WEST BANK DEMOLITIONS AND DISPLACEMENT: AN OVERVIEW APRIL 2019

HIGHLIGHTS

• April saw the highest number of demolitions in a single month in more than two years.

• Over 50 per cent of all demolitions this year occurred in East .

• Two donated structures demolished or seized and 11 others at risk.

Demolition of livelihood structures in Jabal al Mukabbir in OCHA. by Photo on 29 April. Photo by OCHA.

STRUCTURES OVERVIEW STRUCTURESDEMOLISHED/SEIZED DEMOLISHED/SEIZED In April, 71 Palestinian-owned structures were demolished or seized, displacing 75 Monthly Averages 2 people and affecting the livelihoods of over 300 others. This month’s total is the highest number of structures demolished in a single month in more than two years. All but four of the structures were demolished due to the lack of building permits, 8 which are virtually impossible for to obtain, due to the restrictive 5 9 9 planning regime applied by Israel in and in East Jerusalem. 38 34 2 This month’s increase was driven by demolitions in East Jeruslem, where 58 structures

01 01 01 01 (see map below), or around 80 per cent of all structures, were demolished.* Since Jan-ar Apr All others Donor-Funded the beginning of the year, 106 structures have been demolished in East Jerusalem, accounting for over half the structures demolished so far (compared to 40 per cent in APRIL FIGURES the equivalent period in 2018). Also, over two-thirds of the recorded displacement

STRUCTURES TARGETED in April occurred in East Jerusalem, due to the demolition of 21 residences. In a ٨٠ statement issued on 3 May, UN officials called for an immediate halt to demolitions East Jerusalem 58 ٧٠

.Area C 9 in East Jerusalem and for respect for international law ٦٠

Area B 2 ٥٠

,Area A 2 More than 50 per cent of the demolitions in East Jerusalem took place in one day ٤٠ PEOPLE IMPACTED 29 April, including 22 structures in the Jabal al Mukabbir neighourhood, five in ٣٠ Displaced 75 Sur Bahir, three in Umm Tuba and one in Ath Thuri. The next day, four more ٢٠ Affected 313 structures were demolished in the Wadi Yasul area in Silwan, where almost all of ١٠ ٠ ASSISTANCE DEMOLISHED/ the structures in the neighbourhood are at a heightened risk of demolition following SEIZED IN 2019 the near complete exhaustion of efforts to protect their homes, placing over 550

8 people at risk of displacement. NON-EU FUNDED By contrast, April recorded the lowest number of demolitions in Area C, nine, since 25 June 2018. Four communities were affected, including Susiya in Hebron (4), Al DONATED Khader in (3), Khirbet Jubara in Tulkarm (1) and Majdal Bani Fadel in STRUCTURES Nablus (1). 17 EU FUNDED

* This figure does not include five structures, which were partially demolished.

www.ochaopt.org United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory P. O. Box 38712 East Jerusalem 91386 l tel +972 (0)2 582 9962 l fax +972 (0)2 582 5841 l [email protected] facebook.com/ochaopt Coordination Saves Lives 1 Two donor-funded structures were demolished or confiscated this month, both donated by the EU and its member states, bringing to 25 the total number of such structures since the beginning of the year, or 12 per cent of the total structures targeted (209). A further 11 structures funded by the EU were placed at risk this month.

Also this month, four structures were demolished on punitive grounds, including two apartments in Area A in Hebron city and two other residences in Area B in the villages of Kobar (Ramallah) and Az Zawiya (Salfit). The residences belonged to families of Palestinians who were accused of, or charged with, killing Israelis in the West Bank. So far in 2019, six residences have been demolished on the same grounds.

Structures demolished in East Jerusalem West Bank

neighbourhoods, April 2019 Jenin

Tulkarm Tubas

Qalqilya Nablus Salfit

Ramallah Jericho

Jerusalem

Bethlehem

Hebron

Beit Hanina 3 Hizma 4

Shu'fat Shu'fat Camp 5 1

Demolished structures Barrier Annexed East Jerusalem East Jerusalem 1949 Armistice J" Palestinian built-up area 2 Israeli military base Ras al Silwan 'Amud Settlement areas 8 1 Ath Thuri No Man's Land 1 Areas A&B Jabal al Area C Mukabbir 22

Sur Umm Bahir Tuba 6 3 Bir Onah 2

2 ANNEX I: WEST BANK DEMOLITIONS / SEIZURES / SEALINGS - APRIL 2019

Structures People displaced* People Affected** demolished All Children All Children East Jerusalem 58 52 31 296 149 Area C 9 10 0 17 3

Area B 2 9 6 0 0

Area A 2 4 0 0 0

TOTAL 71 75 37 313 152

* Includes all people who had a structure used as their habitual place of residence demolished. ** Includes all people who had any of their property, other than their residence, demolished. Displaced and affected are mutually exclusive categories, i.e. people counted under the former are not included in the latter.

STRUCTURES TARGETED AND PEOPLE DISPLACED-MONTHL AVERAGES 1

STRUCTURES TARGETED AND PEOPLE DISPLACED-MONTHL10 AVERAGES 1 1 1 5 5 5 55 51 55 10 5 5 1 1 5 5 5 55 51 55 5 00 010 011 01 01 01 015 01 501 01 01 Jan-Apr tructures targeted eople displaced

00 010 011 01 01 01 015 01 01 01 01 Jan-Apr STRUCTURES TARGETEDtructures targeted AND PEOPLEeople displaced DISPLACED-TOTALS

101 STRUCTURES TARGETED AND PEOPLE DISPLACED-TOTALS 1 110 110 10 101 50 1 1 5 0 01 50 110 110 10 1 01 50 0 1 1 5 0 0 50 00 010 011 01 01 01 015 01 101 01 0101 Jan-Apr0 tructures targeted eople displaced

00 010 011 01 01 01 015 01 01 01 01 Jan-Apr tructures targeted eople displaced

3 ANNEX II: DEMOLITION/SEIZURE OF DONOR-FUNDED STRUCTURES - APRIL 2019 Date Community Governorate Type of structure Number of Type of incident Estimated cost structures in Euros

16 Apr Hizma Jerusalem 1 greenhouse 1 Demolition 2,707 11 Apr Majdal Bani Fadel Nablus 1 metal storage shed 1 Confiscation 2,178

Total 2 4,885

MONTHL AVERAGE DONOR-FUNDED STRUCTURES TARGETED

Total donated structures targeted in 01 01 2 Apr

01 8 Jan-ar 25 01 5

Total donated structures targeted in 01 01 9

01 25 1 015 9

01 10

01 9

ANNEX III: DEMOLITION OR STOP-WORK ORDERS AFFECTING DONOR-FUNDED STRUCTURES - APRIL 2019

Date Community Governorate Type of structure Number of Type of incident Estimated cost structures in Euros

29 Apr Ein al Beida Tubas Solar panel (water pumping system) 1 SWO (Stop-work 23,163 order) 29 Apr Khirbet Yarza Tubas 800 metre-long agricultural road 1 Stop damaging 9,200 archeological site order 7 Apr Umm Fagarah Hebron 3 residential caravans and 1 residential 4 DO (Demolition order) 19,854 tent 7 Apr Ar Rakeez Hebron 4 residential shelters 4 SWO 10,028

7 Apr Ein ar Rashash Ramallah Access road (1,500m) 1 SWO 41,463

Total 11 103,708

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