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Planning & building

Statistics on demolition of houses built without permits in the West Bank (Not including East Jerusalem)

Published: 
1 Jan 2011
Updated: 
18 Mar 2013

For figures on demolition of houses in East Jerusalem click here.

Notes on the data

2013*

District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
0
0
0
Bethlehem
1
0
0
Jenin
0
0
0
Hebron
8
49
25
Tubas
39
120
66
Tulkarm
0
0
0
Jericho
9
65
38
Salfit
0
0
0
Qalqiliah
0
0
0
Ramallah and al-Birah
0
0
0
Nablus
0
0
0
Total
57
234
129
* Data updated to 28 Feb. 2013.
 

2012

District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
14
83
52
Bethlehem
4
21
8
Jenin
0
0
0
Hebron
18
131
71
Tubas
9
48
20
Tulkarm
0
0
0
Jericho
10
74
52
Salfit
9
59
37
Qalqiliah
2
19
11
Ramallah and al-Birah
9
50
32
Nablus
10
52
17
Total
85
537
300


2011
District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
20
107
62
Bethlehem
1
10
6
Jenin
0
0
0
Hebron
26
227
111
Tubas
15
97
36
Tulkarm
0
0
0
Jericho
33
208
97
Salfit
0
0
0
Qalqiliah
7
45
30
Ramallah and al-Birah
4
16
8
Nablus
43
252
98
Total
149
962
448


2010
District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
0
0
0
Bethlehem
5
34
24
Jenin
0
0
0
Hebron
3
27
21
Tubas
51
219
94
Tulkarm
0
0
0
Jericho
3
37
24
Salfit
2
7
5
Qalqiliah
1
5
3
Ramallah and al-Birah
2
9
1
Nablus
19
134
51
Total
86
472
223

2009

District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
3
27
15
Bethlehem
0
0
0
Jenin
0
0
0
Hebron
0
0
0
Tubas
24
181
38
Tulkarm
0
0
0
Jericho
0
0
0
Salfit
0
0
0
Qalqiliah
0
0
0
Ramallah and al-Birah
1
9
7
Nablus
0
0
0
Total
28
217
60

 

2008

District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
11
64
39
Bethlehem
0
0
0
Jenin
0
0
0
Hebron
7
62
36
Tubas
8
68
14
Tulkarm
0
0
0
Jericho
13
81
52
Salfit
0
0
0
Qalqiliah
2
9
6
Ramallah and al-Birah
3
22
16
Nablus
0
0
0
Total
44
306
163

 

2007

District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
3
22
3
5
3
7
5
Jenin
2
11
7
Hebron
21
164
60
Tubas
0
0
0
Tulkarm
7
0
0
Jericho
4
82
44
Salfit
1
0
0
Qalqiliah
1
0
0
Ramallah and al-Birah
2
22
7
Nablus
0
0
0
Total
44
308
126

 

2006

District
 Housing units People left homeless Minors left homeless
al-Quds
6
12
*
Bethlehem
15
109
42
Jenin
5
35
17
Hebron
4
31
15
Tubas
3
43
*
Tulkarm
0
0
*
Jericho
0
0
*
Salfit
4
14
*
Qalqiliah
8
5
*
Ramallah and al-Birah
6
0
*
Nablus
0
0
*
Total
51
249
at least 74

* No data availabe to B'Tselem.

Demolition of houses and other structures in the West Bank, 1999-2004, official data

Year West Bank
1999
101
2000
41
2001
186
2002
276
2003
306
2004
139
Total
1,049

Demolition of houses 1987-1998, B'Tselem data

Year
West Bank
East Jerusalem
 Total
1987
103
No Data

103
1988
393
30
423
1989
No Data
No Data
347
1990
No Data
No Data
102
1991
No Data
No Data
227
1992
148
12
160
1993
63
48
111
1994
120
29
149
1995
43
25
68
1996
140
17
157
1997
233
16
249
1998
150
30
180
Total
    
2,276

Notes:

  1. After a re-examination of the data, B'Tselem classified house demolitions in the areas around Jerusalem into two categories: demolition in East Jerusalem (which is controlled by the Jerusalem Municipality), and demolition in adjacent neighborhoods and communities, which belong to al-Quds District, according to the Palestinian Authority's regional division. Where Jerusalem's municipal boundary line runs through a community, some demolitions in the community are classified under East Jerusalem and some under al-Quds District. The figures for East Jerusalem are available here.
  2. All figures are based on B'Tselem research except when Otherwise specified.
  3. The statistics on houses demolished by the Jerusalem Municipality were provided to B'Tselem by the municipality on 11 March, 2004 following a request based on the Freedom of Information Act.
  4. The statistics on houses demolished in East Jerusalem by the Interior Ministry were provided to the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights on 12 December, 2004 by the Department for Strategic Planning of the Interior Ministry.
  5. The statistics on house demolitions in the rest of the West Bank were provided to B'Tselem by the Civil Administration on 31 March 2004 following a request based on the Freedom of Information Act.
  6. The 2004 statistics and the statistics on house demolitions in East Jerusalem by the Interior Ministry between 1999 and 2001 are based on a report published by the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions in September 2004.