Plagues and Sources

Death 

8,356 Palestinians were violently killed between 1987 and 2014

This statistic does not include deaths from delayed or denied medical care due to Israeli restrictions on movement.

SOURCES:

http://www.btselem.org/statistics/fatalities/after-cast-lead/by-date-of-event

555 killed by IDF and 7 killed by Israeli civilians from 2009 - 2014

http://www.btselem.org/statistics/fatalities/during-cast-lead/by-date-of-event

1398 killed by IDF during Operation Cast Lead Dec. 27 2008 - Jan. 18 2009

http://www.btselem.org/statistics/fatalities/before-cast-lead/by-date-of-event

4,858 killed by IDF and 47 killed by Israeli civilians from 2000-2008

http://www.btselem.org/statistics/first_intifada_tables

1,376 killed by IDF and 115 killed by Israeli civilians from 1987-2000

Closure

1,216 days of  comprehensive closure from 2000-2012. Comprehensive closure means all travel through checkpoints is denied and permits for travel outside of Gaza or the West Bank are revoked.

SOURCES:

http://www.btselem.org/freedom_of_movement/siege_figures

Destruction

28,000 Palestinian homes, businesses, and other structures have been destroyed by Israel since 1967.  

SOURCES:

http://www.icahd.org/node/458

Olive Trees Uprooted

465,945 olive trees burned, uprooted, or bulldozed by the Israeli Defense Forces 2000-2005. Olive trees are a traditional source of livelihood for Palestinian farmers.

SOURCES:

“Olive Oil Harvest Season in Palestine” Applied Research Institute, Jerusalem, 18 September, 2006

Family Separation

Over 120,000 permits for family unification pending. Israel has a complex series of laws that prevent Palestinians who are registered as Gaza, West Bank, or Jerusalem residents from moving between these communities for visits, medical care, or to live together as a family. In addition a law prevents Palestinian-Israeli citizens from living in parts of the Occupied Territories with a Palestinian spouse and Palestinian spouses cannot live in Israel with their citizen spouses either.

SOURCES:

http://www.btselem.org/family_separation

Detainment

6,332 Palestinians in prison at the end of January 2014.

SOURCES:

http://www.btselem.org/statistics/detainees_and_prisoners

For children detained by Israel (included in the above number)

http://www.dci-palestine.org/content/child-detainees

Checkpoints

355 checkpoints in February 2014. Checkpoints are placed both between Israel and the Occupied Territories and between communities within the Occupied Territories, so that Palestinians traveling between towns must pass through checkpoints even if they are not entering Israel.

SOURCES:

http://www.btselem.org/freedom_of_movement/checkpoints_and_forbidden_roads

Settlements

237 settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with a population of roughly 531,000.  This includes outposts.  

SOURCES:

http://www.btselem.org/settlements

Refugees

750,000 Palestinians were made refugees when they fled from Israeli forces in 1948.  They were not allowed to return to their homes which were either razed to the ground or resettled with Jewish Israeli immigrants.  Today roughly 5 million Palestinians are refugees (descendants of the original 750,000).  1.5 million live in refugee camps in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.

SOURCES:

http://www.unrwa.org/palestine-refugees

Hunger

80% of Gazans are dependent upon food aid from the U.N. and other organizations for daily survival.  This tallies up to around 1.2 million people.

SOURCES:

U.N. Relief and Works Agency