The Wall of Exclusion

I stand on top of the hill. The sun rises over the hills of Jordan and spreads across the Negev Desert to the south. To the north the sun has not reached Yatta which spreads out wide below my feet. 

To the east on the next hill, I see an Israeli illegal outpost. Behind it on the next hill is the illegal Ma'on settlement, and lined up with them on the next hill is the illegal Carmel settlement. When I turn around to the west, I see the illegal Mitzpe Yair settlement. As I look at this line of settlements, I remember a Palestinian telling me that the Israelis are building a wall of illegal settlements to cut the entire Masafer Yatta off from the West Bank. 

In the morning light I can now visualize the line of illegal settlements that creates the framework for a wall or line of expropriation, a virtual wall that will deny Palestinians any access to use their homes or land. This wall of Israeli expropriation will defacto separate the Masafer Yatta from Palestine and make it part of Israel.