for ten percent of the residents.292 Moreover, only ten percent of all sewage
pipes in Jerusalem are in Palestinian neighborhoods.
Residents of Dahiyat as-Salam in Anata watched their neighborhood become
an unofficial dumping ground for garbage, with trash reaching well over the
tops of residents’ homes and the municipality refusing to solve the problem.293
Residents of Ras Khamis paved their own main road after it became clear
that the Jerusalem municipality would continue to refuse to do it.294 In Abu
Dis, a neighborhood of East Jerusalem that was cut off by the Wall in 2002,
residents suffer from restrictions in accessing health services. For example,
a resident interviewed by UN OCHA said that after his renal failure, he must
travel to the Beit Jala hospital for treatment. This is a 40-minute-drive three
times per week, rather than going to the Augusta Victoria hospital in East
Jerusalem, which is only 3.4 kilometers away from his home.295 Regarding
infant health care facilities, only six are located in East Jerusalem, in contrast
to 26 in West Jerusalem.
Palestinian residents in neighborhoods of East Jerusalem on both sides of
the Wall are being forced to leave by Israel’s ongoing policies of denial of
access to basic services that also violate fundamental rights like an adequate
quality of life. Due to a shortage of 2,000 classrooms, only 41 percent of
109,481 Palestinian students are enrolled in municipal schools in the official
system.296 The secondary education the numbers are even lower; 41 percent
go to schools with an unofficial status, and 17 percent are enrolled in private
schools.297 In the 2016-2017 school year, of the 1,815 classrooms in the official
education system used by Palestinian students in East Jerusalem, almost half,
857, were inadequate or in sub-standard condition.298
Additionally, only seven percent of all postal workers serve Palestinian
neighborhoods and the wait at the post office is often more than two hours.
In addition to the discriminatory provision of services, Palestinians of East
292 ACRI, East Jerusalem, 5, supra note 287.
293 B’tselem, “Jerusalem Municipality allows criminals to turn the Dahiyat a-Salam neighborhood into
a garbage dump,” 13 July 2008, available at: http://www.btselem.org/jerusalem/20080713_illegal_
damping_of_garbage_in_dahyat_a_salam
294 Nir Hasson, “Palestinian Neighborhood, Abandoned by Jerusalem, Paves Its Own Road”, Haaretz, 12
April 2016, available at: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.713925
295 OCHA oPt, “The humanitarian impact of the Barrier on Palestinian communities in and around
East Jerusalem, in the Abu Dis area,” 9 July 2014, available at: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/
humanitarian-impact-barrier-palestinian-communities-and-around-east-jerusalem-abu-dis-area
296 ACRI, East Jerusalem 2015, 6, supra note 290.
297 Ibid.
298 ACRI, East Jerusalem, 3, supra note 287.
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