Palestine: Not Just Numbers

Each day of inaction is an injustice, a disservice to peace and betrayal to the voiceless

GAZA

96%

water in Gaza is undrinkable


75%

Palestinians in Gaza are aid recipients


62%

Deficit in medical laboratory supplies in Gaza


54%

Palestinians in Gaza are food insecure


47%

shortage of medications in Gaza


46%

children suffer acute Anemia


45%

unemployment rate in Gaza


4 hours

electricity per day


9,000+

Cancer patients (incl. 350 children) in Gaza awaiting treatment (Source: Palestinian Center for Human Rights, 16 Feb 2023)


1000+

Children under the age of 18, killed in Gaza since 2008


100+

Palestinian families have not seen each other for 18+ years or since the Gaza siege was imposed, dividing families living in West Bank and Gaza.


18

Years since the debilitating siege, embargo and blockade began on Gaza


2+ million

Palestinians denied freedom of movement in Gaza


WEST BANK & EAST JERUSALEM

13,000+

Palestinian children (under the age of 18) the Israeli military has arrested, interrogated, prosecuted, and imprisoned since year 2000


12,350+

Palestinian homes and structures demolished in West Bank & Jerusalem since 1967 (over the last 56 years of illegal occupation (Source: Land Research Center of Jerusalem, The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission)


1083+

Palestinians held in Israeli prisons as of June 2023, without charge or trial (Source: Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, Supreme Emergency Committee for Palestinian Prisoners & Israel Prison Service)


558+

Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli prisons (Source: Prisoners Club)


400+

Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails sentenced to over 20 years jail time (Source: Prisoners Club)


160+

Children, including minors held in Israeli prisons (Source: Prisoners Club)


34+

Palestinian women prisoners held in Israeli jails (Source: Palestinian Center for Prisoner studies)


24+

Palestinian cancer-stricken prisoners held in Israeli jails (Source: Prisoners Club)


17+

Journalists held in Israeli prisons (including 4 held without charge or trial) for doing their job documenting Israeli crimes.


12+

Number of dead bodies of Palestinians prisoners withheld by Israel (Source: Palestinian Prisoners’ Society)


CALENDAR YEAR 2022:

2 million

Olive trees uprooted by Israel since 1967 (Source: Land Research Center)


20,000+

Number of medical treatment abroad applications from Gaza rejected by Israel (Source: International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights)


5,000+

Palestinians detained by Israel


953+

Palestinian homes demolished in West Bank & Jerusalem (Source: European Union)


554+

Palestinians sentenced to life in prisons


251+

Palestinians killed by Israel/illegal settlers


31+

Palestinian females jailed by Israel


47

Palestinian children killed by Israel/illegal settlers.


SINCE 1967:

55

Number of years (1967) since Israel has occupied Palestinian territories in West Bank, & East Jerusalem, in violation of international laws and norms.


237+

Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons since 1967, due to torture or negligence (Source: OCHA, DCIP & Palestinian Prisoner Society)


4,900+

Palestinians held in Israeli prisons including 31 women; 160 minors; 700+ sick; 15 journalists and 1000+ marked as administrative prisoners i.e., detained without trial or charge).


17,000+

Palestinian women have been detained in Israeli prisons


30,000 vs 700,000

Number of illegal settlers in Occupied Palestinian Territories (1980s vs. 2023).


750,000

Number of dispossessed Palestinians (1948)


6.3 million

Number of Palestinians refugees registered with UNRWA (2023)


14.3 million

Number of Palestinians today (2023)


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