The Seam Zone is the strip of West Bank land between Israel's separation barrier and the 1949 armistice line, home to over 57,000 Palestinians and a number of Israeli settlements. Through 2010 the opening explained the barrier plan was drafted "with the intent of reducing the ability of terrorists to infiltrate Israel from areas administered by the Palestinian Authority." Today the opening carries neither the word nor the stated rationale, though it survives once in the body. A reader today learns the zone's population and settlement counts and not that the barrier's stated purpose was blocking terrorist infiltration during the wave of suicide bombings after September 2000.
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The opening as it read in 2010
The barrier route as of May 2005. Seam Zone, the area between the barrier and the 1949 Arab-Israeli armistice line , is colored in blue-green.1 Seam Zone (they) is a term used to refer to a land area in the West Bank located east of the Green Line and west of Israel 's separation barrier . According to Israeli government officials, in a context of increased suicide bombings after September 2000, the "seam zone" plan was drafted with the intent of reducing the ability of terrorists to infiltrate Israel from areas administered by the Palestinian Authority . Part of the route was also planned with the stated goal of providing protection from the same threats to Israeli settlers living in " Judea and Samaria ".2 As of 2006, it was estimated that about 57,000 Palestinians lived in villages located in enclaves in the seam zone, separated from the rest of the West Bank by the separation barrier. The United Nations estimated that if the series of walls, fences, barbed wire and ditches is completed along its planned route, about a third of West Bank Palestinians will be affected - 274,000 will be located in enclaves in the seam zone and about 400,000 separated from their fields, jobs, schools and hospitals. The Israeli Supreme Court ordered changes to the barrier route to reduce the number of people leaving or affected by the seam zone - according to the court verdict the number now stands at 35,000. In July 2006, Btselem forecast that 8.5 percent of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem ) would be situated in the seam zone. This area also contains ninety nine Israeli settlements (including twelve in East Jerusalem) in several densely populated areas near the Green Line - an area that according the Geneva Accord would remain part of Israel as part of a peace agreement and is home to some 381,000 Israelis (192,000 in East Jerusalem).3
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The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) route as of May 2005.Seam Zone, the area between the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) and the 1949 Arab-Israeli armistice line , is colored in blue-green.Seam Zone ( ) is a term used to refer to a land area in the West Bank located east of the Green Line and west of Israel 's separation barrier , populated largely by Israelis in settlements such as Alfei Menashe , Ariel , Beit Arye , Modi'in Illit , Giv'at Ze'ev , Ma'ale Adumim , Beitar Illit and Efrat . As of 2006, it was estimated that about 57,000 Palestinians lived in villages located in enclaves in the seam zone, separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion). The United Nations estimated that if the series of walls, fences, barbed wire and ditches is completed along its planned route, about a third of West Bank Palestinians will be affected—274,000 will be located in enclaves in the seam zone and about 400,000 separated from their fields, jobs, schools and hospitals. The Supreme Court of Israel ordered changes to the barrier route to reduce the number of people leaving or affected by the seam zone—according to the court verdict the number now stands at 35,000. In July 2006, B'Tselem forecast that 8.5 percent of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem ) would be situated in the seam zone. This area also contains ninety nine Israeli settlements (including twelve in East Jerusalem) in several densely populated areas near the Green Line—areas that Geneva Accord suggested could be transferred to Israel as part of a mutually agreed land-swap with the Palestinians.The Seam Zone is home to some 381,000 Israeli settlers (192,000 in East Jerusalem).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) route as of May 2005. Seam Zone, the area between the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) and the 1949 Arab-Israeli armistice line , is colored in blue-green. Seam Zone ( ) is a term used to refer to a land area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank located east of the Green Line and west of Israel 's separation barrier , populated largely by Israelis in settlements such as Alfei Menashe , Ariel , Beit Arye , Modi'in Illit , Giv'at Ze'ev , Ma'ale Adumim , Beitar Illit and Efrat . As of 2006, it was estimated that about 57,000 Palestinians lived in villages located in enclaves in the seam zone, separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion). The United Nations estimated that if the series of walls, fences, barbed wire and ditches is completed along its planned route, about a third of West Bank Palestinians will be affected—274,000 will be located in enclaves in the seam zone and about 400,000 separated from their fields, jobs, schools and hospitals. The Supreme Court of Israel ordered changes to the barrier route to reduce the number of people leaving or affected by the seam zone—according to the court verdict the number now stands at 35,000. In July 2006, B'Tselem forecast that 8.5 percent of the West Bank , including East Jerusalem , would be situated in the seam zone. This area also contains ninety-nine Israeli settlements (including twelve in East Jerusalem) in several densely populated areas near the Green Line—areas that Geneva Accord suggested could be transferred to Israel as part of a mutually agreed land-swap with the Palestinians. The Seam Zone is home to some 381,000 Israeli settlers (192,000 in East Jerusalem).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) route as of May 2005. Seam Zone, the area between the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) and the 1949 Arab-Israeli armistice line , is colored in blue-green. Seam Zone ( ) is a term used to refer to a land area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank located east of the Green Line and west of Israel 's separation barrier , populated largely by Israelis in settlements such as Alfei Menashe , Ariel , Beit Arye , Modi'in Illit , Giv'at Ze'ev , Ma'ale Adumim , Beitar Illit and Efrat . As of 2006, it was estimated that about 57,000 Palestinians lived in villages located in enclaves in the seam zone, separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion). The United Nations estimated that if the series of walls, fences, barbed wire and ditches is completed along its planned route, about a third of West Bank Palestinians will be affected—274,000 will be located in enclaves in the seam zone and about 400,000 separated from their fields, jobs, schools and hospitals. The Supreme Court of Israel ordered changes to the barrier route to reduce the number of people leaving or affected by the seam zone—according to the court verdict the number now stands at 35,000. In July 2006, B'Tselem forecast that 8.5 percent of the West Bank , including East Jerusalem , would be situated in the seam zone. This area also contains ninety-nine Israeli settlements (including twelve in East Jerusalem) in several densely populated areas near the Green Line—areas that Geneva Accord suggested could be transferred to Israel as part of a mutually agreed land-swap with the Palestinians. The Seam Zone is home to some 381,000 Israeli settlers (192,000 in East Jerusalem).
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Land area in the West Bank The Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) route as of May 2005. Seam Zone, the area between the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion) and the 1949 Arab-Israeli armistice line , is colored in blue-green. Seam Zone ( Hebrew : מרחב התפר ) is a term used to refer to a land area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank located east of the Green Line and west of Israel 's separation barrier , populated largely by Israelis in settlements such as Alfei Menashe , Ariel , Beit Arye , Modi'in Illit , Giv'at Ze'ev , Ma'ale Adumim , Beitar Illit and Efrat . As of 2006, it was estimated that about 57,000 Palestinians lived in villages located in enclaves in the seam zone, separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Wall (according to the ICJ Wall Case opinion). The United Nations estimated that if the series of walls, fences, barbed wire and ditches is completed along its planned route, about a third of West Bank Palestinians will be affected—274,000 will be located in enclaves in the seam zone and about 400,000 separated from their fields, jobs, schools and hospitals. The Supreme Court of Israel ordered changes to the barrier route to reduce the number of people leaving or affected by the seam zone—according to the court verdict the number now stands at 35,000. In July 2006, B'Tselem forecast that 8.5 percent of the West Bank , including East Jerusalem , would be situated in the seam zone. This area also contains ninety-nine Israeli settlements (including twelve in East Jerusalem) in several densely populated areas near the Green Line—areas that Geneva Accord suggested could be transferred to Israel as part of a mutually agreed land-swap with the Palestinians. According to a 2004 estimate, the Seam Zone is home to some 381,000 Israeli settlers (192,000 in East Jerusalem).
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