The Apartheid Wall, which separates Palestinian farmers from their lands, and has required the 'relocation' of some 60,000 established olive and other fruit trees growing within the Security Fence is described by the official Israeli government site as
"being built with the sole purpose of saving the lives of the Israeli citizens who continue to be targeted by the terrorist campaign that began in 2000."

HOWEVER -

According to Haaretz
"The security fence is no longer mentioned as the major factor in preventing suicide bombings, mainly because the terrorists have found ways to bypass it"

From the official government report again -

"The land used in building the Security Fence is seized for military purposes, not confiscated, and it remains the property of the owner."

63 shops straddling the Green Line were demolished by the IDF during construction of the wall in the village of Nazlat Issa.
In August 2003, an additional 115 shops and stalls (an important source of income for several communities) and five to seven homes there were also demolished.

In addition to loss of land, in the city of Qalqilyah one-third of the city's water wells lie on the other side of the barrier

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) estimates that in the north of the West Bank approximately 80 per cent of Palestinians who own land on the other side of the barrier have not received permits from the Israeli authorities, and hence cannot cultivate their fields

"The government of Israel recognizes that the security fence is a temporary tool needed to protect innocents while diplomatic efforts for a lasting peace continue."

So temporary that it is an approved 436 miles long and, in some areas, an 8 metre tall concrete wall.

In a 2004 advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice considered that "Israel cannot rely on a right of self-defence or on a state of necessity in order to preclude the wrongfulness of the construction of the wall".
The Court found that "the construction of the wall, and its associated régime, are contrary to international law

The Red Cross has declared the barrier in violation of the Geneva Convention. On February 18, 2004, The International Committee of the Red Cross stated that the Israeli barrier "causes serious humanitarian and legal problems" and goes "far beyond what is permissible for an occupying power"


Ironically the Apartheid Wall is also opposed by some Israelis......

"The Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish People as the Bible and the God of Israel has indicated.
If the Arabs wish to live in a Jewish State under Israel sovereignty, they must do so in a peaceful and tolerant manner.

The solution to terror is thus not erecting a fence but completely destroying the Palestinazi Authority; expelling all supporters of terror and reinstalling Jewish-Israeli control and sovereignty over all of Judea, Samaria and Gaza."