Israel’s High Court of Justice heard petitions against the West Bank security fence. A three-justice panel weighed arguments Monday that the fence violates the rights of Palestinians whose lands were appropriated for the fence’s construction. The state defended the fence as a deterrent to Palestinian terrorists.
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