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Title of Report Type Status Organisation / Author Overall Geographical Publishing date Area area Abstract contact and weblink Economic Effects of Restricted Access to Land in WB Coordination of Agricultural Interventions NWB Report Finalised World Bank Oct/08 WB West Bank North West Bank Coordination Report Finalised FAO Feb/08 WB Economic activity in Area C is limited primarily to low intensity agriculture. High intensity agricultural, industrial, housing, tourism, and other investments are hindered by the difficulty in obtaining construction permits from thethe workshop: This report summarizes the outputs of Israeli authorities. Participatory coordination of agricultural interventions in the NWB, based on the Agricultural Projects Information System, APIS. The results address the following topics: Relative azzam.saleh@fao.org Small Breeders' Livelihoods Assessment Planned ACTED/FAO Feb/09 WB Hebron davina.jeffery@acted.org Agricultural Projects in WB and Gaza Analysis of Past Livestock Distribution Projects Needs Assessment Planned MoA/FAO Dec/08 oPt oPt Assessment Finalised ACTED Aug/07 WB West Bank Sarah.Leppert@fao.org Main findings include: • Households that maintained or increased their flock size, predominantly also had access to an alternative source of feed to commercial fodder, such as feed crop cultivation or grazing. davina.jeffery@acted.org David.Jackson@fao.org Database to record all agricultural interventions in WB and GS Weblink: http://www.apis.org/ Information related to the agricultural sector drawn from realtime database of agricultural interventions in WBGS to monitor David.Jackson@fao.org needs and responses. Weblink: http://www.apis.org/ David.Jackson@fao.org / Azzam.Saleh@fao.org Weblink: http://www.apis.org/ Records changes in availability and prices for the main agricultural inputs. in Gaza Strip increased while it decreased Unemployment rate in the West Bank in the 2nd quarter 2008. Public sector employed about half of employed persons in Gaza Strip (47.5%). This report is based on the Labour Force quarterly Between September 2000 and 2003, Nablus faced some of the most severe closures, curfews, and incursions in the oPt. As a result, it had among the highest number of casualties and house demolitions experienced. The IDF hasOccupation‘s The report focuses on the toll that the Israeli maintained that policies of closures, siege, invasions and settlement activity take on the transformation of Nablus from a bustling economic metropolis to a city this document is devoted to the indicator The first section of of crippled economy. The reports provides development process, literature review, database construction, and the identification of 40 main target communities and five alternates. The second section conflictpaper explores theand The last six years of escalated of this in the West Bank Gaza have left the Palestinian economy mired in economic crisis. Israeli military and security measures, increased during the the Palestinianimposed major costs is steadily becoming As Intifada, have economy declines it on the WBG economy, more aid dependent. So far this year until end-August the PA has received $1.2 billion in recurrent budget support and may require almost $1.9Palestinian economic potential involve more The restrictions on billion in recurrent budget support in 2008. than roadblocks and checkpoints. With due regard to Israel‘s security concerns, there is consensus on the paralytic effects of the current ‗movement and access restrictions‘ on the must To access the wider world market, Palestinian enterprises first face the challenge of moving within the West Bank itself. The numerous Israeli road blocks, closed areas, restricted roads and growing settlements have cut the Palestinian The formal financial sector in WBG emerged some 15 years ago, after 1993-1994 with the signing of the Oslo Accord in 1993 and the Paris Protocol in 1994. The latter provided Palestinians the authority to administer monetary andNew York At the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) Meeting in financial on September 23rd, 2007, the World Bank summarized the changing course of the Palestinian economy since 2000 from one driven by investment and private sector productivity to one Despite evident strong progress in many development indicators for children within the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt: East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip and West Bank), there remain overarching signs of a deteriorating situation. This Azzam.Saleh@fao.org Weblink: http://www.apis.org/ Agriculture Projects Information System Database Ongoing MoA/FAO n/a oPt oPt Agricultural Projects in WB and Gaza 2008 Agriculture Sector Report: Impact of Gaza Crisis Data Warehouse Report Finalised MoA/FAO Mar/09 oPt Gaza Mar/09 Strip oPt Report Finalised FAO/Agricultural Sector Gaza Strip Agricultural Input Availability and Prices Update Ongoing FAO Monthly oPt oPt Labour Force Survey Survey Finalised PCBS Sep/08 oPt oPt diwan@pcbs.gov.ps Costs of Conflict: Nablus after Five Years of Conflict Special Focus Report Nablus: From Economic Metropolis to Shrinking City Finalised OCHA Dec/05 WB Nablus lein@un.org Special Focus Report Finalised MA'AN Development Center Dec/08 WB Nablus nida@maan-ctr.org Socio Economic Needs Mapping Report Growth in West Bank and Gaza: Opportunities and Constraints Economic Development; Aid, Access and Reform Analysis of Economic Restrictions Confronting West Banks and Gaza Needs Assessment Finalised CHF May/08 WB West Bank kdiener@chf-pal.org Report Finalised World Bank Sep/06 oPt oPt mkoussa@worldbank.org Report Finalised World Bank Sep/06 oPt oPt mkoussa@worldbank.org Report Finalised World Bank Sep/08 oPt oPt mkoussa@worldbank.org Palestinian Trade; West Bank Routes Report Finalised World Bank Dec/08 WB West Bank mkoussa@worldbank.org Financial Sector Review Implementing the Palestinian Reform and Development Agenda Situation Analysis of Children in occupied Palestinian territories Impact of the Draft Company Law On the Performance of the Private Sector in Palestine Enhancing Corporate Governance in Pallestine The Impact of Implementing the Palestinian Banking Law on the Performance of the Private Sector Policies to Enhance Private Sector Investment in Primary Education in Palestine Public Policies to Enhance Private-Sector Investment and Competitiveness in Tertiary Health Care in the oPt The Rolle of Research and Devellopment in Enhancing the Competitiveness of the Pallestinian Priivate Sector Report Finalised World Bank Dec/08 oPt oPt mkoussa@worldbank.org Report Finalised World Bank May/08 oPt oPt mkoussa@worldbank.org Assessment Finalised UNICEF Mar/09 oPt oPt Report Finalised MAS Jan/08 oPt oPt info@pal-econ.org Report Finalised MAS Jan/08 oPt oPt info@pal-econ.org Report Finalised MAS Jan/08 oPt oPt info@pal-econ.org Report Finalised MAS Jan/08 oPt oPt info@pal-econ.org Report Finalised MAS Jan/08 oPt oPt info@pal-econ.org Report Finalised MAS Jan/08 oPt oPt info@pal-econ.org Strengthening the Role of the Palestine Securities Exchange in Attracting Foreign Investment Report Finalised MAS Jan/08 oPt oPt Privatization of Israel's Refineries Separation Wall in East Jerusalem; Economic Consequences Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Jan/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Apr/07 WB Jerusalem Cheap Wars Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Sep/06 oPt oPt Occupation Throught the Eyes of the Israeli Economists Report Brreaking the Labor Market; The Welfare to Work Plan in Israel Focus on East Jerusalem Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Jun/06 oPt oPt Finalised Alternative Information Center Sep/06 WB Jerusalem The Settlements; Economic Cost to Israel The Question of Sanction and a Boycott against Israel UNSCO Socio-Economic Report October 2008 UNSCO Socio-Economic Report August 2008 Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Aug/05 oPt oPt Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Mar/06 Israel Israel Report Finalised UNSCO Oct/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised UNSCO Aug/08 oPt oPt UNSCO Socio-Economic Report July 2008 Report Finalised UNSCO Jul/08 oPt oPt UNSCO Socio-Economic Report June 2008 Report Finalised UNSCO Jun/08 oPt oPt UNSCO Socio-Economic Report May 2008 Report Finalised UNSCO May/08 oPt oPt UNSCO Socio-Economic Report April 2008 Report Finalised UNSCO Apr/08 oPt oPt Educational Rights and Academic Freedom in Palestinian Authority Territories Report Finalised Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies Jul/08 oPt oPt Education in East Jerusalem Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Sep/07 oPt oPt Comprehensive Food Security Vulnerability Analysis Finalised FAO/WFP Jan/07 oPt oPt Comprehensive Food Security Executive summary Finalised FAO/WFP Jan/07 oPt oPt Joint Rapid Food Security survey in the oPt Assessment Finalised FAO/UNRWA/WFP May/08 oPt oPt Household Food Security Profiling Working Paper Finalised FAO Aug/08 oPt oPt Maintaining a façade of financial prosperity is crucial for a country that maintains an illegal occupation over millions of Palestinians. The cost of the occupation is therefore one of the main reasons the rest of the Wall ofthe privatization of nonCompared to that Israel expedited Separation in the the Jerusalem area, the Jerusalem Wall is especially damaging because it cuts through an urban area and affects hundreds of thousands 1970s, in the a daily basis.the Israeli welfare-warfare During the of people on hay days of Unlike the rest of the state, military spending amounted to 25 percent of GDP, the draft included most Jewish citizens (excluding the ultraorthodox),occupation is administrated heavily Israeli Since the and the government spent by the on social government, it serves as a powerful force centralizing the Israeli economy. The withdrawal from Gaza, the to Work plan of Israel, and application of the Welfare construction in the Wall of especially in East Jerusalem, has already caused a great deal of misery and injustice to the target population, and yet the government has actually increased its expenditures to A recent estimate of the cost of the so-called Disengagement Plan is NIS 8.5 billion. About NIS 7 billion will be compensations for the settlers, who arethe economic elite in to the Supreme This goes to show that currently appealing Israel is far more vulnerable to international sanctions, at the same time that it holds the power to improve the Palestinians‘ situation.64 The only ways consists of awealthy could maintain theirprovides a Section 1 that Israel‘s one-page fact sheet which luxurious snapshot view of the socioeconomic situation of the current and previous reporting period and for reference purposes provides1base line figures for the period just whichto the Section consists of a one-page fact sheet prior provides a snapshot view of the socioeconomic situation of the current and previous reporting period and for reference purposes provides1base line figures for the period just whichto the Section consists of a one-page fact sheet prior provides a snapshot view of the socioeconomic situation of the current and previous reporting period and for reference purposes provides1base line figures for the period just whichto the Section consists of a one-page fact sheet prior provides a snapshot view of the socioeconomic situation of the current and previous reporting period and for reference purposes provides1base line figures for the period just whichto the Section consists of a one-page fact sheet prior provides a snapshot view of the socioeconomic situation of the current and previous reporting period and for reference purposes provides1base line figures for the period just whichto the Section consists of a one-page fact sheet prior provides a snapshot view of the socioeconomic situation of the current and previous reporting period and for reference purposes provides basedata gathered by the present report to the first In light of the line figures for the period just prior on the six months of 2008 about the violations of academic freedoms and educational rights in the Palestinian territories, it is obvious, beyond any doubt, that they were enormous, and The Israeli educational system is responsible for the education of East Jerusalem children, but Israeli decision makers openly express an unwillingness to invest resources and efforts in East Jerusalem education. Israel shirks its responsibilities and Based on political situation in 2006; Despite growing humanitarian assistance, the livelihood crisis is expected tohave long-term impact on food security in the WBGS. Local productionpolitical situation in 2006; Despite growing cash Based on insufficient, increasing food prices, reduced humanitarian assistance, the livelihood crisis is expected tohave long-term impact on food security in the WBGS. Local production of Palestinian food insecurity is of political nature; Main drive insufficient, increasing food prices, reduced cash military and administrative measures imposed by the Israeli occupation; it's closure regime, permits, destruction of assets and settlement expansion. SoaringHouseholds whose heads Survey conducted March/April 08. food prices, falling incomes are employed by the PA and households whose main source of assistance is MoSA; Food insecurity, specifically with respect to gender and age. Food insecurity levels among info@pal-econ.org bryan@alt-info.org bryan@alt-info.org bryan@alt-info.org bryan@alt-info.org bryan@alt-info.org bryan@alt-info.org bryan@alt-info.org mironr@un.org mironr@un.org mironr@un.org mironr@un.org mironr@un.org mironr@un.org rchrs@rchrs.org bryan@alt-info.org Salah.Lahham@wfp.org/ rana.hannoun@fao.org Salah.Lahham@wfp.org/ rana.hannoun@fao.org Salah.Lahham@wfp.org/ rana.hannoun@fao.org Sarah.Leppert@fao.org Food Security Survey Report Planned ACF Feb/09 WB Tubas coordfs-pt@acf-e.org Food Security Bulletin, winter 2009 Bulletin Food Security Update Report of the Rapid Qualitative Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA Report Finalised Monthly for GS and Quarterly for WB and Gaza Strip MAS Mar/09 oPt oPt info@pal-econ.org salah.lahham@wfp.org/ weblink: http://www.wfppal.org/news.htm salah.lahham@wfp.org/ rana.hannoun@fao.org Weblink: http://www.wfppal.org/news.htm WFP oPt oPt Assessment Finalised FAO/WFP Feb/09 oPt oPt Food Security Atlas ATLAS Ongoing WFP Aug/09 oPt WB Rana.Hannoun@fao.org/ Erminio.Sacco@fao.org Weblink: www.apis.ps Palestinian Public Perception Survey Finalised FAO Nov/09 oPt oPt Food security and socio-economic survey in oPt Survey Ongoing FAO/WFP June/July/09 oPt WB salah.lahham@wfp.org/ rana.hannoun@fao.org The impact of the closure on poor women in Field research report the Gaza Strip A Question of Security; Violence against Palestinian Women and Girls Inputs to the Secretary General Report on the Situation of and Assistance to Palestinian women Planning Policy from a Gender Perspective Report Finalised Oxfam GB Apr/08 Gaza Gaza Strip Finalised Report Finalised Abstract Finalised Human Rights Watch Nov/06 oPt oPt UNSCO Aug/08 oPt oPt Bimkom Jan/09 Israel/oPtIsrael/oPt The research provides a historical and political context to better understand the current situation of Gaza and examines the effects of the current livelihoods‘ crisis on changing family and gender relations of women and The contextual changes in Inavarro@oxfam.org.pe A significant number and attitudes. girls in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are victims of violence perpetrated by family members and intimate partners. While there is increasing recognition of the problem Secretary hrwpress@hrw.org The present report provides inputs to the UN and some General report on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women, covering the period between September 2007 and end of August 2008. The UNCTand planning,for the purpose of Under the heading gender has agreed, the following key questions were examined: What is the nature of the space in which we live? To what extent is the design of this space influenced by different elements that reflect our needs? How Bimkom@bimkom.org Health report Small Ruminants NWB Needs Assessment War on the wounded; Human Rights Violations against Palestinian Medical Personnel in Gaza Field Research Report Survey of People with Special Needs in 27 Palestinian villages in Tulkarm and Qalqilya district Survey Survey of Health in the occupied Palestinian Territories Survey Planned ACTED Jan/09 WB West Bank Finalised PCHR Jan/09 Gaza Finalised UHCC Jul/06 WB Finalised NEC Apr/07 oPt East Jerusalem Facts and Figures Fact Sheet Finalised ACRI Jun/08 oPt Gaza Strip after the Isareli Attacks Special Focus Report Finalised NEC Jan/09 Gaza Palestinian Perceptions towards Politics and Economics Report Finalised NEC Jan/09 oPt Askar Refugee Camp profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Nov/08 WB Balata Refugee Camp profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Nov/08 WB Fara Refugee Camp profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Nov/08 WB Nur al Shams Refugee Camp profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Nov/08 WB Tulkarm Refugee Camp profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Nov/08 WB Based on its investigations, PCHR believes that dozens of victims may have died because they were denied emergency medical treatment due to IOF obstruction of medical personnel and their facilities. In spite of repeated attempts by villages is Gaza Strip The average disability rate (1.7 %) in the surveyed Palestinian similar to national level and consistent with other surveys conducted in the mid-1990s in Northern, Central and Southern Districtsrespondents, and slightly more men than women, the North West Bank 31% of of the WB. In addition, physical disability (34 % of characterized themselves as ‗very depressed.‘ This figure is nearly one-third lower than that recoded during the worst month of 2006. Extreme depression was more prevalent oPt For generations, Jerusalem was the urban hub for services, trade, and culture in the West Bank. The recently constructed Separation Barrier completely severed Jerusalem from the surroundingof Gaza residents feelon the economy and culture oPt About 96% area, and the impact depressed and disheartened. The highest level of depression is in North Gaza and Rafah; • 81% of the respondents do not feel since the January 2006 Gaza Strip 48% of Palestinians feel less secure secure about their elections, as compared to 44% in December 2006; ���� The majority of Palestinians (91%) of the Palestinians are extremely concerned (56%) or somewhat concernedvillages in oPt Original inhabitants of old Askar came from from 36 (35%) the Lydd, Haifa and Jaffa areas, mainly Al Msoudiyeh, Beit Dajan, Yazour, East and West Jammsin, Ashdod, Sheikh Mounis and Arab Abu Kishik. In 1965, severe, overcrowding North West Bank The camp was established in 1950. The inhabitants of the camp came from 60 villages and cities of Lydd, Jaffa and Ramleh.inhabitants cameof residents are of Bedouin origin. of North West Bank Original A large number from 30 villages at the north-east Haifa, mainly Al Rehaniyeh, Sabbareen, Qannir, Al Kafrin, Sindiyana, Umm Al Shouf, Al Manshiyeh, Umm Al Tout and Umm Al Zeinal.established in 1952. Original inhabintants North West Bank The camp was came for villages in the Haifa region, mainly from Umm Al Zeymat, Al Kafren, Sabareen, Qanneer, Khubzeh, Shoug, Ein Ghazal, Brekeh. After displacement,Original inhabitantsin North West Bank The camp was established in 1950. they lived in tents came from various villages and cities in the Haifa, Jaffa and Kissaria areas, in particular from Wadi Al Hawareth, Al Damayreh, Qaqoun and Arab Nujeat. North West Bank Original inhabitants came from the Carmel region in Haifa and the Carmel1mountains, up to Marj BinestablishedWadi Araba. Camp No. was the first camp to be Amer and in Nablus area, just a few months before Balata and Askar camps. It is also known as Ein Beit El Ma‘, ‗spring of the house of water‘, from a local spring which served the needs ofvillages in Original inhabitants came from 17 destroyed the refugees in western Jerusalem and western Hebron areas, mainly Beit Natif, Deir Aban, Ras Abu Amar, Malha and Allar; Beit Jibrin and Ajjour.was established by the Red Cross, with provision of The camp tents to the refugees. UNRWA intervened in 1950, with the construction of housing units made of local bricks with concreteinhabitants came from approximately 300 villages, Original ceilings. The size of shelters was determined mainly situated at the north of Haifa, in the coastal districts of Lydd, Ramleh, Jaffa, as well as Gaza and Hebron areas. Before 1967, the camp was the33 villages in Ramleh, Hebron Original inhabitants came from most populated in the West and Gaza areas, mainly Ramleh and Aker; Zakaiyeh, Beit Jibrin, Al Mughar and Al Fallouje; Iraq Al Manshiyeh, Qastina and Ajjour. Original inhabitants came from the destroyed village of Beit Jibrin, on the western hills of Hebron. The camp is also known as Azzeh, after the Azzeh family who compose 60% of camp residents. Original inhabitants came from 45 villages in the western Jerusalem and western Hebron areas, mainly Zakariyeh, Ras Abu Amar and Al Walajeh; Beit destroyed villages in the Original inhabitants came from Jibrin and Beit I‘tab. Ramleh, Jaffa and Lydd areas, mainly Beit Naballa, Deir Tarif, Jimzu, Abu Al Fadel, Shkiyah and Yazour. Initially all shelters were built in local bricks orfrom allstones,of historical Palestine. Original inhabitants came uncut areas with iron sheet After the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank, most camp resident fled to Jordan. Present residents originate from villages in the Ramleh, Lydd and Hebron areas, mainly Al Original inhabitants came from 18 villages in the Gaza, Hebron and Beersheva areas, mainly Iraq Al Manshiyeh, Al Falouje, Simsim; and Beit Jibrin, Ajjour, Tel Al Safi, Deir Al Tubban, Smeil, Al Dawaymeh and Qudneh. davina.jeffery@acted.org pchr@pchrgaza.org uhcc@palnet.com info@neareastconsulting.com mail@acri.org.il info@neareastconsulting.com info@neareastconsulting.com C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Jenin Refugee Camp profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Nov/08 WB Jenin C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Refugee Camp no 1 profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Nov/08 WB Nablus C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Aida Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Bethlehem C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Amari Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB West Bank C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Aqabat Jaber Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Jordan Valley C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Arroub Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Hebron C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Beit Jibreen Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Bethlehem C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Dheisheh Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Bethlehem C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Deir Ammar Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Ramallah C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Ein Sultan Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Jerusalem C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Fawwar Refugee Camp Profil Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Hebron C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Jalazon Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Kalandia Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Shuafat Refugee Camp Profile Camp profile Finalised UNRWA Oct/08 WB Villages survey Northern West Bank Needs Assessment Finalised COOPI Dec/08 WB Original inhabitants came from 36 villages in the Lydd and Ramleh areas, mainly Annabeh, Abbasiye, Khayriye. Some others came from the northern localities of Tiberias, Sabarian, Umm Zeinat and Haifa, or from 52 Dawaymeh in Hebron area. Jerusalem Original inhabitants came from Al villages in the Lydd, Ramleh, Haifa, Jerusalem and Hebron areas, mainly Beir Al Mouein, Sarees and Sadoun. Initially all shelters were built in localcamp wasuncut stones, with iron sheet ceilings. Jerusalem The bricks or established to accommodate refugees previously living in Mu‘skar camp. Mu‘skar was located in the Sharaf quarter of Jerusalem Old City, now known as the Jewish quarter. The closure ofinternational expatriates has Jerusalem COOPI staff together with the Mu‘skar and the moving of been developing since 2002 a village assessment in order to have a clear idea of the socio-economic conditions in each governorate and in each village of the Northern West Bank. North West Bank C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org socie@coopi.org Village profile; Deir Istiya Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jul/08 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Haris Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/08 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Jamma'in Village Profile Finalised IWPS Aug/08 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Kufr Ad Dik Village Profile Finalised IWPS Feb/09 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Qarawat Bani Hassan Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Salfit Village Profile Finalised IWPS Feb/09 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Wadi Qana Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Biddiya Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/09 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Isqaqa Village Profile Finalised IWPS Aug/08 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Khirbet Qeis Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/05 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Kufr Ein Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Qarawat Bani Said Village profile; Sanniriya, Azzun Atme, Beit Amin Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/03 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Yasuf Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Bruqin Village Profile Finalised IWPS Feb/09 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Farkha Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Izbet Abu Adam Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/05 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Khirbet Suza Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/05 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Marda Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Qira Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Sarta Village Profile Finalised IWPS Aug/08 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Sawiye Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/09 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Deir Ballut Village Profile Finalised IWPS Feb/09 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Hares Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Izbet Abu Bazal Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/05 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Kifl Hares Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Masha Village Profile Finalised IWPS Feb/09 WB Salfit Governorate profile; Jenin Governorate profile Finalised UNRWA Aug/08 WB Registered refugees in the West Bank: 745,7761 (33% of the 2,274,9292 WB population). 25.5% (189,787 individuals) live in the 19 West Bank camps. Registered refugees in Jenin Governorate: 90,7202. Registered refugees North West Bank iwps@palnet.com C.RACKWITZ@unrwa.org Village profile; Sawwiye Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/04 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Village profile; Rafat Village Profile Finalised IWPS Jan/09 WB Salfit iwps@palnet.com Internal displacement in the West Bank Case studies Planned EAPPI Feb/09 WB West Bank Occupation in Hebron Inter Palestinian Human Rights Violations in Gaza Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Dec/04 WB Hebron Special Report Finalised PCHR Feb/09 Gaza Gaza Strip Displayed by the Wall Report Finalised BADIL / IDMC Sep/06 WB West bank Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs Chapter One: From the Nakba to the Present Day: Ongoing Displacement Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs Chapter Two: Population Numbers, Distribution and Characteristics Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs Chapter Three: Assistance Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs Chapter Four: Protection Survey of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs Chapter Five: Politics and the Question of Palestinian Refugees and IDPs Survey Finalised BADIL Jun/07 oPt oPt Survey Finalised BADIL Jun/07 oPt oPt Survey Finalised BADIL Jun/07 oPt oPt This study argues that Israel‘s settlement policy, which supports the presence of radical Jewish fundamentalists with a strong anti-Arab ideology in the middle of a Palestinian city, is the proximate reason for the high level of violence in According to PCHR documentation, at least 32 Palestinians have been killed by members of the PSS and unidentified gunmen during this reporting period. In addition, dozens of other The Wall and its regime are the most recent cause of forced displacement in the occupied Palestinian territories. The forced displacement of Palestinian communities is alarming because it affects theand internally displaced Palestinians as Palestinian refugees fabric of Palestinian society as well represent the largest and longest-standing case of displacement in the world today. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, the massive displacement of Chapter One provides a short historical background to the root causes of Palestinian mass displacement and ongoing displacement. Chapter Two examines the demographic characteristics and living conditions of the Palestinian refugee and displaced population. Chapters Three and Four examine international assistance and protection. Chapters Three and Four examine international assistance and protection. eappi-co@jrol.com / bryan@alt-info.org pchr@pchrgaza.org legal@badil.org legal@badil.org legal@badil.org legal@badil.org Survey Finalised BADIL Jun/07 oPt oPt legal@badil.org Survey Finalised BADIL Jun/07 oPt oPt legal@badil.org Survey Finalised BADIL Jun/07 oPt Forced displacement continues Unprotected: Israeli settler violence against Palestinian civilians and their property Humanitarian Impact of the West Bank Barrier Lack of Permit; Demolitions and Displacement in are C Report Finalised IDMC / NRC Sep/08 oPt Special Focus Report Finalised OCHA Dec/08 oPt Report Finalised OCHA / UNRWA Aug/08 WB Special Focus Report Finalised OCHA May/08 WB Increasing Need, Decreasing Access: Tightening Control on Economic Movement Special Focus Report The Barrier Gate and Permit Regime Four Years on: Humanitarian Impact in the NWB Increasing Need, Decreasing Access: Humanitarian Access to the WB Three Years Later: The Humanitarian Impact of the Barrier Since the International Court of Justice Opinion A Year of Decline: The Financial and Institutional Status of the PA - Part 1; Under siege A Year of Decline: The Financial and Institutional Status of the PA - Part 2; PA decline in employees Finalised OCHA Jan/08 oPt Special Focus Report Finalised OCHA Nov/07 WB Fact Sheet Finalised OCHA Sep/07 WB Special Focus Report Finalised OCHA Jul/07 WB Special Focus Report Finalised OCHA May/07 oPt Special Focus Report Finalised OCHA May/07 oPt Chapter Five provides a political analysis of the negotiations and the positions ofpeople are reported to have been More than 110,000 the stakeholders internally displaced during the last four decades. Since the second intifada in 2000, the number of Palestinians displaced and at risk Palestinian Casualties: In the first increased. At oPt Increasing of displacement has substantially 10 months of 2008, OCHA recorded 290 settler-related incidents targeting Palestinians and their property. Group violence: Since 2006, a significant majority of settler incidents recorded by OCHA are oPt This report provides an analysis of the impact of the Barrier route on Palestinian communities, including updated statistics on the land and persons affected, with special reference to the date, more than 3,000 Palestinian-ownedCity and the the West Bank To declining economic situation in Qalqiliya structures in West Bank have pending demolition orders, which can be immediately executed without prior warning. Children are frequently Bank has natural resourcesby the demolition of their West Bank The West disproportionately affected and its economy depends on trade and remittances from jobs in Israel. Since the majority of the West Bank‘s trade is with Israel, the current closure regime is forcing many West Bankers the Barrier has oPt By deviating significantly into the West Bank, into reliance on already created a new geographical and bureaucratic reality for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the northern West Bank. Indecision to Tulkarm, Qalqiliya, Salfit districts, the North West Bank Since Israel‘s the Jenin, bomb the only operating power plant in the Gaza Strip, on 28 June, 1.4 million people have been suffering from power stoppagesthe International Court of West Bank Three years ago (9 July 2004), half the Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion stating that the route of Israel‘s Barrier in the West Bank, and its associated regime of permits and restrictions, constitute a serious breach of West Bank OCHA conducted its own field research into the humanitarian impact the financial crisis is having at a community level and the extent to which parallel payment systems are providing relief to PA employees who have whoreceived full salaries for oPt Whether they are PA employees not have not received their full salaries, their families who depend on them for support, businesses whose customers have lost spending power or those who have been unable to access basic and emergency oPt oPt legal@badil.org legal@badil.org lein@un.org lein@un.org lein@un.org lein@un.org lein@un.org lein@un.org lein@un.org lein@un.org lein@un.org Nablus: IDF Incursion into Nablus February 2007 Broken Homes: The Impact of House Demolitions on Palestinian Children & Families Broken Homes: The Impact of House Demolitions on Palestinian Children & Families (Arabic) Broken Homes: The Impact of House Demolitions on Palestinian Children & Families (Advocacy document) Perpetual Limbo; Israel's Freeze on Unification of Palestinian Families in oPt Barred from Contact; Violation of the Right to Visit Palestinians Held in Israeli Prisons Crossing the Line; Violation of the Right of Palestinians in Israel without a permit Absolute Prohibition; The Torture an Ill Treatment of Palestinian Detainees Ground to a Halt; Denial of Palestinian's Freedom of Movement in the West Bank Situation Report Finalised OCHA Palestinian Counselling Centre, Save the Children—UK and the Welfare Association Palestinian Counselling Centre, Save the Children—UK and the Welfare Association Palestinian Counselling Centre, Save the Children—UK and the Welfare Association Feb/07 WB At approximately 02:30 on 28 February 2007, a large force of IDF soldiers and Israeli Border Police re-entered Nablus. This latest incursion marks the continuation of Operation ‗‘Hot Winter‘‘, the largest military incursion in three years in Nablus North West Bank lein@un.org Report Finalised Apr/09 oPt oPt This report is unique in not only looking at the impact of house demolitions on both children and their parents, but also in pcc@palnet.com; jennifer_scpal@savethechildrenukgoing on to relate the cumulative impact on the family unit (in opt.com This report is unique in not only looking at the impact of house demolitions on both children and their parents, but also in pcc@palnet.com; jennifer_scpal@savethechildrenukgoing on to relate the cumulative impact on the family unit (in opt.com This report is unique in not only looking at the impact of house demolitions on both children and their parents, but also in going on to deals with cumulative impact on the family unit (in This report relate the Israel‘s prohibition family unification in oPt. Shortly after the outbreak of the second intifada, Israel decided not to process requests submitted by Palestinian residents for family unification with their spouses and family This report examines the ICRC‘s program for family visits with prisoners, and describes the many difficulties that Palestinians who take part in the program face. The report contains five chapters. Chapter One provides a brief survey of the relevant The report is divided into three chapters. Chapter 1 presents the factors that have led many Palestinians to enter and remain in Israel even though Israeli law forbids them to do so and despite the hardship, exploitation, and that Israel Security In recent years, Israel has openly admitted harm to which they Agency interrogators employ ―exceptional‖ interrogation methods and ―physical pressure‖ against Palestinian detainees from the This report, which is being issued almost seven years in start of the second intifada, offers a comprehensive survey of Israel‘s movement restriction policy in the West Bank and its effects on themes characterize Israel‘sThe primary source of Two clear Palestinians‘ human rights. policy in many of the issues surveyed in this report. The first is the almost automatic tendency to justify everything done in the Occupied Territories in the namedeals with the blocking of Palestinian access to This report of security, without scrutinizing these justifications areas adjacent to settlements in the West Bank by closing lands and, in effect, attaching them to the settlement. The report is taking unilateral measures to institutionalize and Israel describes perpetuate a new factual and legal reality of separation between residents of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, while severing the interdependent social, economic and cultural ties The extent of the harm to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip during Operation Cast lead is unprecedented. Only now is the full magnitude of the destruction coming to light and additional testimonies about what happened protect the life As an occupying power, Israel is required to continue to and property of residents under its control. It has been derelict in this duty. When this failure is combined with the extensive The presence of Israeli settlements in Hebron is the main cause of the human rights violations against Palestinians living in Area H-2. Israel has regularly disregarded its obligation to protect the On 23 March 2004, the day after the assassination of Hamas leader Ahmad Yassin, the Israeli media reported that the IDF had imposed a total closure halfthe Occupied has severely a For the past four and a on years, Israel Territories and restricted freedom of movement to and from the Gaza Strip. These restrictions strangled Gaza, essentially turning the area into one big Israel‘s claim that thesean exaggeration to say that Contrary to prison. It would not be were indeed arrest operations, the methods employed by the security forces, even if not formally prescribed in the Open- Fire Regulations, transform those actions into assassination operations. Given Israel seeks to justify its action on the grounds of ―imperative military needs,‖ and that the cave residents are ―seasonal residents‖ in the closed area. However, as we have shown in this report, the state‘s arguments are baseless and the barrier Central aspects of the planning and construction of remain unclear, and in some instances, the ministry has attempted to mislead the public. This lack of transparency and deception has been particularly obvious regarding the capital" Despite the myth that Jerusalem is the "united eternal of the State of Israel,Êreality shows that the urban fabric is extremely divided. Instead of meeting the common interests of Jerusalem's residents and promoting a culture of cooperation, Since Israel‘s decision to bomb the only operating power plant in the Gaza Strip, on 28 June, 1.4 million people have been suffering from power stoppages half the time. The effects are felt in all aspects of Gaza Strip grows increasingly dire: The situation in the life: without refrigeration, families cannot violence between Palestinian factions, ongoing Israeli military operations, and grave harm to Palestinians living in the The constant center of Hebron is one of the most extreme manifestations of human rights violations committed by the State of Israel. Israel‘s policy of protecting theand a growing settler The expansion of settlements Hebron settlement and population, emboldened by weak law enforcement by Israel authorities, has brought an increase in violent attacks against surroundingchild prisoners routinely face violations2007 and Palestinian Palestinian communities. Throughout of their human rights during arrest, interrogation and imprisonment. They are exposed to physical and psychological abuse, amounting to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and Report Finalised Apr/09 oPt oPt Brochure Finalised Apr/09 oPt oPt pcc@palnet.com; jennifer_scpal@savethechildrenukopt.com Report Finalised B'Tselem Jul/06 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Sep/06 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Mar/07 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem May/07 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Aug/07 WB West Bank ystein@btselem.org B'tselem Annual Report 2007 Access to Land; Israeli Measures to Deny Palestinians Access to Land around Settlements Separated Entities; Israel Divides Palestinian Population of West Bank and Gaza Strip Guidelines for Israe'ls Investigations into Operation Cast Lead 27.12.08 - 18.01.09 Foreseen but not Prevented; Israeli law enforcement on settler attacks during olive harvest Report Finalised B'Tselem Dec/07 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Sep/08 WB West Bank ystein@btselem.org Position Paper Finalised B'Tselem Sep/08 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Position Paper Finalised B'Tselem Jan/09 Gaza Gaza Strip ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Nov/09 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Hebron, Area H2; Settlements Cause Mass Departure of Palestinians Report Forbidden Roads; Israel's Discriminatory Road Regime in the West Bank One Big Prison; Freedom of Movement to and from the Gaza Strip on the Eve of the Disengagement Plan Take No Prisoners; the Fatal Shooting of Palestinians by ISF during 'Arrest operations' Means of Expulsion; Violence, Harassment and Lawlessness against Palestinians in the Southern Hebron Hills Under the Guise of Security; Routing the Separation Barrier to Enable Expansion of Israel Settlements in the WB A Wall in Jerusalem; Obstacles to Human Rights in the Holy City Act of Vengeance; Israels Bombing of the Gaza Power Plant and its Effects Finalised B'Tselem Aug/03 WB Hebron ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Aug/04 WB West Bank ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Mar/09 Gaza Gaza Strip ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem May/05 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Jul/09 oPt oPt ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem/ Bimkom Dec/05 WB West bank ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Jul/06 WB Jerusalem ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem Sep/06 Gaza Gaza Strip ystein@btselem.org The Gaza Strip; One Big prison Ghost Town; Israel's Separation Policy and Forced Eviction of Palestinians from the Center of Hebron Under Attack: Settler Violence against Palestinian Children in the Occupied Territory Palestinian Child Prisoner: An analysis of human rights violations against Palestinian children Report Finalised B'Tselem May/07 Gaza Gaza Strip ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised B'Tselem May/07 WB Hebron ystein@btselem.org Report Finalised Defence for Children International Nov/08 oPt oPt ayed@dci-pal.org Report Finalised Defence for Children International Apr/08 oPt oPt ayed@dci-pal.org Sustained Occupation, Suspended Dreams: An analysis of human rights violations against Palestinian children Surviving the Present: Facing the Future: An analysis of human rights violations against Palestinian children Law Enforcement upon Israeli Civilians in oPt Exceptions: prosecution of IDF Soldiers during and after the Second Intifada Report Finalised Defence for Children International Sep/06 oPt oPt Report Finalised Defence for Children International Jul/05 oPt oPt Data Sheet Finalised Yesh Din Volunteers for Human Rights Jul/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised Yesh Din Volunteers for Human RightsSep/08 oPt oPt A Semblance of Law; Law Encorcement upon Israeli Civilians in the West Bank Report Backyard Proceedings; The Implementation of Due Process Rights in the Military Courts in oPt Report Tolerance in the Palestinian Authority Territories Public Freedoms in the Palestinian Authority Territories The State of Human Rights in Israel and oPt 2008 The State of Human Rights in Israel and oPt 2007 Finalised Yesh Din Volunteers for Human RightsJun/09 WB West bank Finalised Yesh Din Volunteers for Human RightsDec/07 oPt oPt Report Finalised Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies Jul/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies Jul/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised ACRI Dec/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised ACRI Dec/09 oPt oPt A Democracy on paper only? The State of Human Rights in Israel and oPt 2005 Working without Dignity; The Violation of Workers' Rights' in Israel Invisible Prisoners; Palestinians blacklisted by the GSS Extension of Remand in Custody in Israeli Military Courts during 2006 Paper Finalised ACRI Jun/06 oPt oPt Report Finalised ACRI Dec/05 oPt oPt Report Finalised ACRI Dec/09 oPt oPt Report Finalised Machsom Watch Apr/09 oPt oPt Report Finalised Machsom Watch Jan/09 oPt oPt A Counterview; Checkpoints 2004 Report Finalised Machsom Watch Jan/09 oPt oPt The Bureaucracy of Occupation; the DCLO Report Finalised Machsom Watch oPt oPt Internal Fight; Palestinian Abuses in Gaza and West Bank Report Off the Map; Land and Housing Rights Violations in Israel's Unrecognised Bedouin Villages Report Civilians Under Attack; Hezbollah‘s Rocket Attacks on Israel in the 2006 War Indiscriminate Fire; Palestinian Rocket Attacks on Israel and Israeli Artillery Shelling in the Gaza Strip Promoting Impunity; The Israeli Military‘s Failure to Investigate Wrongdoing Razing Rafah; Mass Home Demolition in the Gaza Strip The Roadmap; Repeating Oslo's Human Rights Mistakes Finalised Human Rights Watch Jul/09 oPt oPt Finalised Human Rights Watch Bedouin Bedouin Mar/09 Villages Villages Report Finalised Human Rights Watch Aug/09 Israel Israel Report Finalised Human Rights Watch Jul/09 Israel Israel Report Finalised Human Rights Watch Jun/09 oPt oPt Report Finalised Human Rights Watch Oct/09 Gaza Gaza Strip Paper Finalised Human Rights Watch May/09 oPt oPt Between Fences; The Enclaves Created by Abstract the Separation Barrier The Planning Deadlock: Planning Policy, Land Regularization, Building Permits and House Demolitions in East JR Abstract Finalised Bimkom Oct/09 oPt oPt Finalised Bimkom Jan/09 WB Jerusalem While the overall level of violence decreased in 2005, Israeli military activities continued to neglect, and in some cases deliberately abuse, the fundamental rights of Palestinian children to life and rights-based approach to the violations The report takes a dignity, breaching rights guaranteed under perpetrated by Israeli occupation authorities and troops and by Jewish settlers living illegally in the OPT, viewing these abuses the mainthe spectrum ofwere: victims' complaints and Among through defects noted the UN Convention on the testimonies were recorded in Hebrew rather than Arabic, the language in which they were given; the police investigators rarely visited the crime scenes, and thethe cases full data on The report "Exceptions" reveals for in first time when they how the Israeli military law enforcement agencies (the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division (MPCID), the Military Prosecution and the Courts-Martial) process cases in of The report‘s findings indicate a general phenomenon which absence of adequate law enforcement the authorities upon settlers who commiton over 800 courtroom observations conducted by Based offenses against Palestinians.The report documents Yesh Din volunteers in the Samaria and Judea Military Courts serving the West Bank, data received from the IDF, interviews ofseems that the need to disseminate and consolidate the It Military Courts personnel and defense attorneys, and culture and values of tolerance in the Palestinian society has become now, more than ever before, a necessity and an urgent task. Moreover, transforming this culture and values The report on public freedoms in the Palestinian Authority territories was released one full year after the conflict between the Hamas and Fateh movements was resolved through military means, with Hamasthe report presented here, A decade has passed, and scoring victory. Before, during and published to coincide with International Human Rights Day, seeks to reevaluate the status of human rights in Israel and the Occupied infringementslight of the rights stem from the The principal Territories in of human Universal Declaration, policies and actions of government authorities, which either fail to protect rights or violate them directly. The ―blanket‖ of rights thatschoolchildren learn that they livefor a democratic is All Israeli the State is supposed to ensure in all individuals state. Western nations, as well, see us as part of the democratic world. But for the past forty years, our actions havepast year was characterizedthat a combination of serious The been steadily undermining by: general consensus. A infringements of the right of Israeli citizens to a dignified standard of living and a disturbing trend toward legislation that undermines human rights; severe human rights violations in The report examines the problems and difficulties facing workers in Israel in light of a changing reality, and analyzes the factors that contribute to the increasing trend of exploitation ofwith people Israel, their humiliation and From contact workers in whosedifficulties we deal with, we have the distinct impression that the State of Israel makes far too cynical a use of GSS blacklisting as a powerful weapon against the entire Palestinian people, and not facilities and Many detainees are incarcerated in detention only against prisons for protracted periods in harsh conditions, prior to proof of their guilt. Onwe mainly address the internal cps and barriers In this report many occasions we were horrified by the offwhich impede movement from village til village, from villages to towns, and from one governorate to another inside oPt. These are notthe open violence, the occupyingand their sole In contrast to cps controlling entry into Israel, forces also engage in hidden violence. There is bureaucratic violence, which the film attached to this report attempts to uncover. The waiting for the permit which may or may not come, the lack of This report documents serious human rights abuses over the past year by the competing Palestinian authorities in Gaza and the West Bank, run by Hamas and Fatah, respectively. Over thethousands of Palestinian Arab in both places have Tens of past 12 months, Palestinians Bedouin, the indigenous inhabitants of the Negev region, live in informal shanty towns, or ―unrecognized villages,‖ in the south of Israel. Discriminatory land and planning policies have made it into Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired thousands of rockets Israel, causing civilian casualties and damage to civilian structures. Hezbollah‘s means of attack relied on unguided weapons that had no Strip and to hit military targets with any In the northern Gaza capacity adjoining areas of Israel, attacks by Palestinian armed groups launching locally made rockets known as Qassams and attacks by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) firing 155mm artillery shells have together killed The recent investigations and prosecutions cited earlier notwithstanding, Human Rights Watch has found that Israeli military‘s investigative practices and procedures are not impartial, past four years, the Israeli military has demolished Over the thorough, or timely. The military rarely has brought over 2,500 Palestinian houses in the occupied Gaza Strip.3 Nearly two-thirds of these homes were in Rafah, a densely populated refugee campconcerned by the failure of the the Human Rights Watch is and city at the southern end of roadmap to incorporate into its provisions internationally recognized human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL)Separation Barrier, mostneed to bring to justice persons The principles, such as the of which lies beyond the Green Line, creates enclaves inhabited by some 250,000 Palestinians. For the residents of these enclaves, the Barrier doespurpose of this report is to examine house demolition The not merely restrict their freedom of movement or policy in Jerusalem as an enforcement measure, within the wider context of planning policy that has been adopted in the Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, of the state of ayed@dci-pal.org ayed@dci-pal.org info@yesh-din.org info@yesh-din.org info@yesh-din.org info@yesh-din.org rchrs@rchrs.org rchrs@rchrs.org mail@acri.org.il mail@acri.org.il mail@acri.org.il mail@acri.org.il mail@acri.org.il machsomwatch@gmail.com machsomwatch@gmail.com machsomwatch@gmail.com machsomwatch@gmail.com hrwpress@hrw.org hrwpress@hrw.org hrwpress@hrw.org hrwpress@hrw.org hrwpress@hrw.org hrwpress@hrw.org hrwpress@hrw.org Bimkom@bimkom.org Bimkom@bimkom.org Jerusalem Special Focus Report Planned MA'AN Development Center Jan/09 WB Jerusalem nida@maan-ctr.org The Plight of the Jordan Valley Bedouin Apartheid Roads: Promoting Settlements, Punishing Palestinians Bir Nabala Wall: A Devastating Blow to the Palestinian Economy Tulkarm : People‘s Roots are as Deep as those of the Olive Trees Special Focus Report Finalised MA'AN Development Center Dec/08 WB Jordan Valley Special Focus Report Finalised MA'AN Development Center Dec/08 WB West Bank Case study Finalised MA'AN Development Center Feb/07 WB Jerusalem Case study Finalised MA'AN Development Center Feb/07 WB Tulkarm Up Against the Wall: the Story of a Qalqilya Farmer Case study Finalised MA'AN Development Center Mar/07 WB Qalqilya To Exist is to Resist - Jordan Valley Reoprt Special Focus Report Finalised MA'AN Development Center Mar/07 WB Jordan Valley Wadi Fukin Under Threat Palestinian Towns and Villages between Isolation Expulsion Special Focus Report Finalised MA'AN Development Center Nov/07 WB Bethlehem Special Focus Report Finalised MA'AN Development Center Dec/07 WB West Bank Anata - Confinement to a Semi Enclave Case study Finalised MA'AN Development Center Dec/07 WB Jerusalem Salfit From Agricultural Heaven to Industrial Ghetto Special Focus Report The Boycott of Israel and the withdrawal of investments and the imposition of sanctions Report Finalised MA'AN Development Center Dec/08 WB Salfit For the Bedouin, the Jordan Valley represents both an area they were displaced to and an area they are being displaced from. The Bedouin of the region live under constant threat of eviction and house demolition and Bank have become a Israeli-only roads across the West entire tribes have already defining feature of the apartheid policies implemented by Israel in the Palestinian territories. In addition to violating Palestinians‘ freedom of movement and access, with serious Bir Nabala is one of Jerusalem‘s many Palestinian neighborhoods isolated from the rest of the city by 181 km of the eight-meter high concrete Wall. Bir Nabala was once a bustling commercial center, Othman, a Palestinian people in AlThis is the story of a Jamal sometimes linking the farmer of Jaroushia village, who depended on live oil as the primary input of his agricultural land. The Israeli occupation confiscated Othman‘s land to constructPalestinian farmer in as This is the story of a Jamal Othman, a the Apartheid Wall; AlJaroushia village, who depended on live oil as the primary input of his agricultural land. The Israeli occupation confiscated Othman‘s land to construct the Apartheid Wall; as A comprehensive report on Israel‘s invisible Wall in the Jordan Valley, which reveals the Israeli occupation policies of isolating the rich and viable Jordan Valley area from the rest of the Westreport outlines the also sheds lights on thevillage of Wadi This Bank. The report crisis in the Bethlehem effect Fukin caused by Israel‘s Apartheid Wall, settlements, closure, and land confiscation policies. The report warns that the occupation‘s settlement encroachment threatens the This report draws in testimonies from Palestinians living all over the West Bank about their lives in the ghettos created by the Israeli Occupation. Seventy-nine villages have been confiscatedtackles infrastructure of apartheid. The level of This report by the land confiscation of the Jerusalem village of Anata since 1967 which resulted in high unemployment rates, overcrowding and inability to expand. The report focuses on isolating Anata from Jerusalem by building the Palestinians in Salfit are subjected to a plethora of pressures which are increasingly making life in smaller communities untenable. House demolitions, lack of water, greatly restricted movement and access, pollution and the inability to sustain nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org Planned MA'AN Development Center WB West Bank nida@maan-ctr.org The War on Gaza Israel‘s Wall: Another Manifestation of Israeli Occupation - The Case of Rantis Attacking Democracy; Recent Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Democracy Institutions Rights without remedies; Israels Compensation Law Special Focus Report Planned MA'AN Development Center Gaza Gaza Strip Case study Finalised MA'AN Development Center Aug/07 WB Ramallah Report Finalised Al Haq Nov/06 oPt oPt Report Finalised Al Haq Oct/05 oPt oPt The UN Register of Damage for the Wall Legal Aspects of Israel‘s Attacks on the Gaza Strip during ―Operation Cast Lead‖ Report Finalised Al Haq Nov/06 oPt oPt Briefing Finalised Al Haq Jan/09 Gaza Gaza Strip Palestine Divided Briefing Finalised International Crisis Group Dec/08 oPt oPt Ruling Palestine I: Gaza and Hamas Report Finalised International Crisis Group Mar/08 oPt oPt Ruling Palestine II: The West Bank Model? Inside Gaza; the Challenge of Clans and Families Report Finalised International Crisis Group Jul/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised International Crisis Group Dec/07 oPt oPt Round Two in Gaza Briefing Finalised International Crisis Group Sep/08 oPt oPt Foreign Aid to Palestine/Israel UN Report Ad Hoc Liaison Committee Meeting The Death of the Settlement Freeze; Four Months since Annapolis Israel Is Eliminating the Green Line and Continuing to Build in the Isolated Settlements Annual Summary Settlement Constructino in the West Bank Report Finalised Alternative Information Center Feb/06 oPt oPt Report Finalised UNSCO Sep/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised Peace Now Mar/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised Peace Now Aug/08 oPt oPt Report Finalised Peace Now Dec/08 oPt oPt Starting from 1948, this story tackles the Israeli Occupation‘s land confiscation policies in the Ramallag village of Rantis, where most residents depend on agriculture as the main source of income. It also describesinstitutions of Israel‘s Attacks on Palestinian democratic the effect have severely restricted the ability of the PNA to carry out its essential functions in the OPT. Military operations have resulted in the destruction of governmentnothing can beministries. Arrests of In a number of instances, buildings and done to fully undo the harm inflictedbymany of Israel‘s violations in the OPT. As an organisation which daily works with the victims of these violations, Al-Haq does not purport that compensationwith do The Register of Damage, if established as proposed, will all the above-mentioned weaknesses, would likely contribute to the declining faith of Palestinians in the ability of the international communityLead" Israel has not onlyuphold their During "Operation Cast and international law to publicly expressed but also effectively demonstrated its unwillingness to distinguish between civilians and combatants on the one hand and between civilian objects and military objectives on National unity, to which both Fatah and Hamas profess to aspire, is not on today‘s agenda. The two movements are focused on consolidating their positions and convinced events canof isolating Hamas and sanctioning Gaza is trend The policy work in their respective favour. Strikingly, this bankrupt and, by all conceivable measures, has backfired. Violence is rising, harming both Gazans and Israelis. Economicis a natural are ruinous, generating anger and But there conditions ceiling to these security and economic improvements against which Fayyad may already be bumping. From the start, he has been in a race against time, hoping that the overall political context would catch up with hisfamilies Throughout Gaza‘s history, its powerful clans and own steps have played a part whose importance has fluctuated with the nature of central authority but never disappeared. As the Palestinian Authority (PA)Hamas is consolidating its the Step by methodical step, gradually collapsed under control over the Gaza Strip. The latest development followed a 25 July explosion that killed five of the movement‘sto the OPT was designed toto a young girl. Foreign aid military leaders in addition promote an independent Palestinian economy. For this reason, it was funneled into development and the creation of jobs. But has the Palestinian economy really achieved any (AHLC) meeting In May 2008, the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee more in London underlined the importance of reinvigorating a tripartite approach to improving the Palestinian economy, institutional capacity and people‘sthe Annapolis Summit Since Olmert‘s announcement at livelihoods involving action regarding the freeze on the settlements, dozens of declarations have been published by ministers in his government who have tried tobeing constructed in the freeze Over 1000 new buildings are prevent the construction settlements, in which approximately 2,600 housing units, according to Peace Now‘s calculations (aerial photographs and field visits). Approximately 55% of the new structures are 2008 began after the Annapolis conference that met at the end of 2007, with high expectations for diplomatic developments. Along with the declaration of a commitment to freeze the settlements, the government continued the nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org bryan@alt-info.org mironr@un.org info@peacenow.org.il info@peacenow.org.il info@peacenow.org.il Construction in the Settlements Continues; Periodic Report October 2007 Ministry of Housing‘s Plans for the West Bank Child Rights Situation Analysis Right to Protection in the oPt 2008 Report Finalised Peace Now Oct/07 oPt oPt Report Finalised Peace Now Mar/09 WB West Bank Situation Analysis Finalised DCI-Palestine & SCS Dec/08 oPt oPt Bethlehem Woes Troubling Times to a Holy City Special Focus Report Hebron Destroyed from Within: Fragmentation, Segregation and Forced Displacement Special Focus Report Delivering Security to the Palestinian People Finalised MA'AN Development Center Oct/07 WB Bethlehem Finalised MA'AN Development Center Sep/08 WB Hebron Report Finalised DCAF Shams Forum Jun/08 oPt oPt The Settlers' new trick: instead of transporting – construction of caravans on spot. ♦ In Settlements and in Outposts the construction continues. ♦ Hundreds of New Housing Units for Ultra Orthodox Settlersdata available on Updated List of An examination of the in Giv'at Ze'ev ♦ the Israeli government Website (www.govmap.gov.il) that contains maps and information from the Ministry of Housing, reveals that in plans for DCI-Palestine and least 15,000 housing units have In 2008, the West Bank at Save the Children Sweden (SCS) commissioned a situation analysis on Palestinian children‘s rights to protection in the oPt. The situation analysis provides an special report that tackleswhich Palestinian children living in A overview of the extent to the policies of the Israeli Occupation in Bethlehem governorate, from settlements (colonies) to checkpoints and bypass roads, to the Apartheid Wall; andand insecurity, denied access to basic services and Violence the toll of these policies on Bethlehem economy, the destruction of livelihoods have combined to force thousands of Palestinians in H2 from their homes. Hebron has the most closure restrictionscaretaker government in the West Since the installation of the of any governorate in the West Bank in the summer of 2007, Palestinian authorities have taken a number of steps to streamline and reorganise their security forces. Yet, many of these measures have taken info@peacenow.org.il info@peacenow.org.il leigh@dci-pal.org nida@maan-ctr.org nida@maan-ctr.org National Social Support Programmes WP1 Working Paper Finalised FAO Jan/09 oPt oPt Overview of social protection mechanisms in oPt rana.hannoun@fao.org/ erminio.sacco@fao.org Characteristics of Palestinian NGOs WP2 Working Paper Finalised FAO Jan/09 oPt oPt Social protection interventions of PNGOs rana.hannoun@fao.org/ erminio.sacco@fao.org A Literature Review WP3 Palestinian Water Rights in the Jordan Valley Working Paper Finalised FAO/MAS Jan/09 oPt oPt rana.hannoun@fao.org/ erminio.sacco@fao.org Special Focus Report Planned MA'AN Development Center WB Jordan Valley nida@maan-ctr.org