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| Keywords: Palestine Map 2007.gif This map is a modification suggested as a replacement for the one uploaded by ChrisO at http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Image Israel_and_occupied_territories_map png which is used in the Wikipedia article Palestine under the History subheading Current Status My modification shows facts on the ground which are essential to any understanding of the situation in Palestine today The geographic facts are not in dispute They have been widely published in print and on the internet Both my map and the ChrisO map are modifications of a 2004 United Nations map of Israel http //www un org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/israel pdf public domain in which the three Occupied Territories the West Bank Gaza and Golan are given the same brown color as Israel's neighboring countries Egypt Jordan Syria and Lebanon ChrisO colors the West Bank Gaza and Golan light green and renames the map Israel and the Occupied Territories However Golan is Syrian not Palestinian For an article on Palestine attention should be on the West Bank and Gaza My modification crops out Golan and the Negev desert to focus in on the West Bank and Gaza It also incorporates information from several published sources to show the land and resources actually available to Palestinian people in these two territories the West Bank in particular The main source of information on barriers and land distribution comes from a map by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http //www ochaopt org/documents/OCHAoPt_ClsrMp_WB0106_En pdf supplemented by two more United Nations maps http //www ochaopt org/documents/WB_Barrier_Projections_July06 pdf http //www ochaopt org/documents/WB_Closure_Access_revised_CAP_June06 pdf Two Israeli organizations have published similar maps http //www btselem org/Download/Separation_Barrier_Map_Eng pdf http //www icahd org/eng/images/articles/the-matrix-of-control gif And finally the Washington Post published all this information on a full-page newspaper map http //www washingtonpost com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2006/05/30/GR2006053000018 html Each of these maps is much too detailed to illustrate a Wikipedia article My modification simplifies the information for use on a map similar in scale to the other maps in the article on Palestine Similar maps with locations of Israeli settlements are posted at Image Palestine_Map_2007_ Settlements gif Image West_Bank_ _Gaza_Map_2007_ Settlements gif Maps of the Palestinian territories | ||||
