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BADIL
Resource
Center
for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
On the Main Findings of
the Impact of the Wall and its Associated Regime on the Forced Displacement
of the Palestinians in Jerusalem,
June 2006
For
Immediate Release
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(E/18/06) |
4
July 2006 |
Today, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and BADIL
Resource Center released the main findings of a joint survey of the impact
of Israel's illegal Wall under construction on Jerusalem's Palestinian
population at a press conference held at the Orthodox Club, Jerusalem.
The
findings were released on the occasion of the second anniversary of the
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel's Wall in occupied
Palestinian Territory. Below is a summary of the main data as presented at
today's press conference.
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Press Release
On the Main Findings
of the Impact of the Wall and its Associated Regime on the Forced
Displacement of the Palestinians in Jerusalem,
June 2006
Within the framework of
the PCBS surveillance system on impact of the Israeli measures on the
wellbeing of the Palestinian people, PCBS conducted in cooperation with
BADIL, the
Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, a household
survey on the impact of wall on forced displacement in Jerusalem. The sample
size of the survey is 1,008 households; interviews were completed with 981
households comprising 5,148 persons. The main objective of this survey is to
quantify the impact of the wall on the forced displacement of the
Palestinian people in Jerusalem and on their social and economic
conditions. Data collection took place between 15 May and 10 June 2006.
The following summarizes the main findings of the survey.
 Changing
Place of Residence
The results of the
survey show that 32.9% of the Jerusalemite people have changed their last
place of residence. This percentage reached 29.7% for those living in
localities inside the wall, against 83.3% from localities outside the wall.
The percentage of persons who changed their place of residence for the first
time after the beginning of constructing the wall in 2002 amounted to 53.9%
of the total persons who have involuntarity changed their pervious place of
residence (54.9% inside the wall and 51.7% outside the wall). The wall and
its associated regime was the main cause for changing the place of residence
for 17.3% of all persons who have changed their pervious place of residence.
At the household level,
the results reveal that 18.9% of the Jerusalemite households have changed
their previous place of residence (11.7% of those inside the wall and 32.2%
outside the wall). The wall and its associated regime was the cause of 34.8%
of these changes.
The percentage of
persons (16 years and over) who thought in the past to change their current
place of residence due to the wall and its associated regime is 52.2% (51.4%
inside the wall and 52.8% outside the wall). The percentage of those
currently thinking to change their place of residence due to the wall and
its associated regime is 63.8% (78.9% inside the wall and 58.0% outside the
wall).
Requirement to Stay
in the Current
Place of Residence
The results show that
86.7% of persons (16 years and over) in
Jerusalem governorate
require adquate services in order to be encouraged to stay in their place of
residence (91.8% inside the wall and 63.6% outside the wall). Availability
of adequate infrastructure was the requirement of 84.8% (88.6% inside the
wall and 77.9% outside the wall). In addition, 76.9% (89.6%inside the wall
and 53.7% outside the wall) of the household required social security, and
72.9% asked for suitable jobs (77.9% inside the wall and 63.6% outside the
wall).
Land Confiscation
The results reveal that
the percentage of households in
Jerusalem governorate
who had all or part of their land confiscated is 19.2% (5.3% inside of the
wall and 31.4% outside of the wall).
Impact of the
Wall on Education
The results of the
survey show that 80.0% of the households with students in higher education
used alternative roads to reach university/college. About 75.2% of the
households with students enrolled in basic/secondary education reported use
of alternative roads to reach schools. In addition, 72.1% of the households
with students in higher education were forced to be sometimes absent from
university, compared with 69.4% for households with students enrolled in
basic/secondary education.
Separation from
Relatives due to the Wall
About 21.4% of
Palestinian households reported to have at least one member who was
separated from relatives (15.5% inside of the wall and 32.6% outside of the
wall). In addition, 18.0% of the Palestinian households in Jerusalem
governorate are separated from the father (14.3% inside of the wall and
26.2% outside of the wall), whereas 12.7% of the households are separated
from the mother (12.9% inside of the wall and 12.3% outside of the wall).
Access to Health
Services
The results of the
survey show that access to health centers in the center of town was a
difficulty for 34.5% of the households in Jerusalem governorate (5.8% inside
of the wall and 88.3% outside of the wall). The inability of medical staff
to reach health centers is an obstacle for 31.3% of the households (4.4%
inside of the wall and 81.8% outside of the wall).
Population Mobility
The results show that
the time spent to pass checkpoints was an obstacle for 94.7% of the
households (94.5% inside of the wall and 95.0% outside of the wall), whereas
timing of passage was considered an obstacle for 92.7% of the households
(93.4% inside of the wall and 91.2% outside of the wall).
Impact of the Wall on
Social Networking
The results reveal that
the ability of 84.6% of the households in Jerusalem to visit family and
relatives has been affected by the wall (84.3% inside of the wall and 85.2%
outside of the wall). About 56.3% of the households were affected in their
ability to practice cultural and social activities and entertainment (48.5%
inside of the wall and 70.5% outside of the wall). The wall has also
affected the ability of 40.0% of the households to visit religious and holy
sites. The survey results indicate also that the percentage of households
who faced obstacles to marrying a partner living on the other side of the
wall has increased from 31.6% before the construction of the wall to 69.4%
after construction of the wall.
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