percent.45 This is despite the fact that the Palestinian population is five times greater than the colonizer population in the West Bank.46 Building permits are difficult or impossible for Palestinians to obtain in East Jerusalem and in the 60 percent of the West Bank under exclusive Israeli control (Area C). Israel rejects more than 94 percent of Palestinian building permit applications and this has led to the demolition of many Palestinian-built private and public use structures in Area C, including schools and clinics, by Israeli forces for not having the appropriate building permits.47 The discriminatory permit regime also results in significant issues with regards to access to medical services. Permits are required to travel between Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem to receive medical treatment. Every year, 40,000 Palestinians – representing 20 percent of all applicants - are denied permission to travel for medical purposes.48 Israel has also confiscated large swathes of land in Area C and Jerusalem for establishment and expansion of colonies. This act of land confiscation, and building and expanding colonies, has resulted in the dedication of lands for Israeli–Jewish use only, as well as an ever-increasing number of Palestinians being restricted from accessing their agricultural land in the vicinities of these colonies. Moreover, Israel continues to deny Palestinian farmers access to more than 35 percent of the area of Gaza; fishermen are unable to access more than 85 percent of Palestinian fishing waters.49 As a result of these measures, more than 46 percent of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip suffer from food insecurity.50 These systematic Israeli discriminatory policies have resulted in preventing Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza from being able to access their natural resources and enjoy the ‘fruits’ of their land. Access to and enjoyment of 45 B’Tselem, Summer 2016 - Israel cut back on the already inadequate water supply to Palestinians, 27 September 2016, available at: http://www.btselem.org/water/201609_israel_cut_back_supply [accessed 17 August 2017]. 46 United Nations Country Team Occupied Palestinian Territory, Common Country Analysis, 24 November 2016, 9 & 27, available at: http://www.unsco.org/Documents/Special/UNCT/CCA_Report_En.pdf 47 Id., 13. 48 Id., 66. 49 OCHA oPt, Easing the Blockade: Assessing the humanitarian impact on the population of the Gaza Strip, March 2011, 9, available at: https://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_special_easing_ the_blockade_2011_03_english.pdf; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), “Gaza Fishermen: Restricted Livelihoods,” 19 July 2016, available at: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/features/gaza-fishermen-restricted-livelihoods [hereinafter UNRWA, “Gaza Fishermen: Restricted Livelihoods”]. 50 UNRWA, “2016 oPt emergency appeal,” 14 January 2016, 8, https://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/ files/content/resources/2016_opt_emergency_appeal.pdf.pdf 22