The Independent has a story about a British Government funded report (23/1/2007) saying that Palestinian communities are being cut off by the Israeli Wall. The Wall is to protect Israeli settlers who are living illegally on occupied land. It takes no account of the lives of Palestinians who are cut off from their livelihoods and each other.
Why this is news is not clear when organisations like the Palestinian News Network publish daily news of acts which flagrantly violate international agreements, not to mention Israeli law itself. The PNN reports on East Jerusalem in today’s edition