The Intifada in Numbers

The Intifada in Numbers

Sunday, September 29 2002 @ 05:41 PM GMT

RAMALLAH (Palestine Monitor) - Yesterday marked the second year of
the current Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of
the Palestinian territories and the repression of the Palestinian
people.

During the last two years, the Israeli response to the Palestinian
people’s struggle for internationally recognized right to
self-determination and towards an end to the Israeli colonization of
their land has grown increasingly violent and aggressive.

In September 2000, Palestinians were met by Israeli soldiers firing
rubber-coated-metal bullets and live ammunition, today nearly all
the West Bank towns have been fully ‘re-occupied’ by the Israeli
army and have been placed under strict military-enforced curfew.

In Gaza, the population is bracing itself for an imminent
reoccupation.

More than 1,914 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers,
settlers or police since September 2000. Also counted among these
are those who died as a direct result of the Israeli occupation,
i.e. those denied access to life saving medical treatment when
ambulances were stopped and turned away at checkpoints, and the
unborn babies who died when their mothers could not reach hospital
because of closure or curfew:

· 71 Palestinians have died after being prevented access to medial
treatment, 21 of those were children, 13 were newborn babies.

· 169 have died in extra judicial assassination attacks, of these 31
were bystanders at the time and 44 were “unintended” victims killed
as they were with the victim. 22 were children.

· 22.5% were aged 18 or younger, i.e one out of every five killed

· 60% were shot with live ammunition

· 85% were civilians or not involved in any violent action or attack
at the time they were killed

· 17 medical personnel were killed while on duty

An estimated 41,000 Palestinians have been injured in the same
period: 2,500 of those are permanently disabled, 500 of whom are
children

The prolonged Israeli closure of the Occupied Territories has
destroyed the Palestinian economy and lead to serious damage to
infrastructure and civil society:

· 75 % of the Palestinian population live in poverty (less than US$
2 per day) and unemployment has reached 65%.

· 30% of children under 5 years of age suffer from chronic
malnutrition, 21 % from acute malnutrition

· 45% of children under 5 and 48% of women of childbearing age
suffer from moderate to mild anemia

· During the first 15 months of the Intifada the occupation caused
physical damage amounting to US$ 305 million. During the month long
invasion in March and April 2002, the Israeli army destroyed and
looted US$ 361 million worth of property

This violent and dangerous occupation regime is now being met by a
popular non-violent resistance, including peaceful marches in the
streets with people protesting the three-month long curfew regime,
the siege and the continued killing of innocent people.



For more information contact Palestine Monitor +972 2 2985372 or
+972 (0)59 254218 and see http://www.palestinemonitor.org




Copyright © 2002 Palestine Chronicle
All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective
owners.