B'Tselem - The Seperation Barrier

Statistics

Note: All the data below relate to the barrier's effect following its completion in accordance with the route that the government approved on 30 April 2006.

Construction Progress

	Length (Km)	Percentage of barrier's length
Completed construction	409	56.6
Under construction	66	9.1
Construction not yet begun	248	34.3
Total	723	100

Source: OCHA: office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, May 2008.

Construction Progress in Jerusaelm

	Length (Km)	Percentage of barrier's length	Length (Km) including the Ma'ale Adumim enclave	Percentage of barrier's length including the Ma'ale Adumim enclave
Completed construction	78.5	64.3	78.5	47
Under construction	15.6	12.7	30.6	18.3
Construction not yet begun	28.2	23	58.2	34.7
Total	122	100	167.3	100%

Source: OCHA: office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, October 2007.

Areas surrounded by barrier

	Amount of area (in dunams)	Percentage of West Bank
Area west of the barrier (including East Jerusalem)	479,881	8.5
Area east of the barrier that are completely or partially surrounded	191,040	3.4
Total land area affected	670,921	11.9

Palestinian population affected by the barrier's route

	Number of Communities	Number of Residents
Communities west of the barrier*	17	27,520
Communities east of the barrier that are completely or partially surrounded**	54	247,800
East Jerusalem	21	222,500
Total	92	497,820

* Residents of these towns and villages will require permits to live in their homes, and they will be able to leave their communities only via a gate in the barrier. The figure does not include three communities that are presently situated west of the barrier but lie east of the barrier according to the currently approved route.
** Residents of these towns and villages will not require permits or have to pass through a gate.

Settlements

	Number of Settlements	Number of Residents
Settlements west of the barrier	48	187,840
Settlements east of the barrier	69	57,330
Settlements in East Jerusalem	12	192,918
Total	129	438,088

Data source: Israel 's Central Bureau of Statistics, The PA Central Bureau of Statistics and OCHA. All data on population updated to the end of 2005.

Gates in the Separation Barrier

The Separation Barrier has 66 gates (as of July 2008) for crossing between severed parts of the West Bank. 27 are closed, leaving only 39 to serve Palestinians.

Of the open gates, 20 are either 1) Gates for daily crossing, in which the general Palestinian population can cross from one place to another within the West Bank. Some of these gates are open daily for a consecutive period of twelve hours, others are open twice a day at fixed times, and a few are open around the clock, or 2) Agricultural gates, which are opened two or three times a day, for farmers with crops that require daily care (vegetables and greenhouses, for example) on the other side of the Barrier. To cross, farmers need to obtain a permit from the Civil Administration, which is good for a specific gate.

The remaining 19 gates are opened seasonally, such as during the olive-picking and harvest seasons, for farmers working land on the other side of the Barrier. Generally, these gates are opened two or three times a day, at fixed times and according to the permit regime mentioned above.

Separation Barrier Gates, by Area, July 2008

Area	Open gates	Seasonal gates	Closed gates	Total
Qalqiliya	11	3	0	14
Salfit	0	3	3	6
Tulkarm	6	4	0	10
Jenin	2	9	0	11
Jerusalem	0	0	10	10
Ramallah	1	0	7	8
Hebron	0	0	7	7
Total	20	19	27	66

Data Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).


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