A plan put forth by Israeli Agriculture Minister and former general Ariel Sharon, and approved by the Government of Israel on 2 October 1977, for a major extension of Jewish settlement in the West Bank. It was partially based on the Allon Plan. The plan was made up of four components. The first was establishment of urban settlements on the western reaches of the Samaria Mountains (the so-called Western Seam Zone). The second was an extension of Jewish settlement in the Jordan Valley (Eastern Seam Zone), which began under the Allon Plan. The third was encircling East Jerusalem with a “belt” of Jewish settlements. The fourth was the building of roads linking the Western and Eastern Seam Zones, along with settlements to help secure them. Sharon presented four main objectives he wished to achieve with the plan: preventing the Palestinian civilian population from entering Israel; creating a buffer between West Bank Palestinians and Arab-populated Israeli territories north and west of it; controlling the high ground overlooking the Israeli coastal plain, where most of the country’s population and industrial capacity is located; and ensuring the security of Lydda International Airport.

A summary of proposals as to the route of the West Bank Separation Barrier as suggested by Israeli NGO Council for Peace and Security from 2003 to 2009. The Council has served as amicus curiae in various cases regarding the barrier before the Israeli High Court, with its proposals having a significant effect on the revised route.

A resolution adopted by the Government of Israel under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on 1 October 2003 with a vote of 17 For, 4 Against, 1 Abstaining, subsequent to GOI Resolution 2077.

A resolution adopted by the Government of Israel under Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on 30 April 2006, subsequent to GOI Resolutions 2077, 883 and 3283.

A resolution adopted by the Government of Israel under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on 20 February 2005, subsequent to GOI Resolutions 2077 and 883

A draft plan for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and most of the West Bank, with the goal of determining the final borders of the country independently of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The document was published by the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem in August 2002, and based on research work by a team led by retired IDF general Uri Sagi and former negotiator Gilead Sher. The proposal suggests a two-phase process whose goal is to promote a permanent settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict along the lines of US President George Bush’s Vision for Peace. The first phase, with a time frame of 18 months, would entail the completion of the West Bank Separation Barrier and the evacuation of a small number of Israeli settlements. The second phase, put into operation in case the first phase didn’t lead to successful bilateral negotiations, would involve the relocation of all Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, as well as West Bank settlements outside the large settlement blocs, to Israel, while introducing an international force into the evacuated territories.

Reference map of all the phases A of the West Bank Separation Barrier. In Phase A, the primary section approved during this phase ran for 123km in or adjacent to the northwestern West Bank between Salem and Elkana, with the Salem-Habla section approved in June 2002, and the Habla-Elkana section in August 2002. This phase also included sections in the north and south of Jerusalem. This phase of the barrier was completed in July 2003. Phase B of the West Bank Separation Barrier running for 60km between Salem and Tirat Zvi near the Jordan River, in or adjacent to the northern West Bank. This phase was approved under public pressure in December 2003 and completed in April 2004. Phase C of the West Bank Separation Barrier included two sections: one running from Elkana in the northwestern West Bank to the Ofer Base north of Jerusalem, and another running through East Jerusalem. As of 2014, this phase has been partially completed. Phase D of the West Bank Separation Barrier complements the previous phases by adding sections in the northern West Bank and around Jerusalem, and in addition mostly follows the Green Line from south of Jerusalem around the southern West Bank, ending several kilometers west of the Dead Sea. This phase of the barrier was partially completed by 2006, but remains unfinished as of 2014.

A proposal made by Israeli retired colonel, researcher and publicist Shaul Arieli for a border management and security regime in Jerusalem as part of a future Israeli-Palestinian settlement including partition of the city.

Reference map of Phase D of the West Bank Separation Barrier. This phase complements the previous phases by adding sections in the northern West Bank and around Jerusalem, and in addition mostly follows the Green Line from south of Jerusalem around the southern West Bank, ending several kilometers west of the Dead Sea. This phase of the barrier was partially completed by 2006, but remains unfinished as of 2014.

Reference map of Phase B of the West Bank Separation Barrier, running for 60km between Salem and Tirat Zvi near the Jordan River, in or adjacent to the northern West Bank. This phase was approved under public pressure in December 2003 and completed in April 2004.