Talk:Battir

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I removed this section, which should be rewritten and included in the article with appropriate sourcing. --Tewfik 15:21, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Battir has gathered plenty of media attention recently due to its close proximity to Israel--the Green Line, also known as the 1967 border, follows the Battir railroad. On February 10th, 2005, the Israeli Government approved a new path for the Separation Wall to go 5-10 km into the West Bank territory rather than the previously approved route that followed the Green Line. The new route siezes, without compensation, 200 acres of privately owned land from Battir as well as from the towns of Wallaje, Hussan, Wad Fukin and Tzurif. The Wall separates Battir from 40% of its olive groves and 95% of its vegetable fields as well as cutting off many of Battir's water channels. The owners are only allowed pedestrian access to cultivate the remaining land, but no tractors or other motor vehicles are allowed in to gather the harvest.

This section was reinserted by an IP, but was not at all sourced, so I again removed it, though I retained the "Green Line" clarification. Tewfik^Talk 21:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

While I do not have an account, I did in fact have the information sourced, therefore stop removing my article for your own political motives. This is my hometown and I know what the important current events are. - 'IP'

The numbers and claims you included were not supported by the ARIJ report. Realise that we all must take extra efforts to be neutral when writing about something near and dear to us. Cheers, Tewfik^Talk 17:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)