EU protests as Separation Wall threatens to cut off school and monastery

Sep 29th, 2013

Beit Jala

The European Union has expressed concern about the ongoing construction of Israel's separation wall in the Bethlehem area on Friday.

"The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah are concerned by the construction of the Separation Barrier, east of the Green Line, in the Cremisan Valley (Beit Jala)," a statement reads.

"When completed along the planned route, the barrier will separate 58 families from their agricultural land and children from their school at the Salesian convent, as well as affect the religious site of the Cremisan Monastery."

In 2004, the International Court of Justice called on Israel to stop construction of the separation wall within the occupied West Bank. If completed according to the plans, 85 percent of the wall will run inside the West Bank.

See also: ICN 8 May 2013 Holy Land: Salesians 'deplore' decision to build Separation Wall in Cremisan Valley www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22495

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