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Mayssa Abu GhazalahI - MEMC News
September 13, 2007
The Civil Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem published a report on Thursday documenting the effects of the illegal Israeli Wall on the lives of Palestinians in and around the city.
When complete the Wall surrounding Jerusalem will be 181 km long and 27 Palestinian communities will be directly affected. Up to 15,000 Palestinians with Jerusalem ID living outside the Wall will be denied access to the city, preventing them from working there. In addition 1,835 families have been forced to move home.
Land confiscation:
19.2% of land owned by Palestinians in Jerusalem and 5.3% of Palestinian-owned land in the West Bank has been confiscated to make way for the Wall.
A total of 11,100 dunums were requisitioned for construction purposes and 40,985 will be disconnected from their owners (one dunum is 1,000 square meters).
Social life:
21.4% of Palestinian families have been separated from relatives (15.5% inside the Wall and 32.6% outside)
18% of families now live apart from their fathers and 27% from their mothers.
72.1% of families have at least one member who cannot now reach their university or college in the West Bank and 69% have lost access to schools.
The proportion of families reporting that they would not want a family member to marry someone with West Bank ID has risen from 31.6% to 69.4%.
Movement:
94.7% of families report that the time taken to get through checkpoints has severely affected their ability to move around the city.
25% of Palestinian-owned shops have closed down because of restrictions on movement and high taxes on Palestinians living in the city.
34.5% of families suffer from lack of health care as they no longer have access to hospitals in the West Bank.
84.6% of families say their ability to visit relatives in the West Bank has been badly affected.
Translated By: Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News Room.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m36237&hd=&size=1&l=e
September 13, 2007
The Civil Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Palestinians in Jerusalem published a report on Thursday documenting the effects of the illegal Israeli Wall on the lives of Palestinians in and around the city.
When complete the Wall surrounding Jerusalem will be 181 km long and 27 Palestinian communities will be directly affected. Up to 15,000 Palestinians with Jerusalem ID living outside the Wall will be denied access to the city, preventing them from working there. In addition 1,835 families have been forced to move home.
Land confiscation:
19.2% of land owned by Palestinians in Jerusalem and 5.3% of Palestinian-owned land in the West Bank has been confiscated to make way for the Wall.
A total of 11,100 dunums were requisitioned for construction purposes and 40,985 will be disconnected from their owners (one dunum is 1,000 square meters).
Social life:
21.4% of Palestinian families have been separated from relatives (15.5% inside the Wall and 32.6% outside)
18% of families now live apart from their fathers and 27% from their mothers.
72.1% of families have at least one member who cannot now reach their university or college in the West Bank and 69% have lost access to schools.
The proportion of families reporting that they would not want a family member to marry someone with West Bank ID has risen from 31.6% to 69.4%.
Movement:
94.7% of families report that the time taken to get through checkpoints has severely affected their ability to move around the city.
25% of Palestinian-owned shops have closed down because of restrictions on movement and high taxes on Palestinians living in the city.
34.5% of families suffer from lack of health care as they no longer have access to hospitals in the West Bank.
84.6% of families say their ability to visit relatives in the West Bank has been badly affected.
Translated By: Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC News Room.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m36237&hd=&size=1&l=e
