Checkpoints and Walls: Restricting the Freedom of Movement Controles y Muros: Restringiendo la...

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Checkpoints and Walls: Restricting the Freedom of Movement Controles y Muros: Restringiendo la Libertad de Movimiento

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Page 1: Checkpoints and Walls: Restricting the Freedom of Movement Controles y Muros: Restringiendo la Libertad de Movimiento.

Checkpoints and Walls:

Restricting the

Freedom of Movement

Controles y Muros:

Restringiendo la Libertad de Movimiento

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September 2000 – IDF erects checkpoints: roadblocks, trenches, other obstacles. Virtual siege created around the Palestinian community

What do the checkpoints do?

•Disrupt every aspect of Palestinian daily life

•Prevent travel between Palestinian cities and villages

•Prevent children getting to school

•Prevent adults reaching work

•Prevent patients from receiving medical treatment

•Contribute to collapse of Palestinian economy

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Septiembre 2000 – Las Fuerzas armadas israelíes ponen controles: cierres carreteras, trincheras,... Cerco Virtual creado sobre los/as Palestino/as

Qué consiguen los controles o checkpoints?

•Romper la vida cotidiana palestina

•Evitar viajar entre pueblos y ciudades Palestinas

•Evitar que los/as niños/as vayan al colegio

•Evitar que los adultos puedan ir al trabajo

•Evitar que los/as pacientes recivan tratamiento médico

•Contribuir al colapso de la Economía palestina

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457 Mounds of earth

95 Concrete blocks

56 Ditches

56 Permanent checkpoints

TIPOS de CHECKPOINTS:

457 controles de tierra

56 Zanjas

95 de bloques hormigón

56 Permanentes checkpoints

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Over two million people’s daily lives are affected by these “collective punishments”.

Those most harmed:

•Families with small children

•Pregnant women

•The sick

•The elderly

Estos “Castigos colectivos” afectan a alrededor de 2 millones personas.

Los más afectados son:

•Familias con niños pequeños

•Mujeres embarazadas

•Enfermos/as

•Tercera Edad

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Hawara checkpoint (on the way to Nablus)

Checkpoint de Hawara (dirección Nablus)

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Detainees, accompanied by IDF soldiers, after being caught bypassing the checkpoint

Receiving a permit to pass is often impossible. Many have no choice but to bypass the checkpoint.Recibir un permiso de paso es a menudo imposible.

Para muchos, la única opción de paso es tratar de rodear el checkpoint.

Detenidos, escoltados por soldados israelíes, tras ser capturados tratando de evitar el checkpoint

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Detainees at Qalandya checkpoint

Detenidos en el checkpoint de Qalandya

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2003 - Abu Dis “temporary” wall

2003 - Muro “temporal” en Abu Dis

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Trying to get to work

Abu Dis “temporary” wall

Tratando de ir al trabajo

Muro “Temporal”, Abu Dis

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Going to school

Abu Dis “Temporary” Wall

Camino a la escuela

Muro “Temporal”, Abu Dis

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We used to think that the wall in Berlin was bad

But…

Pensábamos que el Muro de Berlin era malo

Pero…

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Abu Dis, January 2004 Abu Dis, Enero 2004

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Approximate Dimensions:370 miles long (an additional 62 miles planned) 66 yards wide

Approximate Cost per Mile: $350,000

Dimensiones Aproximadas:595 Kilometros de largo (más 100 Km adicionales planeadas) 60 metros de ancho

Costo aproximado por Kilometro: $218,000

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The wall traverses the whole West Bank

El muro atraviesa toda Cisjordania