A/HRC/19/20 their Israeli counterparts (A/66/364, para. 29). Israeli authorities in the West Bank have the sole responsibility, capacity and jurisdiction to ensure effective prevention and accountability for settler violence in the West Bank. 3. The Wall and the case of Al-Walaja 32. In the advisory opinion Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of 9 July 2004 issued upon the request of the General Assembly, the International Court of Justice concluded that the construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and its associated regime contravene international law (para. 42). The Court also concluded that Israel is obligated to cease construction of the Wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to dismantle the existing portions which lie inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and to make reparations for damages caused by the construction of the Wall (paras. 150-153). As of July 2011, the total length of the Wall was approximately 708 km, which is more than twice the length of the 320-km Green Line (the 1949 Armistice Line) between the West Bank and Israel. According to OCHA, when completed as per the planned route, 85 per cent of the Wall will run inside the West Bank. Almost 62 per cent of the Wall is now completed.28 Israel has not complied with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice. 33. The situation of the village of Al-Walaja illustrates the situation of many communities affected by the Wall. Al-Walaja is located 9 km south-west of the Old City of Jerusalem and has a population of about 2,200 people. In 2006, the Israeli authorities confirmed to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) the plan of Israel to encircle the village with the Wall, effectively isolating it as an enclave between Jerusalem and the Etzion settlement block.29 Construction of the Wall resumed in 2010, after years of inactivity, and hundreds of trees of different types were uprooted to make way for the Wall, depriving dozens of families from an important source of income. Since July 2011, the Israeli authorities uprooted at least 90 olive trees and at least 100 trees of different types from the lands of the village of AlWalaja, directly affecting the livelihoods of many Palestinian families.30 The community of the village continues to challenge the legality and the effects of the Wall by petitioning the Israeli High Court, so far in vain. 4. The situation of Bedouin communities 34. Pressure levied by the Israeli authorities on Bedouin communities living in Area C of the West Bank increased during the reporting period. The SecretaryGeneral recently noted that “over the last 30 years the Bedouin community has experienced gradual, systematic dispossession of its land. Today Bedouins face constant attempts to displace them from their homes and increasingly restricted access to natural resources” (A/66/356 para. 44). Recent plans announced by the Israeli authorities targeting the transfer of 20 Bedouin communities, including a total of 2,300 people, from the Jerusalem periphery are of immediate concern. 28 29 30 12 OCHA, Barrier Update, Special Focus, July 2011, p. 3. Available from www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_barrier_update_july_2011_english.pdf. UNRWA, Al-Walaja: An Analysis under International Law, May 2011, third page. Available from www.unrwa.org/userfiles/2011081763638.pdf. UNRWA, Al-Walaja: Community at Risk of a Second Forced Displacement, October 2011.