Reply #9: If I may answer [View All]

While there are places I disagree with the barrier's route, I don't think it should be strictly on the Green Line.

1) There are places where the wall can't be built on the Line for topographical reasons.
2) The purpose of the barrier is not, strictly speaking, to defend the State of Israel, but rather Israeli citizens. As such, it needs to encompass at least those settlements close to the Line.
3) The most important reason is the Jerusalem area (where the majority of the deviations take place; almost all the Palestinians who will end up west of the barrier are residents of the city). The Green Line runs through the middle of the city. The barrier can't be built there, however; besides the civil (and symbolic) consequences of redividing the city, it would allow terrorists to launch indirect-fire weapons over the barrier, as well as allow tunneling under it (both of which are far easier in the cover of the urban environment than from open areas). It would also endanger the Jewish residents of eastern Jerusalem (especially the Jewish Quarter). Therefore, the eastern part of Jerusalem, and its environs, also needs to be west of the barrier.