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1. the wall (which is in most areas a fence) is for security purposes and is mostly along the 67 border
2. Jerusalem was divided in 67, what exactly is your problem there, the Palestinian 2 state solution is all about dividing Jerusalem. Also, in east Jerusalem, all Palestinians have been given resident status and may apply for citizenship if they want to, their status is not relevant to your original op where you speak of rights and equality.
3. Israel is not building new settlements, Israel is building within the borders of existing settlements and in the past 2 years Israel even stopped building in existing settlements, the situation is so absurd that the government didn't even allow a permit to build handicap ramp for a soldier who was seriously wounded in the last campaign in Gaza.
You were speaking about autonomy for the Palestinians in their territory, I don't understand how any of these are arguments you mentioned are relevant to the fact this is the present situation in the west bank since the Oslo accords.
I guess that is a step of progress but the Israeli government still needs to prohibit businesses from discriminating against palastinians (or jews if they're palestinian) with something similar to the civil rights act in the US.