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2 October
2003

Israeli Defense
Forces
Order Concerning Security
Directives (Judea and Samaria) (number 378), 1970
Declaration Concerning the Closure of Area Number s/2/03
(Seam Area)

In the
framework of my authority as commander of the IDF forces in the Judea and
Samaria region and in accordance with articles 88 and 90 of the Order Concerning
the Security Directive (Judea and Samaria) (number 378), 1970 (herein: the
“Order") and the remainder of my authorities in accordance with all laws and
security legislation, and in wake of the special security circumstances which
exist in the region and in order to take necessary measures to prevent terror
attacks and the exit of attackers from the area of Judea and Samaria into the
State of Israel, I hereby declare the following:

Definitions

1. In this
declaration

"The
map" - The map, dimensions of
which are 1: 150,000,
bearing the
name "Declaration Concerning Closing Area Number s/2/03 (seam area),”
signed by myself and forming an integral part of this
declaration.

"Israeli" -
Each one of the following:

a.
Citizen of the State of Israel;

b. Resident of the State of Israel, registered in
the population registry of Israel in accordance with the Population
Registry Law, 1965, and as amended in Israel from time to
time.

c. One who is eligible to
emigrate to Israel in accordance with the Law of Return, 1950, and as
amended in Israel from time to time.

"The obstacle" - fences, walls and patrol paths, which are
intended to prevent terror attacks and the exit of attackers from the
Judea and Samaria region into the State of Israel, that were erected under
the authority of the confiscation orders detailed in Part A of the
attachment to this declaration, and as is amended from time to
time.

"Seam
area" - All of the area surrounded
by the obstacle,
marked on the map
with the color red, in the direction of the State of Israel.

Closure
of
Territory

2. I declare that the seam
area is a closed zone as intended by this declaration.

Prohibition
of
Entry
and
Remaining

3. a. No person will enter
the seam area and no one will remain there.

b. A person found in the seam area will
be required to evacuate it immediately.

Reservation
of
Applicability

4. a. Article 3 of the
declaration will not be applicable for:

a. An Israeli.

b. A person given a permit by me or by someone
authorized by me to enter the
seam area and to remain there, and this is in
accordance with the conditions determined in the permit. A permit
according to this determination can be general, for certain categories,
personal or special.

b.
Despite the aforementioned in sub-article (a), the military commander is
authorized to
determine that the
directive of article 3 of this declaration will apply to a person or a
type of persons who enter the seam area or who remain there.

Permanent
Residents

5. a. A person, who has
reached the age of 16, whose permanent place of residence on the date of
entry into force of this declaration is in the seam area, will be eligible
to enter the seam area and remain there, so long as he possesses a written
permit given to him by me or one authorized by me, which testifies to the
fact that his permanent place of residence is in the seam area, and this
is all in accordance with the conditions determined in the
permit.

b. 1. A person, who has
not reached the age of 16, whose place of permanent residence

is the seam area, will be eligible to
remain in the seam area without a written permit as stipulated in
sub-article (a).

2. A person, who has not reached the
age of 16, whose place of permanent residence
is the seam area, will be eligible to enter the
seam area in one of the following
ways:

a. If he possesses a written permit, as
noted in sub-article (a), as long as he has
reached the age of 12;

b. If he is accompanied by a person whose entry
is permitted in accordance
with
sub-article (a).

c. In all
other ways as determined by me or someone authorized by
me.

Passages

6. a. Entry into the region
and exit from it will be via passageways detailed in Part B of the
attachment to this declaration, and marked in the color blue on the map,
and all in accordance with the conditions to be determined by me or one
authorized by me.

b. In the matter of this
article:

Entry into the seam area" - entry
into the seam area from the direction of the territory of the region
which is not part of the seam area;

"Exit from the seam area" - exit from the seam
area to the direction of the territory of the region which is not part
of the seam area.

Authorisation

7. The Head of the Civil
Administration is authorized to determine directives and arrangements in
all matters concerning this declaration.

Publication

8. a. Copies of this
declaration and the attached map will be placed for the review of all
persons during regular working hours in the following offices:

1. The regional District Coordinating
Offices (DCO);

2. The police
station in the Judea and Samaria region;

3. Office of the Legal Advisor of the Judea and
Samaria region;

4. Offices of
the Head of the Infrastructure Unit of the Civil Administration in the
Judea and Samaria region.

b.
Copies of the declaration and the attached map will be hung on the notice
boards of the regional DCO offices, as noted in sub-article (a)(1), for a
period of three months from the date of publication of the notice
concerning the signature on this declaration.

c. The Head of the Civil Administration is eligible
to determine additional means of publication, apart from those detailed in
sub-articles (a) and (b).

Upholding
Laws

9. This declaration will not
impair the applicability of declarations concerning the closure of
territory or other orders applicable in the seam area.

Entry into
Force

10. The date of entry into
force of this declaration is the date of its signature.

The Name

11. This declaration will be
entitled: "Declaration in the Matter of Closing Territory Number s/2/03
(seam area) (Judea and Samaria), 2003".

Addition

Part A - Seizure
Orders

1. Order
concerning the seizure of property number t/35/95 (Judea and Samaria),
1995.
2. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/12/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
3. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/17/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
4. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/18/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
5. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/19/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
6. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/20/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
7. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/21/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
8. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/22/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
9. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/23/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
10. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/24/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
11. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/25/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
12. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/26/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
13. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/31/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
14. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/33/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
15. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/34/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
16. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/35/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
17. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/37/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
18. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/39/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
19. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/40/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
20. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/41/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
21. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/43/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
22. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/46/02 (Judea and Samaria),
2002.
23. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/7/03 (Judea and Samaria),
2003.
24. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/2103 (Judea and Samaria),
2003.
25. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/25/03 (Judea and Samaria),
2003.
26. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/36/03 (Judea and Samaria),
2003.
27. Order concerning the
seizure of property number t/5703 (Judea and Samaria), 2003.

Part B -
Passages

1. Salim
gate.
2. North Khirbet Taiyiba
gate.
3. West Khirbet Taiyiba
gate.
4. Anin gate.
5. East Hinanit gate.
6. Southeast Hinanit gate.
7. Araqa gate.
8. Khirbet Tura gate.
9. Reihan checkpoint.
10. South Barta'a gate.
11. North Baqa Sharqiya gate.
12. South Baqa Sharqiya gate.
13. South Zayta gate.
14. West Attil gate.
15. West Deir al-Ghusun gate.
16. Northeast Shweike gate
17. North Shweike gate.
18. South Tulkarem gate.
19. West Faron gate.
20. Shufe checkpoint.
21. East Khirbet Jubara gate.
22. South Salit gate.
23. West Falamya gate.
24. South Falamya gate.
25. West Jayyus gate.
26. South Jayyus gate.
27. South Zufin gate.
28. Northeast Qalqilya gate.
29. Southwest Qalqilya gate.
30. South Qalqilya gate.
31. Qalqilya checkpoint (109).
32. South Nabi Ilyas gate.
33. East Alfe Menashe gate.
34. East Khirbet Ras Tira gate.
35. West Wadi Rasha gate.
36. East Khirbet Ras Tira gate.
37. Northeast Habla gate.
38. North Habla gate.
39. South Khirbet Ras Tira gate.
40. North Izbat Salman gate.
41. South Izbat Salman gate.
42. Northwest Azzun-Atma gate.
43. Southwest Azzun-Atma gate.
44. North Azzun-Atma gate.
45. South Beit Amin gate.
46. North Masha gate.
47. West Masha
gate.

Date:
2 October 2003

Signed: Brigadier
General Moshe Kaplinski
IDF Forces
Commander in the Judea and Samaria Region