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Slide 1:United NationsOffice for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs May 2008 OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY Humanitarian Briefing
Slide 2:Flying checkpoints West Bank(5,600 km2)(2,160 mi2)
Palestinian Built-up areas in the West Bankpop. 2,444,500PCBS 2006
149 Israeli settlements, approx. 100 outpostspop. 450,000In 2006
(As of March 2007) Checkpoints Trenches Road gates Roadblocks Earthmounds Road barriers Please wait while
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Slide 4:*Figures include checkpoints and physical obstacles, data collected by OCHA Dec 03 Nov 04 Mar 05 Aug 05 Nov 05 Jan 06 Oct 06 Oct 07 Jan 08 Apr 08 Number of West Bank Closures 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 680 680 376 533 AMA A 53%
increase
since AMA was signed Closures UpdateNo improvement in Palestinian movement 605 471 607 735 533 561 569 396 Road
Map Disengagement Palestinian
Elections Hamas
Take-over of Gaza in June Annapolis
Slide 5:Please wait while slide is loading Nablus has a population of more than 130,000 people and serves as a regional hub for an estimated 350,000 people in the governorate. Nablus is encircled by 14 settlements and 26 outposts. The settlements are connected to each other by a series of roads used primarily for Israeli that stretch around the city.
Slide 7:Objection to the Barrier
based on its route
– not the Barrier itself.
Slide 8:Constructed Barrier – concrete Barrier in Abu Dis
Slide 9:Green Line
320 km
Barrier Route
723.3 km Total length
723.3 km
56.6% Constructed (409.1 km)
9.1% Under Construction (66.2 km)
34.3% Planned (248 km)
(As of November 2007) Please wait while
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Slide 10:Green Line
West Bank BarrierConstructedPlanned
PalestinianBuilt-up
IsraeliSettlements Barrier GatesNo Accessfor PalestiniansRestricted Accessfor PalestiniansSeasonal Accessfor Palestinians
(As of Nov 2006) Please wait while
slide is loading Please click here to activate optionallayers Habla Tunnel Road 55 IKONOS imagery Jan 2004 Settlement expansion Jayyus’ Land Water wells
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Slide 12:Areas A and B(Oslo Accords)
149 Israeli settlements,100 outposts and land cultivated by Israelis
Israeli military closed areas and 48 military bases
Nature Reserves
West Bank Barrier and Areas between the Barrier and the Green Line
Roads primarily used by the settlers
Closures
The effect of the closures
Fragmentation of the West Bank
Checkpoints
Tunnels
(As of March 2007) Please wait while
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Slide 13:The Gaza Strip
August 2005
21 Settlements
~9,000 Israeli settlers The Gaza Strip
2007 Please wait while
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