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Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian EAST : KEY HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS UPDATE AUGUST 2014

KEY FACTS � Around 298,000 currently reside in , in addition to 200,000 Israeli settlers who reside in the settlements which have been constructed and expanded since 1967, contrary to (end of 2011, Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, ICBS). � Approximately 4 million Palestinians from the remainder of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) are prohibited from entering East Jerusalem without Israeli-issued permits, which are difficult to obtain. � Access to East Jerusalem is controlled by a combination of physical and administrative obstacles. Palestinians who are able to obtain permits can only use four of the 13 checkpoints along the Barrier. � Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem lack a secure legal residency status. Since 1967, at least 14,000 Palestinians had their Jerusalem residency revoked by the Israeli authorities. � Tens of thousands of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem are physically separated from the urban centre by the Barrier; they must cross crowded checkpoints to access health, education and other services to which they are entitled as residents of Jerusalem. � 35% of land in East Jerusalem has been confiscated for use; only 13% of East Jerusalem is zoned for Palestinian construction, much of which is already built-up. � At least a third of all Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem lack Israeli-issued building permits, which are difficult to obtain, potentially placing over 90,000 residents at risk of displacement, which has a psychological impact. � Since 1967, the Israeli authorities have demolished some 2,000 houses in East Jerusalem. � Several hundred Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem are at risk of forced displacement due to settler activities, particularly in the , and . � There is a chronic shortage of classrooms in East Jerusalem: 2,200 additional classrooms are required to accommodate Palestinian children and many existing facilities are substandard or unsuitable.

1. ’s unilateral of East is responsible for administering the occupied Jerusalem and the surrounding territory for the benefit of the protected hinterland contravenes international law. It Palestinian population. is not recognized by the international community 4. Israeli-imposed movement and access which considers East Jerusalem an integral part restrictions also impede the access of of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), (see Palestinians from the rest of the West Bank UN Security Council resolutions 252, 267, 471, 476 and from the to services in East and 478). Jerusalem, including health facilities which 2. Since1967, Israeli measures have altered provide specialised and emergency health the status of East Jerusalem and affected services unavailable elsewhere in the oPt. the residency status of Palestinians, their Physical and bureaucratic obstacles impact access access to basic services, and their ability of medical staff to hospitals and clinics and access to plan and develop their communities. In of students to schools. the long term, failure to address these factors 5. The Barrier, settlement expansion and risks undermining the Palestinian presence in related restrictions on Palestinian move- East Jerusalem. ment are increasingly cutting off East Je- 3. Israeli settlement activity in East Jerusalem rusalem – the focus of Palestinian politi- is illegal and occurs at the expense of land cal, commercial, religious and cultural life and resources for Palestinian construction – from the rest of the oPt. Planned settle- and development, placing residents at ment expansion in the wider Jerusalem met- risk of forced eviction, displacement and ropolitan area, particularly the plan, will dispossession. As the occupying power, Israel increase this separation.

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