Palestinian Construction and Demolition Stats-- Peace Now

[Tom Joad]

http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=61&fld=495&docid=3159
Around 70,000 Palestinians currently reside in Area C, under full Israeli control, with all constriction and planning falling under the jurisdiction of the Israeli Civil Administration.

Recent data provided to Meretz MK Chaim Oron, by the Ministry of Defense, in response to a query he placed, reflected that within the territories under full Israeli control, it is almost impossible for Palestinians to receive permission to construct; details show that over 94% of building requests are denied.

Those Palestinians that do build without any permission face a rate of demolition (on structures that demolition orders have been issued) of 33%, as opposed to the percentage of demolition orders that are carried out against Israeli settlements, which stands at 7% (The data regarding the demolitions in the settlements is based on Peace Now's report from December 2007).

1. Main Findings
From 2000 until September 2007:
• For every construction permit granted to a Palestinian by the Civil Administration, 18 other buildings are destroyed and 55 demolition orders are issued
• More than 94% of requests submitted by Palestinians were denied by the Civil Administration
• 33% of all demolition orders issued against Palestinian structures were carried out as opposed to just 7% against the settlements
• Only 91 construction permits were granted to Palestinians, while in the same time period 18,472 housing units were constructed in the settlements (According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, completed construction in the Settlements from 2000 till September 2007)
• 4,993 demolition orders were issued against Palestinian construction, while 2900 against illegal construction in the settlements
• 1,663 Palestinian buildings were demolished in this time period, as opposed to 199 in the settlements.
• Between the years 2000-2004 only 3-6 building permits were issued per year to Palestinians




Division of the West Bank according to Oslo Accords Above.

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[Tom Joad]

1. Israel has created the swiss-cheese "state".

[Tom Joad]

2. I want to hear from the "why can't Palestinians just work on their economy

and ignore the occupation" crowd.

[subsuelo]

3. you first have to get them to admit that a Palestinian people exists

[Tom Joad]

4. They also have to admit that Palestine does not exist as a free entity

that they are under a brutal and decades long occupation... with the occupier showing not one sign that they will ever, every, leave. Except in bits and pieces.

for olmert et. al, it is Piece Now!

[Englander]

5. Where are the yesha councillors?

[Tom Joad]

6. Still no one to share with us the reasons that Palestinians should be grateful to Israel

for this wonderful "compromise"?

Here's the "peace" deal so far:
Israel takes most of the West Bank, and in return, the Palestinians, who have lived on this land for thousands of years, are allowed to keep the rest, as long as they remain grateful to the Jewish State.
If they are not grateful, off the remaining land they go.
So you see, a "fair" deal.
Israel is allowed to take the land. Palestinians are allowed to remain grateful to Israel. :sarcasm: