Source Note #25: The Apartheid Wall
The Apartheid Wall (Associated Press; July 2003)
Activists form the International Solidarity Movement protest with graffiti the barrier between the West Bank and Israel alongside Palestinians, calling it “an apartheid wall.”
Topic: Should the Obama administration continue to support Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Category: Journalistic: Mainstream
What is it? A photo from the Associated Press
Publication Information: The Associated Press; July 2003
Author: Lefteris Pitarakis
Location: http://tinyurl.com/bf8zka
Accessed: March 12, 2009
Support:
6 young men, both Palestinian and members of the International Solidarity Movement
Graffiti
Audience and Agenda:
The Associated Press, a cooperative owned by its contributing members, has been around for over 150 years. In addition to written news stories, AP publishes radio and television broadcasts and owns a a photograph library consisting of over 10 million images. Its main website, ap.org, has an estimated 2.7 million visitors per month from the United States. Its photo library at apimages.ap.org has an estimated 4.3 thousand visitors per month.
Usefulness:
While some see the Israeli-West Bank barrier as a necessary means to peace, Palestinians and the UN Court agree it is illegal and unnecessary. According to the UN Court, it gravely infringes on a number of rights of Palestinians in the West Bank. Palestinians accuse Israel of attempting to unfairly establish a legal border without negotiations. In this photo, Palestinians and activists protest the wall using graffiti, calling it an “apartheid wall.”
Works cited:
UN Court rules West Bank wall illegal
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