(Ha'aretz) Amnon Barzilai - "The State of Israel will not build a separation fence in the eastern part of the West Bank because of the diplomatic damage it is likely to endure as a result," Col. (res.) Dan Tirza, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Sharon on the issue of the fence, said Tuesday. Tirza also said there will be a 2.3-kilometer hole in the fence being built around Jerusalem in the area of the Jerusalem-Ma'aleh Adumim road. Tirza said his committee has tried to limit the damage wrought by the fence. "In places where I can, I move the route of the fence so as not to destroy olive groves and hot houses. Not a single home has been destroyed as a result of the route of the fence, except for some homes built illegally in the area of Baka al-Garbiyeh."
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