqiliya.

Mohammad Othman briefs on the conditions created by the Wall.

On the roof of the Municipality of the village of Jayyous, near Qalqiliya city. Looking over settlement of Zufim that was built on the lands of Jayyous.

Overlooking the lands of Jayyous. The Wall runs between the village and its agricultural lands, much of which have been confiscated by the Israeli army for the construction of a settlement.

Briefing at the Tul Karem industrial terminal. One of the West Bank's largest commercial terminals for goods coming from Israel.

Briefing beside 'Gishuri' factory in Tul Karem. The Israeli factory built in the heart of the Palestinian city of Tul Karem produces some of the most dangerous toxic products and exerts white clouds of dense pollution every hour.

'Gishuri' factory.

Environmental decay created by the factory.