In addition, the number of detained Palestinian students reached (161) male and female students,
while the number of teachers and administrators in Israeli occupation detention was (17) education
staff members. The safe access of students, administrators and teachers was hampered due to the
delay at the checkpoints hindering the safe access of students (4,576) times.
With regard to violations of the right to housing and forced displacement, the Israeli
occupation authorities carried out (686) demolitions of Palestinian facilities, (80%) of which were
in the governorates of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Hebron,9 and issued about (456) demolition
orders. The demolitions contributed to the displacement of (898) Palestinians.10 The occupation
authorities also continued restricting traffic and the freedom of movement of Palestinian citizens,
as the occupation forces deployed (3982) random checkpoints,11 impeding the passage of people
and goods, as well as limiting the ability to enjoy all basic human rights, in addition to preventing
thousands from traveling under the pretext of security. The suffering of the citizens of the Gaza
Strip continued, due to the closure of the international crossings around the Gaza Strip.
The occupation authorities hindered the Palestinians' access to places of worship, while citizens
faced the occupation’s arbitrary practices of humiliation, arrest and deportation, as the occupation
authorities expelled more than (170) people from Al-Aqsa Mosque and arrested dozens others and
prevented them from the freedom to pray there12.
With regard to the settlement expansion policies and settler attacks, the occupation authorities
approved the construction of thousands of new settlement units in West Bank settlements,
Jerusalem and its surrounding, continued taking measures in support of the settlement construction
in the occupied Palestinian territory and continued enacting laws and legislations supporting
settlement. The Israeli Knesset enacted (3) laws in support of settlements, focusing on granting
preferential budgets to settlements. The Israeli Knesset has also submitted (23) draft laws that
directly affect Palestinian sovereignty.
The annual report of the Wall and Settlement Affairs Authority on “The most prominent Israeli violations in the .9
occupied Palestinian territory, January 2020.
.10 OTCHA/ Hourani
11
.Monitoring and documentation by the Palestinian Monitoring Group affiliated with the Negotiations Support Unit
in the Palestine Liberation Organization.
12
. Report issued by the General Administration of Media and Public Relations, Ministry of Endowments and
Religious Affairs, January 2020.