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Adding local short description: "Israeli political movement", overriding Wikidata description "non-partisan public and civilian Israeli movement called Fence for life began a struggle for the construction of a continuous security fence between the Palestinian population centers and the Israeli population"

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In June 2001 a non-partisan public and civilian [[Israel]]i movement called '''Fence for life''' ({{langx|he|גדר לחיים}}) began a struggle for the construction of a continuous security fence between the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] population centers and the Israeli population.<ref name="heb_about">{{cite web
|url = http://www.hagader.org/about_hagader3_4.asp
|script-title = he:על התנועה
|language = hebrew
|trans-title=About the movement
|accessdate = 26 September 2010
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090520172320/http://www.hagader.org/about_hagader3_4.asp
|archivedate = 20 May 2009
}}
</ref> The movement was founded by people from all over Israel following
the [[Dolphinarium massacre|Dolphinarium terror attack]].<ref name="heb_about"/>

The goal of the movement is to encourage the government to construct a security fence along Israel's borders. "Fence for Life" urged the government to build a continuous fence as speedily as possible (without any consideration of the political future of the areas separated by it) with the goal of sealing off the Palestinian territories from Israeli population centers, in order to prevent terrorist acts by Palestinians against people living in Israel.

From the very beginning of its public campaign "Fence for Life" emphasized that the construction of a security fence should have no connection whatsoever with the political future of the settlements. Its tactics have included protests, demonstrations, conferences with public figures, media blitzes, lobbying in the [[Knesset]], and legal battles in the [[Supreme Court of Israel#High Court of Justice|High Court of Justice]] concerning demands for construction of a security fence without delay.<ref name="heb_about"/>
The movement does not support any specific path for the barrier. "Fence for Life" stated the opinion that "politicization" of the fence by various groups was delaying the completion of the security barrier and was likely to block its construction. In December 2002, due to government inaction, [[Gilboa Regional Council|Gilboa]] towns started to build the barrier directly on the Green Line using their own funds.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.7th-day.co.il/hayom-hashvie/fence.htm
| title = Gilboa towns build DIY separation fence
| author = David Ratner
| date = 17 December 2002
| publisher = [[Haaretz]]
}}</ref>

Eventually however, the grassroots efforts of organizations like Fence for Life together with other factors prompted the Israeli government to construct the [[Israeli West Bank barrier|West Bank barrier]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522011329/http://www.hagader.org/English/main.asp Fence for Life website]

[[Category:Organizations involved in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
[[Category:Israeli West Bank barrier]]

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