ABSTRACT
This chapter explores different aspects of the Palestinian struggle against the wall, which has taken place at the local, national and international levels. The history of the Palestinians as a people suffering from extreme poverty and subjugation, by Israel, other Arab governments, and their own national authority, has nurtured a culture of militancy and struggle. The most immediately deleterious consequence of the barrier is for those Palestinians trapped in what is referred to as an "enclave", an area between the barrier and the Green Line, representing the 1949 Armistice lines. The barrier has infringed upon a range of human rights of Palestinians including the right to property, the right to freedom of movement, the right to work and to an adequate standard of living, and the right to receive medical treatment. The Israeli system of control in the Occupied Territories reinforces for many Palestinians the notion of apartheid.
