July 2008
OCHA/UNRWA report: The Humanitarian Impact of the Barrier - Four years after the advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Barrier

Provides an analysis of the impact of the Barrier route on Palestinian communities, including updated statistics on the land and persons affected, with special reference to the declining economic situation in Qalqiliya City and the fragmentation of the Salfit district. [English]

November 2007
OCHA/UNRWA Special Focus: The Barrier Gate and Permit Regime Four Years on: Humanitarian Impact in the Northern West Bank
OCHA-UNRWA report detailing preliminary findings of survey of Barrier-affected communities in the northern West Bank. [English]

November 2007
OCHA Map: 'The Barrier Gate and Permit Regime Four Years on' [English]

July 2007
OCHA/UNRWA Special Focus: The Humanitarian Impact of the Barrier since the International Court of Justice Opinion [English]
Three years ago today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion stating that the route of Israel's Barrier in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and its associated permit and gate regime, constitute a serious breach of international law. In this Special Focus, OCHA looks at several communities in the northern West Bank that have been severed by the Barrier from their neighbouring communities, from agricultural lands and livelihoods.

November 2006
OCHA/UNRWA Special Focus: Barrier stops Palestinians accessing land [English]
A survey of 57 communities located close to the West Bank Barrier revealed that six out of ten did not have access to their land because of the barrier.

January 2006
OCHA/UNRWA Special Focus: Crossing the Barrier: Palestinian Access to Agricultural Land
Part I of the report provides information on the status of the Barrier’s construction in the West Bank and its humanitarian impact.
Part II examines the impact of the permit system on 28 Palestinian communities in Tulkarem, Qalqilya and Salfit governorates in the northern West Bank. Nearly180,000 Palestinians, including over 75,000 registered refugees, live in these communities and require a permit to access their land west of the constructed Barrier.
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