B'Tselem - Revocation of Residency in East Jerusalem

Year	No. of Palestinians whose residency was revoked
2007	289
2006	1,363
2005	222
2004	16
2003	272
2002	No Data
Till End of April 2001	15
2000	207
1999	411
1998	788
1997	1,067
1996	739
1995	91
1994	45
1993	32
1992	41
1991	20
1990	36
1989	32
1988	2
1987	23
1986	84
1985	99
1984	161
1983	616
1982	74
1981	51
1980	158
1979	91
1978	36
1977	35
1976	42
1975	54
1974	45
1973	77
1972	93
1971	126
1970	327
1969	178
1968	395
1967	105
Total	8,269

Rationale for revocation according to the Ministry of Interior

Year	Rationale for Revocation
	Relocation Abroad	Relocation to the Occupied Territories
2007	217	40
2006	1,081	49
2005	196	20
2001	15	0
2000	204	3
1999	290	121
1998	618	170
1997	1,003	68

Note: In 2003, the Ministry of Interior reinstated the residency rights of 83 Palestinians whose residency had been revoked, and in 2004 it reinstated the rights of 16 Palestinians.

Source: Ministry of the Interior (figures until 1994 are taken from the letter of attorney Moriah Bakshi, of the legal department of the Ministry of the Interior, to attorney Malhiel Blass, of the State Attorney's Office, in HCJ 7316/75. The figures for 1995 to 1998 are taken from a compilation prepared by the Ministry of the Interior in preparation for the visit of the new Minister of the Interior at the Population Registry Office in East Jerusalem, which took place on 19 July 1999. Figures for 1999 were provided to B'Tselem by the Ministry of the Interior on 13 February 2000.
Figures for 2003 and 2004 were provided to the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights by the Department for Strategic Planning of the Interior Ministry in letters from 16 June and 5 August 2004.