Amnesty says Israel should tear down wall

Report "Enduring Occupation -- Palestinians under siege in the West Bank" out today...
judged illegal by the International Court of Justice ..
deliberately built to seize Palestinian land...
Palestinian homes were being bulldozed...
Israeli settlements were in effect being sanctioned...
collective punishment...

Amnesty called on Israel to end movement restrictions on Palestinians, stop building the barrier and tear down those parts on Palestinian territory, cease building settlements and destroying Palestinian homes, and ensure justice for all.

clipped from uk.reuters.com "Israel's ... legitimate security concerns are no excuse for blatant violations of international law, nor the mistreatment of thousands of Palestinians in a massive programme of collective punishment," the Amnesty International rights group said in a report on Monday. clipped from uk.reuters.com Amnesty said the barrier, if completed to plan, would encircle 12 West Bank villages and 31,400 people, with more than half a million Palestinians living within a kilometre (half-mile) of it. The report said the barrier had been deliberately built to seize Palestinian land amounting to 10 percent of the West Bank in what it described as a state-sponsored land grab. Palestinian homes were being bulldozed and Israeli settlements -- also judged illegal by the International Court of Justice -- were in effect being sanctioned as fences and walls are diverted round them "Enduring Occupation -- Palestinians under siege in the West Bank"