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Palestinian Population
2011 Displacement Trends
In 1967 The Palestinian Population in the JordanValley was
320,000 people. In 2011 it was reduced to56,000 people who live In
29 communities
Movement RestrictionsIsrael controls Palestinian movement from
the Jordan
Valley to the West Bank through
4 checkpoints
8 dirt mounds
6 trenches covering 25 kilometers
4 agricultural gates
WaterIsrael drilled 28 deepwater wells raising 62% of
the water pumped in the West Bank.
Land Use
Total area is 1612 km2 29% of the West Bank
87% is Area C under full Israeli control
Jordan Valley Matrix of ControlThe Path to Annexation - 2011
Fact Sheet
Israel will never cede the Jordan Valley. Israel would never agr
ee to withdraw from the Jordan Valley
under any peace agreement signed with the Palestinians. And its
vital - absolutely vital - that Israel
maintain a long-term military presence along the Jordan
River.Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahus address to U.S. Congress,
May 2011
27% Bedouinlive withoutinfrastructureand services.
80%
live in Jericho.
53%are food insecure
21%are unemployed
119 km2 (12%)
are 37 illegal settlementshousing 9,500 settlers
736 km2 (46%)
are closed military zones
318 km2 (20%)
are 26 declared naturereserves (only 4 areopen to the
public)
Legal FrameworkTe right to adequate housing is an
essentialcomponent o the right to a decent standard o living. When
guaranteed, it provides a oundation or therealization o other
rights, including the rights toamily, work, education, and,
ultimately, national sel-determination.
Israel is party to, and bound by, the InternationalCovenant on
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights(ICESCR) which explicitly
guarantees the rightto adequate housing. Tat includes the security
otenure, availability o services, and cultural adequacy.Forced
evictions are prima acie incompatible withthe requirements o the
Covenant. Appropriateprocedural protection and due process, and
adequatealternative housing, resettlement, or access toproductive
land must be guaranteed by Israel.
As the Occupying Power, Israel is also bound by theFourth Geneva
Convention relative to the Protectiono Civilian Persons in ime o
War, to which Israelis a signatory. Article 53 prohibits
destruction o property that is not justifed by military
necessity.Te Fourth Geneva Convention also prohibits thetranser o
an occupying powers civilian populationinto the territory it is
occupying and the transer o anoccupied civilian population.
According to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreemento 1995,
powers and responsibilities related to zoningand planning in Area C
should have been transerredto Palestinian control within 18 months.
However,that has not happened in the 16 years since its signing,and
Israel has made it clear that it intends to annex theJordan Valley
and displace its Palestinian inhabitants,in contravention o
international law and bi-lateralagreements.
De-facto AnnexationIn November 2011, Israel expropriated 1.5 km2
o Palestinian land in the northern Jordan Valley
and de acto annexed the land to a Jewish community within Israel
proper. his is considered the
irst instance o Palestinian land in the Occupied West Bank to be
annexed to Israel, (excluding East
Jerusalem) in deiance o international law.
Structures Demolished
36% (172)of totalstructuresdemolished
43% (74)of all residentialstructuresdemolished
41% (366)of all peopledisplaced
2009140 Structures
2009193 People
2010218 Structures
2010174 People
2011(Jan-Nov)173 Structures
2011(Jan-Nov)366 People
Palastinian receive60 litersper capita/dayless than the
minimal100 liter per capita/day water consumptionrecommended bythe
World HealthOrganization
Settlers receive
487 litersper capita/day
70%foragricultural use
PeopleDisplaced
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