22 grant the necessary licenses have impeded the work of some projects, such as the solar energy project in the Bani Naim project, although it is located in areas classified as “A” and the projects do not require having Israeli permits. Due to the lack of a clear position of the Israeli Civil Administration regarding the project, the Chinese government donating the $50,000,000 project insists that there be a clear position on the part of the Israeli side. The Israeli procrastination contributed to the failure to utilize the financial allocations for the implementation of the project’s infrastructure. 12. ICT sector The occupation authorities have consistently obstructed Palestinian attempts to make international law reference for dealing and coordination in the field of communications, information technology, and mail. Israel continued placing obstacles in the way of importing communications equipment necessary for the development and control of communications networks, monitoring communications and wireless transmission networks on the Palestinian territories, and preventing the entry of communications equipment for Palestinian companies. The Israeli occupation did so by holding equipment in ports and crossings for long periods, and imposing storing fees on the Palestinian companies. It also prevented the Palestinian side from establishing a gateway for international communication, and prevented Palestinian companies from establishing physical links to connect the Palestinian areas, or benefit from global submarine cable services, and prevented direct connection with telecommunication networks in neighboring Arab countries such as Jordan and Egypt. The Israeli occupation continued establishing hundreds of wireless communication towers in settlements and military bases in the occupied Palestinian territory, and acquisition of (30%) of the Palestinian telecommunications market, according to World Bank reports. This causes economic losses to the Palestinian side in general, controlling frequencies and restricting the electromagnetic spectrum and not granting modern generation frequencies in the Palestinian territories, despite it being a national resource belonging to the Palestinian people. This has affected the already limited frequencies granted to the third generation telecommunication frequencies. More importantly, Palestine is deprived of its rights to the frequencies of the fourth and fifth generations, while the Gaza Strip is deprived of the frequencies of the third generation. The Status of Human Rights in Palestine