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| Palestinian children swim in the ancient spring in the West Bank village of Battir, which Unesco is poised to recognise as a world heritage site. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images |
Israeli environmentalists and even the state parks authority are backing Palestinian villagers' attempts to preserve landscape
The future of an ancient agricultural landscape, incorporating
extensive stone-walled terraces and a unique natural irrigation system,
could be decided on Wednesday when a petition against the planned route
of Israel's vast concrete and steel separation barrier is heard by the high court.The terraces of the Palestinian village of Battir, near Bethlehem, are expected to be declared a world heritage site by Unesco, the United Nations' cultural body, in the coming months.
But, Friends of the Earth, which filed the petition, says Israel's decision to construct the West Bank barrier through a valley running between the terraces threatens to inflict irreversible harm to the landscape....READ MORE
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