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The Civil Administration in Judea & Samaria

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Security Activities

Unarmed Palestinian police officers will control traffic at the

Northern Qalandiya and Moshbaim squares in the afternoon hours.

Extension of Palestinian police patrols will

continue for 24 hours a day on Friday and

Saturday during Ramadan and will be

coordinated according to security needs.

Extending checkpoint operating hours

DCO/Beit El checkpoint (Ramallah) will operate daily until 24:00.

Qalandiya terminal (Ramallah) will operate 24 hours a day for

vehicles and pedestrians.

Extension of operating hours at Crossing 407 until 24:00.

Extension of operating hours at Crossing 104 until 22:00.

The terminals Jalame and Reihan (Jenin) and 300 will operate daily

until 24:00 for the Israeli Arab to entrr the West Bank, especially

during the days of Eid Al Fitr.


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Israeli Arabs may cross into the West Bank through all the

crossings.

4 minibuses and one transporter, that were confiscated from the

Islamic Charity Committee during operations in Hebron in February,

2008, were returned to the control of the Palestinian Authority as a

gesture during Ramadan.

Permits

Issuance of permits to visit family in Israel will increase, including

children up to the age of 16 without an escort. During Eid-Al-Fitr

permits will also be granted for stay-over permits in Israel.

Friday prayers at the Temple Mount:

Married men between the ages of 45-

50 and married women between the

ages of 30-45 can apply for special

permits from the Civil Administration.

Men over the age of 50 and women

over the age of 45 will be allowed to

enter without permits.

Approval of 200 permits will be granted if the PA can guarantee the

steady flow of people in and out of the Temple Mount.


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Freedom of movement

Since the beginning of the year 60 roadblocks have been removed.

Road Openings

Road #443 was opened for Palestinian traffic.

Opening Daharia junction for movement.

Free movement of Palestinians to Azun Atme.

16 checkpoints remain in the West Bank; all of them are regularly

open (2 new checkpoints were added after opening road 443).

Approval of tour bus access to Bethlehem through all passages.

Approval for 50 Israeli tour guides to enter Bethlehem and Jericho.

Approval for Israeli Arabs to enter all Palestinian cities and to

access the West Bank through all crossings.

Crossing Activities:

Expanding the operating hours in Awarta checkpoint until

22:00 (instead of 20:00).

Extension of the operating hours of the Tarqumiya crossing

(from 6:00 until 19:00)

Continuance of the pilot program for extending operating

hours at Allenby Bridge (08:00-00:00).


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Permits

50% increase in number of permits issued to enter Israel.

Increase of 400% in permits issued for Friday prayers at the

Temple Mount.

Approval of 500 stay permits for PA employees from Gaza.

Rise of 12% in the number of permits issued for Palestinians

patients to receive medical treatment in Israeli hospitals (including

East Jerusalem) in the first half of 2010 (during the first half 82,058

permits were issued, 14,675 permits were issued for children).

164 VIP1& VIP2 cards were issued for the year 2010.

481 movement cards were issued to senior Palestinian officials in

the West Bank.

VIP and BMC Card holders and family members (accompanying

them) can use crossings that were previously restricted to just

Israeli citizens (without prior coordination).


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Trade and employment

Increase of 11% in the number of trade permits issued for entry to

Israel (in the first half of 2010, 22,910 permits were issued in

comparison to 20,503 permits in the first half of 2009).

Approval of additional 500 merchants from the West Bank to enter

Israel.

517 new BMC cards issued to Palestinian businessmen.

An additional quota of 400 trade permits (to enter Israel) approved

as result of the increase in trade volume in the Nablus area.

Approval to increase the number of trucks carrying marble and

stone crossing through tunnel checkpoints (from 75 to 150).

10% increase in number of employment day in Israel in comparison

to the first half 2010.

10.8% increase in agricultural trade between Israel and the West

Bank (in tons).

Slight reduction (2.8%) in number of trucks at back-to-back

crossings.

Sharp 78% increase in vehicle imports to the West Bank.


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Conventions & Events

Investment convention in Bethlehem (May 2008).

Economic convention in Nablus (November 2008).

Doctors convention in Jericho (April 2009).

“Business and Fortune” exhibition in Al- Bireh (June 2009).

Trade fair in Nablus (July 2009).

“Local industries” exhibition in Hebron (July 2009).

High-tech convention in Ramallah (November 2009).

Motor-mobile race in Jericho (November 2009).

Christmas events (December 2009, January 2010) in

Bethlehem & Jericho.

Palestinian importers visit Haifa port (March 2009).

Professional seminar for 30 olive growers - organized by the Civil

Administration (March 2010).

Investment convention in Bethlehem (June 2010).

Measures taken to improve crossing activity

Project to install weigh stations at all agricultural gates was finished.

The project was funded by the Civil Administrations (estimated cost-

400,000 NIS).

Extension of operating hours at Gilboa crossing until 24:00.

Extension of permissible entry hours for Israeli-Arabs to the Jenin area

until 24:00.

Extension of operating hours at Tarqumiya crossing.

Continuation of pilot program for extending operating hours at Allenby

Bridge (08:00-00:00).

Extension of the operating hours at Jalameh crossing.


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Financial Indicators

Slight increase of 2.7% in the al-Quds Index during the first half of

2010.

Increase of 5% in cement usage in the West Bank.

Unemployment in the West Bank decreased by 3% in the first

quarter of 2010 in comparison to the first quarter of 2009:

A sharp increase in number of tourists visiting Bethlehem and

Jericho in the first half of 2010.

At the end of the first quarter of 2010, 95 hotels were operating in

the West Bank.

Tourist figures in Bethlehem and Jericho (in thousands of

tourists:

Jericho External

Tourism

Jericho Internal

Tourism

Bethlehem

External Tourism

163

376

209233283

407

164

349277292

438532


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Environmental Infrastructure Projects

Southern West Bank Waste Disposal Site

A waste disposal site for approximately 700,000 inhabitants in the

areas of Bethlehem and Hebron.

Funded by the World Bank

Estimated Cost - 23 million USD.

Status – Project plans have been

published. Work on the project is

expected to commence in 2011.

Ramallah (Dir Debuan) Waste Disposal Site

A waste disposal site will be constructed

near Ramallah.

Funded by KFW.

Estimated Cost - 15 million Euros.

Status - Project environmental plans have been submitted to

the Civil Administration.

Nablus Waste Water Treatment Plant

A waste water treatment plant will be constructed to serve

Nablus and the surrounding areas.

Funded by KFW.

Estimated Cost - 25 million Euros.

Status – Tender completed- estimated time August 2010.


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Public Facilities

Building a council hall in Jiftlik

Funded by JICA

Building permits were submitted to the head of Jiftlik council

and JICA representatives.

Approval for construction of 5 schools in the West Bank.

Roads

Renovation of 10 roads by USAID was completed (Areas B and

C) in Jericho, Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus and Ramallah.

Implementation of 18 road renovations by USAID.

Renovation of agriculture road in the Arava (ICRC) - Approval for

work was granted on June 1st.


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Rawabi - Building a New Palestinian City

Building a new Palestinian city: 3,300 housing units in Ramallah

district.

Funded by a Palestinian private investor.

Estimated cost - 300 million USD.

Status

During January placement of earth works began

Planning and statutory procedures between the initiative's

backers and the PA were completed.

Water supply and sewage treatment solutions are required.

EIB Project to upgrade electricity capacity in the West Bank

Goal – to provide four electricity sub-power relay stations to

increase supply of electricity in West Bank (Hebron, Nablus,

Ramallah, and Jenin)

Funding – European Investment Bank and the Palestinian

Authority

Project cost – 100 Million Euros

Status – Planning Stages


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Training of Security Forces and Infrastructure Development

Coordination of training in Jordan for 6 battalions.

Coordination for 150 civil defense personnel for training in Jordan.

Professional training of the Palestinian police: command,

computers, driving, logistics, forensic science courses.

Hundreds of equipment items approved and transferred for the

use of the Palestinian Security Organizations (PSO).

Building Infrastructure:

Assistance in building and renovations of

Muqatas, police and national Palestinian

security organizations' headquarters, prisons, interrogation

facilities, operation rooms and training facilities.

Continuing building and renovations - NPSO academy in

Jericho, PSO headquarters in Bitunya, building a NPSO

training camp in Jenin area, shooting range in Jericho.


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Palestinian Police Stations

52 police stations operate in peripheral towns and villages in the

West Bank.

Gradual opening of additional 6 police stations.

Opening of police stations in Urif and Zebabda.

Expanding the operating area of Beit Furik Police Station.

Seminars & Joint Meetings

303 joint meeting were conducted in the first half of 2010:

Regular joint meetings between heads of PSO and the

commander of the IDF Central Command, division commander

and the head of the Civil Administration.

Visits to the NSPO and Brigade Commanders meetings.

Joint police committee.

Joint Israel-Palestinian firefighters' seminar.

Joint seminars on criminal issues - identification and forensic

science, drugs, antiquities theft.


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PSO Operational Coordination

Since the beginning of the year 1,424 PSO activities were

coordinated.

During the first half of 2010, 343 Israelis were taken out of Area A

by the PSO.

Imitative law & public order operations in city peripheries

(especially Nablus and Ramallah).

Intensive operational efforts and enforcement against criminal

activities.

Focus on road safety during the summer break.

PSO activities against water theft in Hebron.

Joint activities of the Palestinian Police with children during

summer break.

Approval for expanding PSO operations

Extended working hours of the Palestinian security

organizations to 24/7 in 6 cities: Ramallah, Bethlehem,

Jericho, Tulkarem, Salfit and Qalqilyah.

Approval for 24/7 operations in Jenin and Ketabya.

Approval for PSO operations in Bartaa.

Posting a Palestinian Police force at the Ein Bidan spring.