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EAST JERUSALEM July 2018 Kochav ¥ Beituniya Ya'akov Kochav Mitz Ein F G !P H I Jaryout !P D D # GF West Bank # Access Restrictions EAST JERUSALEM July 2018 Kochav ¥ Beituniya Ya'akov Kochav Mitz D D »D Mikhmas D ¹ºD West Dan D Ya'akov D D Bedouins D D D D Kochav !P Ma'ale D D D ") D Ya'akov Michmash D D Kafr D D D East D D D D D 'Aqab D D D D D D D D Mikhmas D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D P! !P D D D D D D D D Ofer D D D D D D D D D D D D D Rafat D D D D D D D D D D D D ¹º» D Abu D D D D D D !P D D Qalandiya D D EG D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Shusheh D D D D D 1D 6 D D Camp D D D D !P Bedouins Neve D D !P D D Shaar D D Jerusalem Binyamin Erez ADirport QalandiDya Qalandiya D D GED D D !P D D ¹º» !P Ma'azi D D D North Bir D % D Giv'at D D D D North D D D D Jaba' D D D !T% D D Jaba' Al Baq Al NabaDla !P D Ze'ev Al Jib D D !P Jib D D Bedouins Al Judeira Bedouins Ar Ram & Jaba' !P D D ¹º» !P !P Atarot Jaba' D D Dahiyat !T !T D D ¹º» D Industrial (Tajammu' GE !P D Al Khalayleh D D Bir Area al Bareed Badawi) D D Dahiyat al Aqbat Bedouins D Al Jib P! !P GF !P Nabala D D !P !TD Al Khalayleh !P Bedouins Geva Binyamin D D D GF !P South P!!P Beit Hanina D D D Tal al D D Bir Nabala D - Dahiyat D !P Giv'on D 'Addasa Bnei D D D Bedouins Bedouins Al Bareed Ha'hadasha D D D South !P GE Adam D D GF D Al Jib !P GF D D D North Beit Hanina !T !P Neve D D !T EG D Bedouins G !P Al Balad Bedouins D D D An Nabi BeD it Hanina Ya'akov D GF D D D D D D D D D D D D D D Samwil - Al Marwaha D ! D T D D D D EG D Har D D D D D Bedouins D West D D D Shmuel D !P Wadi Beit !P Hizma D D D An Nabi Beit D !P BDeit Iksa D D D D D Hanina D D D Samwil Beit D Hanina al D D !P D D Beit BedD ouins !P D Almon D D Bedouins D D Heruti D D D D D D D D D D Hanina D D D D D D D D Balad D D D !P D D D D D D D D D D Iksa ¹º» GE !P D P! #D D EG D D G D GF Hizma Tublas D D !P D D D D D %» D ¹º D 17 D D # D DD GF GE D GE D GF D ") D D Beit Pisgat D Al D GF !P D D Iksa Ze'ev North D Abu George !P D Ramot 'Anata Fheidat Road Bedouins D !P - Nkheila Allon Shu'fat Shu'fat Bedouins D !P P! D Shu fat Camp Anata D P! Abu George Ramat P! D GF # Camp Road Bedouins Light ¹º»% Ras D Shlomo South 'Anata BedouiDns - Kassara 1 ## Train Rail Shihadeh !P 94 ## D 9 # Station (Wa'ar al BeikD) A Bedouins !P D rm Giv'at !P Bir al B is D tice Shapira D MaskooMb aBs Li D !P ne (Green Line) D E1 Police Wadi !P Ramat D Eshkol Giv'at D New Station Sneysel D D Az Za'ayyem West Ha-Mivtar D D Al 'Isawiya D D "Russian D D Za'atreh Mount Scopus P! D D GE Latoon D -, Hadasa Hospital D GE Compound" Herders Closed and Restricted Areas Israeli Settlements P! E !P Abu Jumaa DG !P ") P!!P Sheikh Jarrah Mount Scopus D Israeli military base Settlement built-up or oupost, outer limit and municipal area D Az Za'ayyem Access is prohibited G - Hebrew University D Israeli closed military area G Bedouins Land cultivated by settlers G D Access is prohibited G GGG Wadi G D Az Za'ayyem Existing and projected 'closed areas' G !T D behind the Barrier Israeli Inner-Settlement !Pal Joz !P GE D Access is limited to permit holders G ! Israeli Nature Reserve D T G Tunnel/Underpass* East JeG rusalem As G D Suwwana At Tur D Az Za'ayyem J" !P !T D Observation Tower* D D Roads Bab az Bedouin!Ps ¹º» D * Not counted in the total closure figures. G At Tur GE 18 G Zahira Prohibited Palestinian vehicle use GGG P! » G GG !P ¹º Palestinian Communities Main road G G G Zaytoun Governorate Capital Other road GGG G GAsh GGGG Jabal al Ma'ale Governorate Boundry G GGGGGGGG GGGG Shayyah Baba Built-up !P !P Adumim West Bank Barrier Ras Al !P < 1,000 Residents GGGG GG GGGGAmoud GE 1,000 - 10,000 Constructed G GGGGGG GGGG Ras al Wadi GG GG º»GGG > 10,000 G GGG ¹ Al 'Eizariya Under Construction or Planned Route GG 'Amud P! al Jimel Depopulated Community G P! P! Barrier Gate G Oslo Interim Agreements (1995-1999) G Ath G 1 G Thuri Area A 1. Extensive delegation of powers to the Palestinian Authority ") Area B2 2. Partial delegation of powers to the Palestinian Authority; joint Israeli-Palestinian P! G security coordination Abu Dis # Special Case (H2)3 P! !P 3. Hebron Agreement Kidmat G Intended Nature Reserve !P GE 4. Very limited delegation of powers to the Palestinian Authority GG !P 4 Zion Giv'at Ha-Mivtar Area C Surkhi Jabal al Access and closure data is as of June 2018. It is collected by OCHA staff and is subject to change. Qunbar Hyatt Cartography : OCHA Information Management unit Regency Mount Scopus Al 'Isawiya Map Produced: January 2019 Mukabbir Maalot Sheikh -, Hadasa P! Base data and statistics: OCHA, JRC, PA-MOPIC P! Hotel Keid For comments contact <[email protected]> or tel. +972 (0)2 582-9962 Dafna Jarrah Hospital www.ochaopt.org GGGGGGG P! Nof Zion East Police HQ D As Sawahira EGD D Kopat GD ash Sharqiya ") East Kholim Ministry of Mount Scopus ¹º» As Sawahira - Hebrew Border Interior Talpiyyot Wadi University As Sawahira ash ShaProqliicyea G !P Nar al Gharbiya Al Walaja Beit !P GGG ¹º» GG Safafa G G ¹º» Sharafat Hotels G !P P! G %¹º» Ash Sheikh Sa'd Area Giv'at GE Court Wadi !P Ash House !P 19 Sur al Joz G Ha-Matos Sheikh GE Rockfeller Al Walaja Bahir Ministry G Sa'd of Justice Museum and G !P Gillo P! GE G Umm Tuba Police Station Park !P and Post Office As Suwwana !P G khirbet º» ¹º»¹ G Bab az ¹º» G G P! Al Kurshan Bir K%hamis Gilo # G Zahira !P % !P GG !P Al !GFOnaGFh Al W!P ata ¹º» G G !T T !P Har Homa # G 'Ubeidiya Har Gilo G !P Umm KhaEllet #an G P! G GGG G G !P al-'Asafir Nu'man GE G G G Beit !P !P # GGGGG Ayda Camp % G G GGGG An Dar G GGG Ash Jala/D!TCL Beit GF GGGGG Jabal %¹º» Nu!P'man Salah Jewish Al Shayyah ¹º»EG !P Al 'Azza Camp !P !P Jala Al Deek Quarter Wadi !T !P % Al Hujeila Haddadiya P! !P Qishleh al 'AGrayGis !P !PBGeGit Maale GG EG Police GGG G Station HazGoGGGfGe ZeitimGG G GGG G % J" Bethlehem Umm al G GGGG Qaber Juhdum GG G GGG ¹º»G 0 1 2 3 4 5 Al Janab Qasseis !P G G Tunnels !P Helwa G Silwan D D D D Al Khadr !P G D D ¹º» Beit Jabal Harasah¹º» P! P! D D ¹º» % 20 !T Kilometres !P Umm % Sahur G Ad Doha P! 'Asla 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 G !P G of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or bP!oundaries. Reproduction and/or use of this material is only permitted with express reference to "United Nations OCHA oPt" as the source. Fakht 14.
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