{"id":2247,"date":"2011-09-27T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:31:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:31:54","slug":"west-bank-movement-and-access-update-september-2011-ocha-factsheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/west-bank-movement-and-access-update-september-2011-ocha-factsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bank: Movement and access update, September 2011 &#8211; OCHA factsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:#0d6cbf;--awb-bg-color-hover:#0d6cbf;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:2em;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Fast Facts<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">522 roadblocks and checkpoints obstruct Palestinian movement in the West Bank, compared to 503 in July 2010.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">So far in 2011, an additional 495 ad-hoc \u2018flying\u2019 checkpoints obstructed movement around the West Bank each month (on average), compared to 351 in the past two years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">200,000 people from 70 villages are forced to use detours between two to five times longer than the direct route to their closest city due to movement restrictions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">One or more of the main entrances are blocked to Palestinian traffic in ten out of eleven major West Bank cities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Palestinians holding West Bank IDs require entry permits to enter East Jerusalem and are limited to using four of the 16 checkpoints along the Barrier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">62 percent of the Barrier is completed, with 80 percent of the Barrier route built inside the West Bank, with highly limited access to areas behind the Barrier.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Four of the five roads into the Jordan Valley are not accessible to most Palestinian vehicles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Almost 80 percent of land in the Jordan Valley is off-limits to Palestinians, with the land designated for Israeli settlements, \u2018firing zones\u2019 and \u2018nature reserves\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">122 closure obstacles shut off the Old City of Hebron from the rest of the city.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Palestinian access to their private land around 55 Israeli settlements is highly restricted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-shadow\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#0d6cbf;background:radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-webkit-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-moz-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background:-o-radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% -50% , #0d6cbf 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><b>1. The civilian population of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) must be allowed to enjoy basic rights guaranteed in international law, including the right to freedom of movement <\/b>and choice of residence, as well as the right to an adequate standard of living, adequate housing and access to education and healthcare. The Israeli authorities should facilitate the movement of civilians by removing checkpoints and obstacles not necessary for legitimate security purposes.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Most movement restrictions in the West Bank were introduced following the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000 as temporary measures to contain Palestinian violence. <b>The majority of these have remained in place despite a significant improvement in the security situation, and close cooperation between security forces of the Palestinian Authority and Israel.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3. Despite improvements in the past three years, Palestinians still face difficulties accessing main urban centres in the West Bank<\/b>. Most Palestinian traffic is funnelled onto secondary and often lower-quality routes affecting their access to services and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><b>4. Access to East Jerusalem is severely restricted by the Barrier, checkpoints and a permit system<\/b>. This situation has a particularly negative impact on patients and medical staff, who need to access the six specialised hospitals in East Jerusalem, providing services unavailable elsewhere in the oPt. This system also impedes access to Muslim and Christian places of worship in East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p><b>5. Palestinian access to large rural areas in the West Bank is restricted by physical obstacles and bureaucratic requirements. <\/b>This includes areas located between the Barrier and the Green Line, the Jordan Valley (30 percent of the West Bank), and agricultural land near Israeli settlements, with a severe impact on access to livelihoods and basic services.<\/p>\n<p><b>6. Most of the movement restrictions imposed on Palestinians aim to protect the 500,000 Israeli settlers <\/b>living in settlements established in contravention of international humanitarian law, aim to secure land for expansion of settlements, and to improve their connections with Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div><ul style=\"--awb-size:13px;--awb-line-height:22.1px;--awb-icon-width:22.1px;--awb-icon-height:22.1px;--awb-icon-margin:9.1px;--awb-content-margin:31.2px;--awb-circlecolor:#a0ce4e;--awb-circle-yes-font-size:11.44px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 fusion-checklist-default type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-yes\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa fa-file-pdf-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/documents\/ocha_opt_MovementandAccess_FactSheet_September_2011_Arabic.pdf\">\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0646\u0642\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0635\u0648\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0636\u0641\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 &#8211; \u0648\u0631\u0642\u0629 \u062d\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0642<\/a><\/strong><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"country":[],"committee-meeting":[],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-map-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}