As part of its efforts, in 2002 B'Tselem spearheaded the international campaign against Israel's right to build the separation fence to keep Palestinian suicide bombers out of its major cities.

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In essence, as the building of the separation fence within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries shows clearly, the government has been effectively enacting the partition of the city for the past several years without ever acknowledging this fact.

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He and Sir Winfried have also now come out in favour of Mr Osborne's decision to give regulators the power to force a complete separation of any bank that fails to respect the spirit of the ring-fence.

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