Palestinian boys run beside the concrete security wall as they go home from the school in East Jerusalem’s village of Sawahreh, 30 September 2003. Ahead of a crucial cabinet meeting Wednesday on the route of the controversial Israeli separation barrier, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced it will encompass the West Bank settlement of Ariel despite strong US objections. The first phase of the construction in the northern West Bank was completed in July but work on the next stage had been delayed by differences between Israel and Washington, as well as inside the government, over the route of the barrier. AFP PHOTO HRVOJE POLAN
