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When completed, the Separation Wall (half finished) will stretch 724 kilometers (on 12% of stolen Palestinian land), encircling the West Bank, further isolating the population. Civilians protesting against it nonviolently are systematically assaulted, tear gassed, fired on, injured and arrested.
In addition, two-thirds of the main roads are closed or controlled by security forces. Further, one-third of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is inaccessible to anyone without a (very hard to get) permit, that if obtained takes months and must be renewed - measures to make life in Occupied Palestine oppressive, punishing, and impossible, including random searches on streets and in private homes, some followed by arrests and imprisonment.
Numbers of Dead and Wounded in 2009
Forty-three years of occupation have taken an unprecedented toll. In 2009 alone, it included:
-- 1,092 killed, including 831 civilians, the others resistance fighters;
-- civilian victims included 305 children and 101 women, targeted the same as men; civilians attacked like freedom fighters;
-- 1,066 were killed in Gaza, 97% of the total;
-- the war's toll killed 1,419 Palestinians and wounded another 5,200, many severely from loss of limbs, brain damage, or other extreme injuries;
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