Challenges In Defining An Israeli-Palestinian Border

Why It's So Difficult To Draw Israeli-Palestinian Borders
An Israeli security guard peers at a hole knocked through part of a wall contected to Israel's controversial separation barrier by Palestinian youth in the Abu Dis neighrbood, bordering Jerusalem on July 9, 2013. Israel says the barrier is needed to prevent attacks but Palestinians, who refer to it as an 'Apartheid Wall,' say it cuts them off from occupied land that should be part of their future state. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a non-binding resolution in 2004 calling for those parts of the barrier inside the West Bank to be torn down and for further construction in the territory to cease. Israel has ignored the ICJ ruling. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
An Israeli security guard peers at a hole knocked through part of a wall contected to Israel's controversial separation barrier by Palestinian youth in the Abu Dis neighrbood, bordering Jerusalem on July 9, 2013. Israel says the barrier is needed to prevent attacks but Palestinians, who refer to it as an 'Apartheid Wall,' say it cuts them off from occupied land that should be part of their future state. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a non-binding resolution in 2004 calling for those parts of the barrier inside the West Bank to be torn down and for further construction in the territory to cease. Israel has ignored the ICJ ruling. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed peace talks in Washington in July for the first time in three years. While the talks are initially expected to focus on procedural issues, they are already beginning to take on a last-ditch quality. Below, explore some of the contentious issues that negotiators have faced in drawing borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state.

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