2002 - 2011 Israeli 2025 Vision Toward Sustainable Ghettoes Israel Master Plan “Israel 2020” In Israel, trends is further augmented by a general political consensus, bridging all political parties, that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be resolved within the next few decades - hence Israel should see itself as a "marathon runner" and build a strategy for long term resilience. The Master Plan first faze was launched in 1992 involved 250 Israeli professionals from the Academia, Ministries, Private sector, Unions, Military & Some Israeli NGOs and international Jewish agencies. In 1997, or after 6 years, They came out with 18 report to the general public. These reports provided a pioneering example for comprehensive long range Israeli national planning in major three lines: The WAR atmosphere, the PEACE atmosphere & Israel and the Jewish communities around the world. Who were within the “professionals”? Professors from Dublin & Walberg universities in Denmark, Hawaii Cambridge university, The Royal Technical Institute in Sweden, Toskopeh university in Japan, Nijmegen in Netherlands, Lille in France, Harvard in the USA & The Technical University in Berlin. Why there were needed? To understand and measure the new and expected International trends in Politics, Aid, Economic, Religious, Tourism, Hi-Tech, Military, National Security,,, etc. New International trends Such as: - Qualified Industrial zones, Border industrial zones,,, etc - Green Energy, Green housing, Environment,,, etc - Aid theories & Foreign relations theories - Theories related Private sectors roll in peace building - Trade trends within Bilateral agreements, Multilateral agreements, WTO,,, etc - Economical Coalitions: EU, OECD, Mercusure,,, etc - Developed countries, developing countries and the rest of the world. Herzliya Conference started in 2000 until today on yearly bases 1- Galilee Development (Judaisation) plan 2- Negev Development (Judaisation) Plan 3- Greater Jewish Jerusalem 4- Disengagement Plan from WB & Gaza www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/ The Apartheid Wall & The battle of Jerusalem: Judaization & Ethnic cleansing in the city A belt of Settlements & Walls to isolate Jerusalem Giv’on bloc 12,000 Settlers Central East Jerusalem 123,000 Settlers 211,000 settlers living illegally on lands confiscated from Palestinians were annexed to Jerusalem by the Apartheid Wall Adumim bloc 33,000 Settlers Etzion bloc 43,000 Settlers Ethnic Cleansing of Jerusalem The Apartheid Wall is separating Palestinian villages from Jerusalem and forcibly changing the city’s cultural and demographic make-up 22 Palestinian villages, with a population of 225,300 Palestinians, will be isolated outside Jerusalem New Hotels New Hotel Rocfiler Museum Tunnels Connecting the three Art Center New Settlement Tram Line New Hotels Biblical Park Mamila Hotel New Museum Tunnels, Museums, Temples Tourist Overviews area & A telefrek. Mall Archeological Park Car Park Kings Valley Car Park Tourist Overviews area & A telefrek. New settlement with a very big and high flag that can be seen from any area east the old city New Settlement overviews old city Qulqelya 41,600 inhabitants • 4000 left • 600 stores closed • Agricultural land Isolated By the end of 2005 “The need for a viable Palestinian state with contiguity on the West Bank” George Bush, 2003 West Bank Post- 1967 Israeli governments established settlements in WB & Gaza: • ••Labor The 810 Governments KM1,400 of thekilometers (2): Apartheid Established Wallmiles) is 62 the Settlement single largest in WB and There are (875 of paved encouraged 183,000 to The movetotal to WB. infrastructure projectsettler in Israel. cost of the roads in the West Bank alone. Israel control 1200 project has been at approximately NIS 13in WB • Km Likud (4): Established 186 Settlement of Governments them until estimated today. billion (US$ 3.3 billion). and encouraged 228,000 settler to move to WB. • In August of 2008 there were 794 kilometers of by• • One government: Encouraged 78,000 settler2007) to move to Theunity Wall (as of January pass roadsconstruction in the Westinvolved Bank and unclear number of WB. different subcontractors: around 60 planning offices, 700 planned kilometers of road Israel is still planning to 53 major construction 5 wire-fence 55% build. of a total of 489,000 firms, settler moved to WBfirms, after11 1992, while civilian security firms and about 34 producers of Settlements expansion was: • All bypass roads have a 50–75m buffer zone on surveillance and communications. side,1991-1992: where no9.1% construction is allowed. • each Between • In 2005, the Israeli Army announced that they needed • to Between 1993-1995: 3% • The cost of paving a kilometer road istoNIS 15-25 install USD 400 million worth ofofhi-tech secure the million, it is & possible Wall checkpoints. • Apartheid Betweenso1996-1999: 9.9%to estimate the Israeli investment in West Bank bypass roads over the • • The Between 2000-2006: confiscates estimated 5%12% of total WB land, Apartheid years, includingWall their maintenance by NIS 10 billion including Jerusalem. Military zones continue control • (2 In billion 2008, USD). constructions in settlements was 28%to increased 30% thesame WB.period in 2007. overofthe • These roads confiscated around 1.54% of total •West 82% Bank of the lands. water resources will remain under Israeli Settlement Built-upPalestinians areas colonized 3.3% their of WBown & Settlers control, forcing to re-buy population is considered 12% only from the total population confiscated water. of West Bank BUT they dominate more than 40 percent of the West Bank. Apartheid Ghetto’s system 1- the Wall- confiscating & isolating the resources 2- Apartheid RDs, 3- Chickpoints, “commercial, workers &internal (in-between)’ 4- Industrial Zones The apartheid roads network carves across the West Bank Projected scope of Israeli disengagement Tunnels / alternative Palestinian thoroughfares The Apartheid road network around Nablus Types of industrial zones: 1.Settlement Industrial zones – of the largest 12 settlements, many announced projects to expand industrial zones in 2006-2007 2.“Joint industrial zones” – Jenin, Hebron, Jericho and Gaza 3.“Border Industrial zones” 4.Agro-Industrial zone – located in the Jordan Valley 5- Tourist industry 6- Other industries – Electricity, Water, Services, Banking ...etc The road to Bethlehem is sealed by a checkpoint. Travel is impossible for Palestinians without a Jerusalem ID card. Tourists will have a “special area” in the checkpoint. Bethlehem 12% of Palestine 13% of South Africa Palestine South Africa www.StopTheWall.org Jamal Juma jamal@stopthewall.org Tel: +972-2-2972505 Fax: +972-2-2975123 Let us Work Together to Stop the Occupation and Apartheid ! Free Palestine!