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Human Rights
Restrictions on Movement
Israel has imposed sweeping movement restrictions on the civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territories, which has the effect of isolating individual communities. In broad terms, these restrictions fall into two categories, closure and curfew.
Closure
The Forbidden Road Regime in the West Bank - An Apartheid Practice, B'Tselem (9 August 2004)
The closure of the Rafah Terminal, IFRC (4 August 2004)
WFP extends emergency assistance to Palestinians, WFP (3 August 2004)
The Story of the Seven Gates, Dr. Mona El-Farra (26 July 2004)
World Bank paper urges major easing of Israeli closure measures and stepped-up Palestinian reform efforts, World Bank (24 June 2004)
Palestinian Worker Suffocates at Erez Crossing, PCHR (16 February 2004)
Israeli occupying forces continue internal and external closure of Gaza Strip, PCHR (7 October 2003).
At Israel's Will: The Permit Policy in the West Bank, Physicians for Human Rights (18 September 2003).
Twilight Zone: Birth and death at the checkpoint, Gideon Levy (12 September 2003).
Amnesty: "Israel must end its policy of closures and restriction of movement", Amnesty International (8 September 2003).
Imprisoned until further notice, PHR-Israel (31 July 2003).
Curfew
Curfew on Jenin enters second week, PCHR (11 October 2003).
104 days of curfew in Nablus, Susan Barclay (8 October 2002).
Curfew lifted for only one hour, Arjan El Fassed (2 April 2002).
Reports
The Forbidden Road Regime in the West Bank - An Apartheid Practice, B'Tselem (9 August 2004)
UN Documents on Closures and Curfews
B'Tselem: "Permit System to Cross Separation Barrier is Racist", B'Tselem (16 June 2004)
Severe mobility restrictions force Palestinian population to change health services, WHO (11 August 2003).
The humanitarian crisis and prospects for the roadmap to peace, Christian Aid (28 July 2003).
World Bank: 60 percent poverty level in Palestinian territories, Worldbank ( 5 March 2003).
Gaza Strip faces a distinct humanitarian emergency, CARE ( 3 January 2003).
Health situation of Palestinian people living in the occupied Palestinian Territory, WHO (27 September 2002).
Palestinian economy in 'severe depression,' held up only by outside aid, United Nations (20 September 2002).
Forgotten villages: struggling to survive under closure in the West Bank, Oxfam International (9 September 2002).
UN: New economic figures for West Bank and Gaza show rapid deterioration leading to human catastrophe, UNSCO (29 August 2002).
Survey finds high rates of malnutrition and anemia in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, CARE (5 August 2002).
World Bank Report on the Palestinian Economic Crisis, The World Bank (25 March 2002).
Websites
Campaign to Stop Collective Punishment
Israel's Siege Policy
Papers on Movement and Access, Contributions to a Negotiated Solution (The Worldbank)
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