Map of "The Wall" & more.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,743170,00.html




In the link above it should take you to a interactive map of the West Bank area, the wall that has been constructed as well as the proposed areas of the continued construction of this separation wall.

I am not extremely familiar with this area, so after looking at the map I went and did more more digging and put this into terms that were more familiar to myself and maybe others. The expected length of this wall when complete is going to be about 403 miles long! The bottom boarder of Minnesota is a little less than 300 miles. The east and west boarder is even less than this distance of 403 miles. I could not imagine what it would be like to have such a massive barrier keeping me from traveling to areas where my friends and family reside, prospective jobs may be located, religious monuments are located, and the area where I as United States citizen also have deep rich history embedded in these areas.

Then I found a website www.ifamericansknew.org. The information on this website include many details that are not covered in the nightly news, or daily newspapers. It is also information that was never covered in any of the many Social Studies classes I have taken in my life time. It makes me percieve the situation in this part of the world slightly different now, as well as adding to my understanding of the worlds perception of the United States (especially in the Arab population).