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</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>Statistics for the Palestinian Intifada <br>
</b>28 September, 2000 - 1 March, 2004 </font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>Palestinians killed<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#1"><sup>1<br>
</a></sup>(Shuhada) </b></font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>2,859 </b>deaths including <b> 527</b>, or <b>19%</b> children (below 18 years).<b> </b>At least <b>82%</b> civilian.<b> </b> <b>600</b> killed by heavy weapons.<b> 1,728</b> killed by live ammunition.<b> 308</b> in assassination attacks/extrajudicial killings (grave breach of the 4th Geneva Convention and as such considered war crimes). <b>152</b> of those were bystanders or “unintended” victims, killed as they were with the victim, <b>35 </b>were children and <b>25 </b>were women<b>.</b> Investigations were not conducted, granting immunity to Israelis and allowing them to act unlawfully.<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#2"><b><sup>2</a><br>
</sup>Palestinians injured +41,000 <a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#3"><sup>3</a></sup></b></font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2><b>West Bank<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#4"><sup>4</a></sup> :35.7%</b> children, <b>32.4%</b> by live ammunition, <b>64.9%</b> upper body, <b>39%</b> moderate-severe (16,673 cases, 28/02/02)<br>
<b>Gaza Strip <a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#5"><sup>5</a></sup> : c.20%</b> children, <b>37%</b> live ammunition, <b>60%</b> upper body, (6000 cases - 6/3/02)<br>
UNICEF estimates 7000 children injured.<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#6"><b><sup>6</a></sup> <br>
Permanent Disabilities</b></font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2>Estimated at <b>2,500</font><a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#7"><font face="arial" size=1><u><sup>7</a></sup></u></b></font><font face="arial" size=2>. Estimated <b>500</b> Palestinian child disabled.<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#7"><b><sup>8<br>
</a></sup>Attacks on Emergency Medical Personnel and Services <a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#8"><sup>9</a></sup></b></font><a name="backtotop10"></a><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>25 </b>(1 German) physicians / nurses / ambulance drivers killed while on duty (opening fire on ambulances/shelling of residential areas).</font><a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#10"><font face="arial" size=1><b><sup>10<br>
</a></sup></font><font face="arial" size=2>425 </b>PRCS and Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC) Emergency Medical Technicians and first aid workers injured (including 2 physicians). <b>121 </b>ambulances were attacked and damaged. <br>
<b>36 </b>PRCS and UPMRC ambulances destroyed<b>.<br>
197</b> attacks on<b> </b>PRCS ambulances by live ammunition, rubber bullets, and/or stones thrown by Israeli settlers.<br>
<b>991</b> incidents of denial of access to PRCS ambulances at roadblocks were reported. <br>
<b>85 </b>Palestinian deaths due to prevention of access to emergency health care or treatment of chronic diseases. <b>290 </b>counts of hospitals and clinics attacked and damaged. <b>71 </b>emergency personnel and volunteers arrested since the invasion on 29 Match <a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#11"><sup>11</a></sup>. During the long invasion in March/April 2002, UPMRC staff were stopped, detained and denied access up to 3 times daily, since April 2002 the mobile clinics severely obstructed. <br>
<b>Attacks on Hospitals </b>(wounding patients, cutting off electricity supplies)</font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2>Shelling of French hospital (Bethlehem), damages estimated at $25,000,<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#12"><b><sup>12<br>
</a></sup></b>Al Hussein hospital (Bethlehem).<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#13"><b><sup>13<br>
</a></sup></b>Live ammunition fired at Beit Jala, A-Dibs, French Hospitals in Bethlehem.<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#14"><b><sup>14</a></sup></b> <br>
Al Alia Hospital (Hebron) on 3 occasions,<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#15"><b><sup>15<br>
</a></sup></b>Al Yamama (Bethlehem), PRCS Maternity Hospital (Ramallah) and Ramallah General Hospital shelled;<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#16"><b><sup>16</a></sup></b> access denied to Khalid hospital (Ramallah) for several days<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#17"><b><sup>17<br>
</a></sup></b>Settlers attacked Augusta Victoria Hospital (Jerusalem), shot security officer (automatic gun).<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#18"><b><sup>18<br>
</a></sup></b>During the long invasion in March/April 2002 a large number of hospitals and medical clinics were attacked throughout the West Bank.<br>
<b>Journalists</b></font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>12 </b>Journalists killed by Israeli forces, (<b>1</b> Italian, <b>1 </b>British), <br>
<b>295</b> journalists wounded as a result of gun shots, physical assault or other means of attack, <br>
<b>167</b> journalists attacked by Israeli soldiers, <b>94</b> attacks on press and media establishments, <br>
<b>46</b> incidents of press and media equipment damaged<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#19"><b>19</a></b>; beaten, detained, equipment confiscated or destroyed; <b>5</b> Palestinian journalists arrested and currently in administrative detention.20 <br>
<u>31 March 2002</u>: Ramallah and El-Bireh declared closed military areas preventing journalists from entering the area and demanding reporters within the area to exit immediately. <br>
<u>April 2002</u>: International Press Association declares the West Bank the second most dangerous place for journalists to work after Afghanistan. <br>
<b>Types of Ammunition used <a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#20"><sup>21</a></sup></b></font><a name="backtotop20"></a><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>Bullets: 5.56 mm (223 caliber), <br>
7.02 mm, 9 mm, 50 caliber, 500 mm, 800 mm, rubber coated steel, plastic. <br>
Missiles. Tank Fire. F-16 fighter jets<br>
<b>Reoccupation and incursions</b></font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2><b><u>Reoccupation</b> </u>of ‘A’ areas (prior to the major Israeli military operations in March/April and June 2002): Worst cases: Bethlehem (10 days), Jenin (40 days), Ramallah & El Bireh (20 days), Tulkarem, Qalqilya. Invasions into ‘A’ areas: Beit Rima, Deir Ghassana, Beit Lahia<br>
<b><u>February-March 2002:</u></b> Sharon launches attacks against Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank. Balata camp (Nablus) is particualry harshly attacked.</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#FF0000"> </font><font face="arial" size=2><b>180</b> Palestinians, mainly refugees die in the span of two weeks (28 February-12 March) Major destruction and damage to private property.<br>
<b><u>29 March-1 May 2002:</u></b> Israeli tanks invade all major towns in the West Bank except Hebron and</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#FF0000"> </font><font face="arial" size=2>Jericho. Towns placed under 24 hrs curfew, medical personnel and ambulances systematically attacked vandalism and major destruction to civil infrastructure, almost <b>260</b> Palestinians die. International outcry, UN Special Envoy declares that events in Jenin were “horrific beyond belief” and “morally repugnant”<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#21"><b><sup>22<br>
</a></sup><u>19 June:</u></b> Israeli government launches second large-scale invasion into all West Bank towns and villages (expect Jericho). Complete reoccupation of the West Bank. Over the last month <b>2 </b>million Palestinians have had <b>24hrs </b>curfew imposed upon them <br>
<b>Closures and curfews<br>
Collective punishment: </b> <br>
Affects 3 million Palestinians in West Bank & Gaza Strip. The most severe and sustained set of movement restrictions imposed since the beginning of the occupation in 1967<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#22"><b><sup>23</a></sup></b>.<br>
- No access to medical care<br>
- Movement restrictions on medical personnel / supplies</font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2><b><u>Internal closures and siege:</b> </u>120 Israeli checkpoints in WB & GS. These and road blocks divide West Bank into 300 separate clusters and the Gaza Strip into 3 separate clusters.<br>
Severe internal closure: West Bank: 66% of days, Partial internal closure: West Bank: 34%, Gaza 94% of days<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#23"><b><sup>24<br>
</a></sup></b>Closure causes humanitarian problems such as water and gas shortages (ed Beit Furik & Beit Dajan). Other examples: Residents of Al Mawasi ‘tagged’ with identity numbers, so that Israeli army can permit them minimum movement in and out of area. Israel erected electric gate at entrance to al Sifa, residents permitted movement in/out only from 7-9am and 3-5pm.<br>
<b><u>May 2002</u>:</b> Israeli government introduces new personal permit regime and makes movement between Palestinian towns in the West Bank impossible. The Bantustanization of the Palestinian territories is complete. Construction of “separation” fence between the West Bank and Israel started.<br>
<b><u>External closures</u></b>: West Bank and Gaza Strip sealed off from the rest of the world.<br>
Gaza International airport been closed since February 2001; “safe passage” between Gaza Strip & West Bank closed since Oct. 2000 (Oslo accords forbid its closure); frequent lengthy closure of bridge to Jordan, border with Egypt (Rafah entrance), entrances to Israel (Al-Mintar and Beit Hanoun crossings).<br>
Since the beginning of March 2002 the Israeli army has repeatedly invaded areas under Palestinian control and placed towns and villages under prolonged curfew. <br><br>
<i>See Reoccupation and incursions<br>
</i><b>Palestinian arrests and detention by Israeli authorities</b></font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2>It is estimated that since the 29<sup>th</sup> of March 2002, <b>15,000</b> Palestinians have been detained, <br>
<b>6,000</b> of who remain in prison. <br>
Of these, <b>1,700</b> Palestinians are under administrative detention<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#24"><b><sup>25</a></sup></b> meaning they have not had a trial, and are imprisoned without charges being brought against them.<b> <br>
350</b> Palestinian children currently held in Israeli prisons and detention centers inside Israel and in the West Bank. <br>
Of these around <b>30</b> are held in administrative detention<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#25"><b><sup>26</a></sup></b>. Many of the prisoners are subjected to torture and do not receive adequate medical care.<br>
<b>Property Damage<br>
</b>Attacks on residential areas (Collective punishment)</font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2>During the first 15 months of the Intifada physical damage amounted to <b>US$ 305 </b>million<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#26"><b><sup>27</a></sup></b>. During the month long invasion in March/April the Israeli army destroyed and looted <b>US$ 361</b> million worth of property<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#27"><b><sup>28<br>
</a></sup></b><u>Since the beginning of the Intifada until February 2002:</u> Shelling & demolition destroyed <b>720</b> homes completely, and <b>11,553</b> damaged. <br>
<b>73,600</b> people were affected<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#28"><b><sup>29</a></sup></b>. <br>
<b>30</b> mosques, <br>
<b>12</b> churches<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#29"><sup>30</a></sup>, <br>
<b>134</b> water wells<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#30"><b><sup>31</a></sup></b>, cemeteries. <br>
<b>34,606</b> olive & fruit trees uprooted<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#31"><b><sup>32</a></sup></b> & <b>1162.4</b> dunums of land confiscated<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#32"><b><sup>33</a></sup></b>, <b>14,339</b> dunums of land bulldozed or burned<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#33"><b><sup>34</a></sup></b>.<br>
<u>During the March-April invasion</u>:<b> 881</b> homes destroyed,<br>
<b>2,883</b> houses in refugee camps damaged affecting <b>22,500</b> people living in those houses<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#34"><b><sup>35</a></sup></b>.<br>
<u>Gaza strip:</u> more than<b> 601</b> houses completely demolished, approx. <br>
<b>16,000 </b>dunums (16 million square meters of land), mostly agricultural razed by the Israeli army<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#35"><b><sup>36<br>
</a></sup>Education<br>
</b>(Collective punishment)</font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2>MoE reports <b>850 </b>schools temporarily closed, <br>
<b>8 </b>schools turned into military barracks</font><font size=3>.<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>185 </b>schools were shelled and fired upon by Israeli soldiers; <br>
<b>11</b> schools completely destroyed, <br>
<b>9</b> vandalized. <br>
<b>15</b> schools used as detention centers and army barracks.<br>
<b>132</b> Palestinian students killed and <b>2,500</b> injured on their way to or from school<br>
<b>1135</b> school days have been lost because of Israeli attacks<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#36"><b><sup>37</a></sup></b>. <br>
During the long invasion in March/April 2002 <br>
<b>54, 730</b> teaching sessions per day were lost due the complete cessation of classes.<br>
<b>Economic conditions <br>
</b>(Collective punishment)</font><a name="backtotop30"></a><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>Total income losses to Palestinian economy est. between <b>$ 3.2-10 billion </b>(income only, does not include cost of destruction of public and private property).<br>
Daily domestic losses: <b>$6.0 – 8.6 million/business day<br>
</b>Total wage income loss: <b>$59.4 million<br>
</b>Unemployment: <b>Gaza 67%, West Bank 48%<br>
75%</b> of Palestinians living in poverty (less than $2 a day): 84.6% in Gaza and 57.8% in the West Bank<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#37"><b><sup>38<br>
</a></sup></b>Economic losses forcing <b>69%</b> of Palestinian firms either to shut down or reduce production<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#38"><b><sup>39<br>
</a></sup>51% </b>drop in GNP.<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#39"><sup>40</a></sup> Israel prevents <b>125,000</b> Palestinians from going to work<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#40"><b><sup>41</a></sup></b>. The World Bank estimates that in case of a solution to the conflict and lifting of the closure it will take at least 2 years for the Palestinian economy to restore to a pre-Intifada per capita income level<a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#41"><b><sup>42<br>
</a></sup>UN Resolutions/ Reports:</b> Condemning Israel for disproportionate and excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians and failure to adhere to international laws.<br>
<i>For more details see <a href="http://www.un.org"><b>United Nations</a></i></b></font><font size=3> <br><br>
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<ul>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>7 May 2002: UN General Assembly, 10<sup>th </sup>Emergency Special Session resumed. Resolution ES-10/10: condemns the attacks committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, particularly in the Jenin refugee camp, and also condemns the refusal by Israel to cooperate with the Secretary-General’s fact-finding team to Jenin RC. Demands that Israel cease all hindrances and obstacles to the work of humanitarian org. and UN agencies in the OPT.</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>19 April 2002: Security Council resolution 1405: calls on Israel to lift the restrictions imposed on the operations of humanitarian organizations and welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to send a fact finding team to develop accurate information regarding events in the Jenin RC. (Israel refused to cooperate with the fact-finding team)</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>30 March 2002: Security Council resolution 1402: calls on Israel to withdraw its troops from Palestinian cities</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>15 April 2002: UN Human Right Commission condemns Israel for mass killings of Palestinians, blames Israel for “gross violations” of humanitarian law and affirms the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to resist the Israeli occupation</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>20 Dec 2001: General Assembly calls for halt to violence, implementation of Mitchell Report, reiterates applicability of IV Geneva Convention</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>6 Dec 2001: 114 Signatories to IV Geneva Convention issued joint declaration condemning Israel for indiscriminate and disproportionate use of violence and call for Israel to abide by international humanitarian law</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>3 Dec 2001: General Assembly votes on 6 resolutions criticizing Israel, areas include – status of Jerusalem, illegal Israeli settlements, inalienable rights of Palestinian people to self determination.</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>23 Nov 2001: UN Committee Against Torture, condemning Israeli practices</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>7- 13 Nov 2000: Mary Robinson, UN Human Rights Commissioner visits the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Following this she recommended the establishment of an international monitoring presence in the OPT.</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>20 Oct 2000: UN General Assembly, 10th Emergency Special Session</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>19 Oct 2000: UN Commission on Human Rights, 5th Special Session</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>11-15 Oct 2000: Special Rapporteur to the Commission on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>7 Oct 2000: UN Security Council Resolution 1322: deplores the provocation carried our at the Al-Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem on 28 September 2000, calls upon Israel to abide by its legal obligations and responsibilities under the 4th Geneva Convention</font><font size=3> </font>
</ul><font face="arial" size=2><b>Foreign Government</b> comments on Israel</font><font size=3> </font>
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<li><font face="arial" size=2>April 10 2002: USA, EU, Russia and UN jointly call on Israel to immediately withdraw from Palestinian territories
<li>April 16 2002: EU Commissioner on Development and Humanitarian Assistance says Israel impedes efforts of rescue workers and ridicules humanitarian law</font><font size=3> </font>
</ul><font face="arial" size=2><b>Other International Comment<br>
</b>Various International agencies, condemning Israel / calling on halt to violence</font><font size=3> </font>
<ul>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>Physicians for Human Rights (USA and Israel)</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) - Denmark</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) - Paris</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>International Committee of Jurists (ICJ) - Sweden</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>Human Rights Watch - New York</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>Amnesty International</font><font size=3> </font>
<li><font face="arial" size=2>International Committee of Red Cross</font><font size=3>
</ul><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><i>For more details see respective websites, or <a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/../comments/comments_archives.htm"><b>Palestine Monitor</a></i></b></font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>International Laws/ Resolutions violated</b></font><font size=3> </font><font face="arial" size=2>UN resolutions 242, 338/4th Geneva Convention/Hague Regulations/UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials/International Covenant of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights/Convention on Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination/Convention on Rights of the Child and others<br>
<b><i>Note: reported figures are conservative since not all cases are documented. Additionally some figures are based on reports that are not up-to-date (please note the date of information source)</i></b></font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="1"></a>1</b> <a href="http://www.hdip.org">Health, Development, Information, and Policy Institute</a> (HDIP)statistics based on infomation available at time of calculation</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="2"></a>2</b> <a href="http://www.btselem.org">B’Tselem report</a>: <i>Illusions of restraint: Human Rights Violations During the Events in the Occupied Territories 29</i><sup>th</sup><i> September – 2<sup>nd</sup> December, 2000<br><br>
</i><b><a name="3"></a>3 </b>Statistics can only account for those who went to health centers</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="4"></a>4</b> <a href="http://www.pna.org/moh">Ministry of Health</a></font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="5"></a>5</b> <a href="http://www.pchrgaza.org">Palestinian Center for Human Rights</a> </font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="6"></a>6</b> UN Special Rapporteur of Commission on Human Rights, report March 2002, reported in DCI-PAL press release, 19<sup>th</sup> March, 2002</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="7"></a>7 </b>General Union of Disabled Palestinians</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="8"></a>8</b> UN Special Rapporteur of Commission on Human Rights, report March 2002, reported in DCI-PAL press release, 19<sup>th</sup> March, 2002<br>
<b><a name="9"></a>9 </b><a href="http://www.palestinercs.org">Palestinian Red Crescent Society</a>,<b> </b>27<sup>th</sup> October 2001 <br>
<b> </b><a href="http://http://www.upmrc.org">Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees</a></font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="10"></a>10 </b><a href="http://www.pchrgaza.org">Palestinian Center for Human Rights</a>:<b> </b>28<sup>th</sup> June, 2002<br><br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=2><a name="11"></a>11</b> <a href="http://www.palestinercs.org">Palestinian Red Crescent Society</a> 10<sup>th</sup> July, 2002, </font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="12"></a>12</b> Director, Holy Family Hospital, Bethlehem</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="13"></a>13</b> During Israeli occupation of Bethlehem 19<sup>th </sup>- 29<sup>th</sup> October, 2001</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="14"></a>14</b> Al- Ayyam newspaper, 19<sup>th </sup>Oct,<sup> </sup>2000<sup> <br><br>
</sup><b><a name="15"></a>15</b> <a href="http://www.lawsociety.org">LAW Society</a>, Nov 4<sup>th </sup>and 8<sup>th </sup>2000<sup> <br>
</sup><b><a name="16"></a>16</b><a name="16"></a> During 3 day invasion and occupation of Ramallah, (12<sup>th</sup>-15<sup>th</sup> March, 2002)</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="17"></a>17</b> During Israeli occupation of Ramallah, October 2001</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="18"></a>18</b> <a href="http://www.lawsociety.org">LAW Society</a>, Oct 29<sup>th</sup> 2000 <br>
<b><a name="19"></a>19</b> <a href="http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2003/news2003-01/Journalists%20Under%20Fire.html">Palestinian National Authority State Information Service</a></font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="20"></a>20 </b>Information from the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, Ramallah</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="21"></a>21</b> <a href="http://www.alhaq.org">Al-Haq</a> </font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1><b><a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#backtotop10">BACK TO TOP</a><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><a name="22"></a>22</b> Terje Rød Larsen in BBC interview, 19 April 2002</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="23"></a>23 </b>A report by the Gaza office of the UN Middle East envoy Terje Rød-Larsen, February 2001.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="24"></a>24</b> UNSCO: “The Impact on the Palestinian economy of confrontation, border closures and mobility restrictions’, (Oct 2000 -30<sup>th</sup> Sept, 2001)</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="25"></a>25 </b><a href="http://www.lawsociety.org">LAW Society</a> (press release), 17<sup>th</sup> July, 2002</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="26"></a>26</b> DCI information received August, 2002</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="27"></a>27</b> <a href="http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/mepp/unsco/pr_may2002.pdf">UNSCO</a></font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="28"></a>28</b> Does not include income losses and social and humanitarian costs. Assessment made by international donors</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="29"></a>29</b> Palestinian Humanitarian Disaster, U.S. Agency for International Development, July 10, 2002</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="30"></a>30</b> Palestinian Council for Justice and Peace</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="31"></a>31</b> <a href="http://www.mezan.org">Al-Mezan</a> 2001</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=1><b><a href="http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#backtotop20">BACK TO TOP</a><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><a name="32"></a>32</b> <a href="http://www.lawsociety.org">LAW Society</a>, 29<sup>th </sup>Nov 2001 (figure from beginning of 2000)</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="33"></a>33</b> <a href="http://www.lawsociety.org">LAW Society</a>, 29<sup>th </sup>Nov 2001, (figure from beginning of 2000)</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="34"></a>34</b> <a href="http://www.lawsociety.org">LAW Society</a>, 29<sup>th </sup>Nov 2001, (figure from beginning of 2000)</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="34"></a>35</b> <a href="http://www.pchrgaza.com">Palestinian Center for Human Rights</a>, 3<sup>rd</sup>June, 2002</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="36"></a>36</b> Ibid</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="37"></a>37</b> Ministry of Education, 17 Jan 2002, information for Ministry of Education schools only, (from 28<sup>th</sup> Sept, 2000)</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="38"></a>38</b> PCBS, April 2002</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="39"></a>39</b> All above stats: UNSCO: ‘The Impact on the Palestinian Economy of Confrontation, Border Closures and Mobility Restrictions’, Oct 2000 - 30<sup>th</sup> Sept, 2001</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="40"></a>40</b> Report by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2><b><a name="41"></a>41</b> Associated Press, 29<sup>th </sup>Oct,<sup> </sup>2000<br><br>
<a name="42"></a>42 World Bank report, March 2002<br><br>
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