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QALQILIYA M E D I T E R R a N E a N July 2018 Sharaf S E!PA Occupied Palestinian Territory L E B A N O N International Border D Green Line D D D D -D Deir Akko D » D Shav¹ºei !P B C D E F D E G Sahel Deir ShaD eaf G Saffarin Beit Lid Shomron !P !P Sharaf ('Arab ¹º» Haifa % Tiberias West Bank De!P'is) Access Restrictions Deir Nazareth QALQILIYA M E D I T E R R A N E A N July 2018 Sharaf S E!PA Ar R!P as D BD aron ¥ Jenin Qalqiliya Closures I.P. 2 20 NM Checkpoints Kafr Sur B?60 Oslo Accords Beit Iba !P !P Tulkarm ZawaTtuabas Green Line Checkpoints 1 !P ) 12 NM Nablus e Sal'it Qusin Partial Checkpoints 2 n Bertini commitment!P i Qalqilyah W e s t N L A Earthmounds 4 n Kur B a n k D Beit R e !P 3 NM Salfit e O r GF 8 Wazan J Roadblocks 1 G Jan ‘09 - Nov ’12 ( Har !P R e Ramallah E Tire Closed Road Gates 3 n V i Hemed I L Al Juneid Jericho R Open Road Gates 5 e Kafr Kafr !P ic Jammal Kafr t Fala!Pmya Zibad Kafr Trenches (1,884m) 1 is !P !P 'Abbush Jerusalem m GF !P Qaddum I S R A E L Earth Walls (765m) 3 r !P EG A A G 18 NM Sarra E 6 Bethlehem S B? 9 Road Barriers (5,369m) 6 4 EG - Jit D 9 KedumimG A Jit » E 1 ¹º Jabaliya TOTAL 27 !P D Gaza Sarra Hebron !P Khan Yunis % Tzofim Baqat al Rafah B?574 Hatab Beersheba Qalqiliya Quarry !P D GF Hajja !P %G a z a Tell Nablu North D Izbat B?55 6 NM Gilad !P D Jayyus !P Khirbet Abu Fishing limitF armS t r i p road Arab ar Tzofim Nov’12 Khallet º» ¹º» # Sir Hamada Immatin ¹ Ramadin ash !P !P ¹º» Alatot % Shamali # P!!P # GF Immatin !P !P Far!P'ata ¹º» Al Funduq !T Qalqiliya D !P B?60 EG 9 D D Zufin D Mad J" D Jaljoulia EG Kafr E G Y P T An Nabi % DD D D D D # D D D D ¹º» !P D D D D Elyas DD D !DT D Laqif 55 D D D EEG D !P B? EG D D D D D G Jinsafut Asira al Arab !P D D DD D D Ramat !P Izbat at B?55 D Qibliya Abu !P Arab ar Tabib Azzun Gil'ad Farda D ! EG The Barrier in Qalqiliya Ramadin !P % !P E T Shalhevet GD ! ") 92 Km T al Janubi Alfei Alfei Farm !T !P GF Isla !T Menashe !P Menashe Arab Al I.P. Karnei GF Khouli/Wadi Ma'ale GF Shomron !P Kana Habla Wadi ar !P Shomron Alonei 58% 4% 39% !P Rasha Ras at Constructed (53 km) Shilo Under Construction (4 km) Tira GF Wadi Immanuel Projected (35 km) Urif !P Qana !P !P J O R D A N Ras Ad Dab'a EG !P 'Atiya !P GF 6 Kafr Closed and Restricted Areas Israeli Settlements B? Nofim Thulth Mattan Israeli military base Settlement built-up or oupost, outer limit and municipal area Izbat !P Access is prohibited Jaljulye Elmatan Israeli closed military area Alfei Ja!Pl'ud Yakir Land cultivated by settlers GF Access is prohibited Existing and projected 'closed areas' Elat Menashe B?574 Yair Israeli Nature Reserve Al behind the Barrier 10 Nirit Farm Access is limited to permit holders Nirit Izbat Mudawwar Zeita !P Izbat Tunnel/Underpass* Roads F O Salman A !P al Ashqar Jamma'in Observation Tower* B !P !P Prohibited PalestinianF vehicle use A * Not counted in the total closure figures. L Q Main road U A Jamma'in Deir Palestinian Communities Other road G !P Beit Abu Sultan Istiya Governorate Capital Amin !P !P Governorate Boundry !P Qarawat West Bank Barrier Sanniriya Bani Built-up Oranit D % !P < 1,000 Residents Constructed ") Kafar Bara Hassan ") GF !P 1,000 - 10,000 Under Construction or Planned Route Azzun > 10,000 # D Qarawat Barrier Gate D # D D E D Qira D G D 'Atma Sha'arei KiflDepopulated Community D EG D !P bani !P D D Haris D D Tikva Etz Revava Oslo Interim Agreements (1995-1999) D D hassan !P D D # Kiryat Area A1 1. Extensive delegationD of powers to the Palestinian Authority D Efraim ¹º» D D D Marda Maale 2 2. Partial delegation of powers to the Palestinian Authority; joint Israeli-Palestinian D Biddya Netafim Haris Area B D !P D securityD coordination !P !P Special Case (H2)3 D % GF Yisrael D 3. Hebron Agreement D EGD EG % Intended Nature Reserve 4. Very limited delegation of powers to the Palestinian Authority D D D D D D D D D D D 11 Kafar Qasem Elkana D Area C4 E Kafr Magen Barqan EG G GF D D D D D D D D D D D D Mas-ha D D D Qasem D Access and closure data is as of June 2018. It is collected by OCHA staff and is subject to change. D D GF D Dan D !P I.P. Cartography : OCHA Information Management unit Ariel D ¹º» EG D Sarta Barkan Map Produced: January 2019 Iskaka D G D !P D D Base data and statistics: OCHA, JRC, PA-MOPIC !P D D 0 1 2 3 4 D5ar abu For comments contact <[email protected]> or tel. +972 (0)2 582-9962 D D Dar B?5 GF www.ochaopt.org EG The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status D Kayed GF 9 D!TD D !P of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Reproduction and/or use of this material is only permitted with express reference to "United Nations OCDHA oPt" as the source. Abu Basal EG !T D D Kilometres !P D D D D !T.
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