Despite Israeli disengagement, Palestinians continue to endure closures, arrests and attacks
saleh on September 20th, 2005A report byThe Palestinian Human rights centre in Gaza
Israel is removing 8,500 settlers from the Gaza Strip, corresponding to only 2 percent of the total settler population (425,000) currently living in the Occupied Palestinian Terroteries, including East Jerusalem, and this year alone Israel is building housing for 30,000 more settlers in the West Bank. The removal of settlers from Gaza must be viewed within this broader context of ongoing settler activity in the West Bank.
The reports represent a few of the many incidents recorded by PCHR’s fieldworkers since the ‘disengagement’ process began, showing some of the suffering and hardships imposed on Palestinian civilians during this time.
The full report can be read here
