Beit Surik

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Beit Surik ( _ar. بيت سوريك) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 12 kilometers Northwest of Jerusalem in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,818 in 2006. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop08.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Jerusalem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.]

Enclave

Beit Surik along with Biddu, Beit Duqqu, Beit 'Anan, Qatanna, al Qubeida, Beit Ijaz, Kharayib Umm al Lahimand and at Tira form the "Biddu enclave". The enclave will be linked to Ramallah by underpasses and a road that is fenced on both sides. From the "Biddu enclave" Palestinians will travel along a fenced road that passes under a bypass road to Bir Nabala enclave, then on a second underpass under Bypass Road 443 to Ramallah. [ [http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/opt/docs/UN/OCHA/ochaHU0605_En.pdf OCHA] ] [ [http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/opt/docs/UN/OCHA/ochaHU0605_En.pdf Humanitarian Events, Monitoring issues] ] [ [http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Central_WestBank_BarrierMarch04.pdf Barrier March 2004] ] [ [http://www.badil.org/Publications/Books/Wall-Report.pdf BADIL Barrier Report] ] [ [http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/BarrierRouteProjections_July_2008.pdf Barrier route July 2008] ] A week before the International Court of Justice gave its Advisory Opinion, the High Court of Israel gave a ruling on a 40-kilometre strip of the Wall in which it held that, while Israel as the Occupying Power had the right to construct the Wall to ensure security and that substantial sections of the Wall imposed undue hardships on Palestinians and had to be re-routed. From the "The Beit Sourik Case (HCJ 2056/04)" of 30 June 2004 the standards of proportionality between Israeli security and the injury to the Palestinian residents was set by the judgement of the Supreme Court of Israel. [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/exeres/CE6ED740-1C49-4FEE-891F-0C82A5D3E525,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs] ] The "Barrier" that Israel is presently constructing within the Palestinian territory was held by the International court to be contrary to international law by the International Court of Justice on 9 July 2004. The International Court held that Israel is under an obligation to discontinue building the Wall and to dismantle it forthwith. In its Advisory Opinion, the Court dismissed a number of legal arguments raised by Israel relating to the applicability of humanitarian law and human rights law. In particular the International court held that Israeli settlements were unlawful. [ [http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/1ce874ab1832a53e852570bb006dfaf6/272369ce15d2e8c785256f1c0054a356!OpenDocument UN Doc A/59/256] Economic and Social Council; Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine] The Israeli Government then announced that it will not comply with the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice. The Israeli Government has indicated that it will abide by the ruling of its own High Court in respect of sections of the Wall still to be built but not in respect of completed sections of the Wall. Protesting villagers have said: "The wall of death kills our daily life. It separates us from our villages and farms". [ [http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/db942872b9eae454852560f6005a76fb/56cecb65d897395185256fe800625629!OpenDocument UN Doc] Chronological Review of Events Relating to the Question of Palestine Monthly Media Monitoring Review March 2005]

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