Decline in the Standard of Living in the Gaza Strip: Selected Socio-economic Indicators
The Gaza Strip is a narrow piece of land located on the Mediterranean Sea to the southwest of...
Mines and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in the West Bank
Minefields in the West Bank In 1998, the US State department estimated that there were around 260,000 landmines...
Al Mawasi Region in Gaza … The Reality of the Israeli War Against Land and Humans
Prelude: The name ''Al Mawasi'' refers to the agriculturally fertile strip of land laying parallel to the Mediterranean Sea...
Isolation Policy Implemented By Israeli Army in the Occupied Territories … The Case of Ramallah and Al Bireh Districts
The Land Research Center (LRC) has been exposing the attempts carried out by the forces of Israeli occupation to...
The Fourth Intermediary Report for the Monitoring Israeli Colonizing Activities
This report highlights the events concerning colonizing activities in the West Bank and Gaza that occurred between the...
The So-called “Lifting of the Siege”
On 12th March 2001, less than a week into the new government, Prime Minister Sharon seemed to be...
Settlement Expansion in Al Shufa Village, Tulkarem
The village of Al Shufa is located 5 kilometers to the south of the city of Tulkarem. Its...
Losses in the Agricultural Sector in Qalqiliya District
The district of Qalqiliya lies in the northwest part of the West Bank, bordered in the west by the...
Betar Illit settlement Expansion and The Fate of Wadi Fukin Village
In the far western part of Bethlehem district there are three Palestinian villages, Husan, Wadi Fukin and Nahhalin. In...
The FIRST Comprehensive Report
Introduction The data that appears in the monthly, quarterly and comprehensive reports is collected from Palestinian and Israeli...
The Struggles of a Palestinian Community due to the West Bank Closure
'Atara is a Palestinian village in Ramallah District located only three kilometers south of Birzeit which is north of...
The Changing Landscape of Hebron District
Driving from Hebron towards the West Bank's southern border, one notices many changes being made by the Israeli...
The Agriculture Sector in Gaza Strip Faces the Fiercest Israeli Attacks During the Intifada
Introduction: Since the inception of Intifadat Al Aqsa on the 29th of September 2000, the agriculture sector in the...
The Hardships Resulting From Blockading Villages In Ramallah District
Rantis is a Palestinian village located 9 km northwest of Ramallah city. Rantis has suffered much under the Israeli...
Isolation Policy Implemented By Israeli Army in the Occupied Territories
Introduction: Jerusalem is considered to be the epic center of Palestinian polity, culture, economic and spirituality. Such significance...
Research Difficulties during the Current Situation
Since the establishment in 1990, the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem has recognized the importance of the agricultural sector and...
Damages to Palestinian Buildings In Bethlehem
Since mid-October, the Israel army has been shelling Beit Jala from tanks located in Gilo settlement and from attack...
Moving Checkpoints Eastwards – settlements Effectively Annexed
Israel ushered in the year 2001 by redrawing the 1949 Armistice Line. In seven locations in the West Bank,...
The Withdrawal Percentages, What Do They Really Mean?
Lately there has been a lot of talk about the percentage of land the Israelis are 'willing' to...
Israel’s Double Standard Towards Environmental Protections Highlighted by the current situation …
Prepared by Dr. Mohmed Ghanayem, Nizar Qattosh & Beatrice Filkin
Introduction Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are environmentally unsustainable, incongruent with indigenous land use and are...
Attempt At Annexing The Modi’in settlement Block
Situated at 15 kilometers west of Ramallah city, the ''Modi'in Block'' is a group of Jewish settlements on the western edge...
An Overview of the Expansions in the Etzion settlement Block
Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza strip are a major obstacle to the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Yet...
A Report on the Damages Which Resulted from the Vicious Military Israeli Bombardment for the Cities, Villages, Camps of Bethlehem District Till the 7th of November 2000
Since the 28th of September 2000, Israel has launched its systematic destructive military practices against the unarmed Palestinian population in...
Israeli Violations In The North Of The West Bank- Palestine
1.11. 2000: Israeli army bulldozers started to bulldoze a nursery and agricultural land at the northern entrance to Qalqilieh City...
Construction at a New Location on Abu Ghnaim Mountain (Har Homa Settlement)
Abu Ghnaim used to be a forested mountain north of Bethlehem city. It was forested during the Jordanian administration and...
