Why is the anti-terrorist fence not being built only along the pre-June 1967 lines?
The sole purpose for the fence is security and it is being built wherever this is needed to prevent terrorists from infiltrating into Israeli population centers. Building the fence only along the pre-June 1967 lines (the former “Green Line”) would be a purely political act, having nothing to do with the security needs of Israel’s citizens. The former “Green Line” was the armistice line between Israel and Jordan during the years 1949-1967. It was not the final border, which was to be determined in peace negotiations. The “Green Line” ceased to exist following the Arab threat to Israel’s existence in the spring of 1967 which led to the Six Day War in June of that year. The drafters of UN Security Council Resolution 242 in November 1967 recognized that the pre-June 1967 lines were not secure and would have to be re-delineated. While the final border between Israel and the Palestinians has to be determined in negotiations, the route of the anti-terrorism fence is determined solely by the i
