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7/27/2019 Ocha Opt Jerusalem FactSheet December 2012 English
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UNITED NATIONS
Ofce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
occupied Palestinian territory
EAST JERUSALEM:KEY HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS
UPDATE DECEMBER 2012
1. Israel’s unilateral annexation of East
Jerusalem and the surrounding West Bank
hinterland contravenes international law. It
is not recognized by the international community
which considers East Jerusalem an integral part
of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), (see
UN Security Council resolutions 252, 267, 471, 476
and 478).
2. Since1967, Israeli measures have alteredthe status of East Jerusalem and affected
the residency status of Palestinians, their
access to basic services, and their ability
to plan and develop their communities. In
the long term, failure to address these factors
risks undermining the Palestinian presence in
East Jerusalem.
3. Israeli settlement activity in East Jerusalem
is illegal and occurs at the expense of land
and resources for Palestinian construction
and development, placing residents at
risk of forced eviction, displacement and
dispossession. As the occupying power, Israel
is responsible for administering the occupied
territory for the benet of the protected
Palestinian population.
4. Israeli-imposed movement and access
restrictions also impede the access of
Palestinians from the rest of the West Bank
and from the Gaza Strip to services in East
Jerusalem, including health facilities which
provide specialised and emergency health
services unavailable elsewhere in the oPt. Physical and bureaucratic obstacles impact access
of medical staff to hospitals and clinics and access
of students to schools.
5. The Barrier, settlement expansion and
related restrictions on Palestinian move-
ment are increasingly cutting off East Je-
rusalem – the focus of Palestinian political,
commercial, religious and cultural life –
from the rest of the oPt. Planned settlement
expansion in the wider Jerusalem metropolitan
area, particularly the E1 plan, will increase this
separation.
� Around 293,000 Palestinians currently reside in East Jerusalem, in addition to 200,000 Israeli settlers whoreside in the settlements which have been constructed and expanded since 1967, contrary to internationallaw (end of 2011, ICBS).
� Approximately 4 million Palestinians from the remainder of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) areprohibited from entering East Jerusalem without Israeli-issued permits, which are difcult to obtain.
� Access to East Jerusalem is controlled by a combination of physical and administrative obstacles. Palestinianswho are able to obtain permits can only use four of the 16 checkpoints along the Barrier.
� Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem lack a secure legal residency status. Between 1967 and mid-2010,
around 14,000 Palestinians had their Jerusalem residency revoked by the Israeli authorities.� Approximately 55,000 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 towhich they are entitled as residents of Jerusalem.
� 35% of land in East Jerusalem has been conscated for Israeli settlement use; only 13% of East Jerusalem iszoned for Palestinian construction, much of which is already built-up.
� At least 33% of all Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem lack Israeli-issued building permits, which are difcultto obtain, potentially placing at least 93,100 residents at risk of displacement, which has a psychologicalimpact. 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 settleractivities, particularly in the Old City, Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah.
� There is a chronic shortage of classrooms in East Jerusalem: 1,100 additional classrooms are required toaccommodate Palestinian children and many existing facilities are substandard or unsuitable.
KEY FACTS
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