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Urgent Action Needed on Gaza Strip and West Bank
11 July 2007
9 July 2007
The increasing gravity of the humanitarian emergency for the 1.4 million people, mainly refugees, who live in the Gaza Strip, deserves a priority international response; but the situation of Palestinians in the West Bank also requires attention.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs today issued a report on the impact of the 720km Separation Wall on West Bank communities "Three Years Later: The Humanitarian Impact of the Barrier Since the International Court of Justice Opinion". On 9 July 2004 the Court found that the construction of the Wall, and the alienation of land and water resources, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, conflicts with international law. Only 20% of the Wall follows the Green Line, the borders of the state of Israel after the 1948 war.
Read the full Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs report via the link below.
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Report [ pdf ]
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