219. Accounts of the administration of justice in the occupied territories may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.715 (anonymous witness), A AC.145 RT.717 (anonymous witness), A AC.145 RT.719 (Mrs. Lynda Brayer) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Shawqi Issa and Mr. Najib Abu Rokaya).

328. Accounts of the economic and social situation prevailing in the occupied territories may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.715 (anonymous witness), A AC.145 RT.716 (Mr. Muhammad Jaradat), A AC.145 RT.717 Add.1 (Mr. Hamdi Shakoura), A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy), A AC.145 RT.721 (anonymous witnesses), A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Rishmawi, Mr. Samir Nazmi and Mr. Hassan Barghouti).

49. Accounts of the general situation prevailing in the occupied territories may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.715 (anonymous witnesses), A AC.145 RT.716 (Mr. Muhammad Jaradat), A AC.145 RT.716 (Mr. Ibrahim Khamis Shehada), A AC.145 RT.717 Add.1 (Mr. Hamdi Shakoura), A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy and Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar), A AC.145 RT.721 (anonymous witnesses) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Najib Abu Rokaya).

471. Testimonies relating to the treatment of detainees may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.715 (anonymous witness), A AC.145 RT.716 (Mr. Ibrahim Khamis Shehada), A AC.145 RT.717 (anonymous witness), A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar), A AC.145 RT.720 Add.1 (anonymous witness) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mrs. Dokmak and Mr. Najib Abu Rokaya).

388. Testimonies referring to the restrictions on the right to freedom of movement may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.715 (anonymous witness), A AC.145 RT.717 Add.1 (Mr. Hamdi Shakoura), A AC.145 RT.718 (Mrs. Frances Moore), A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Samir Nazmi).

504. Accounts of the annexation and settlement policy pursued by the Israeli authorities in the occupied territories may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.719 (Mrs. Lynda Brayer), A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy and Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar), A AC.145 RT.721 (anonymous witnesses) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Shawqi Issa).

245. Accounts of harassment and physical treatment may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.715 (anonymous witnesses), A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Najib Abu Rokaya).

131. Testimonies relating to the incidents linked with the popular uprising may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.715 (anonymous witnesses), A AC.145 RT.716 (Mr. Ibrahim Khamis Shehada) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Najib Abu Rokaya).

365. Accounts of the situation of children may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.716 (Mr. Muhammad Jaradat), A AC.145 RT.718 (Mrs. Frances Moore, Mr. D. K. Seymour and Mrs. Annie Foster) and A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar and Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy).

258. Testimonies relating to houses or rooms that were demolished or sealed may be found in documents A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy) and A AC.145 RT.722 (Mr. Shawqi Issa).

quot The living conditions are very difficult. Safetywise, there are no problems internally. If the Israelis would open the roads and allow the people to go to their work, there would be no frictions and no problems. What happens is that with the closing of the roads, tensions arise inside, even among the people, because of their frustrations and because they cannot go about normally. quot (Anonymous witness no. 2, A AC.145 RT.715)

The most basic rights of the Palestinians have been violated. The word apos recreation apos does not exist for us. Everything is repressed. We are living under repression. quot (Anonymous witness no. 22, A AC.145 RT.721)

quot Indeed, this policy is not new. This is a policy that started with the occupation, since 1967. However, it has been resorted to more intensively since 1993, that is, after the signing of the peace accord between Israel and the PLO. Israel used to confiscate, used to dispossess, used to build settlements, used to expel the population, all the time. quot (Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy, witness no. 15, A AC.145 RT.720)

422. Testimony on the restrictions to the right to freedom of expression may be found in document A AC.145 RT.721 (anonymous witness).

quot Four surgery operations were performed because of the retina. quot (Anonymous witness no. 5, A AC.145 RT.715)

quot Before the tunnel was opened under the Al Aqsa Mosque, there was a general feeling of frustration in the Palestinian street, because of the violation of Palestinian rights by the Israeli authorities and because of the stand of the right wing Israeli Government towards peace. quot (Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar, witness no. 16, A AC.145 RT.720)

quot I went to the hospital to see whether any of my relatives were among the casualties. So I saw many injured people, all with live ammunition and not rubber bullets. quot (Anonymous witness no. 2, A AC.145 RT.715)

quot There is nothing. Deliberately. Deliberately. And that is why you can apos t understand anything from the decisions of the court. quot (Mrs. Lynda Brayer, witness no. 14, A AC.145 RT.719)

quot We rely on God very much, but things are not too well over there. quot (Anonymous witness no. 18, A AC.145 RT.721)

quot The Supreme Court of Israel has very clearly declared that Israeli Intelligence officers are allowed to use violence and violent shaking towards the Palestinian detainees. This principle has been supported at the political and legal levels in Israel. It is the legislation by the highest judicial authority in Israel and this is the justification that is given any time a Palestinian sends a petition. quot (Anonymous witness no. 9, A AC.145 RT.717)

558. The references relating to the above subject may be found in document A AC.145 RT.724 (anonymous witnesses).

The driver of the ambulance was hit as well. quot The Israelis were shooting very heavily, also using helicopters to shoot, with high calibre bullets. The Israelis also used dum dum bullets and that is prohibited. quot (Anonymous witness no. 4, A AC.145 RT.715)

They also used other pretexts, but anyway, the file is closed and they stopped the investigations. quot (Mr. Najib Abu Rokaya, witness no. 29, A AC.145 RT.722)

So, the general situation is that many people have lost their jobs. quot In August, after the assassination of President Rabin, the Israelis prohibited Palestinian workers from spending the night in Israel. quot (Anonymous witness no. 3, A AC.145 RT.715)

quot The lawyers are prevented from exercising their professional duties, they do not have the right to obtain legal proxy in order to act on behalf of the detainees. quot (Anonymous witness no. 9, A AC.145 RT.717)

It is of course not insulated at all and is a piece of iron or steel and thus totally exposed to the elements. quot Many of the people themselves have actually dispersed themselves amongst other families, because it is so terrible in the alternative site. quot (Mrs. Lynda Brayer, witness no. 14, A AC.145 RT.719)

quot There are no emergency facilities for accidents in the Golan Heights, for car accidents, for example. They have to go into Israel. quot (Anonymous witness no. 30, A AC.145 RT.724)

It is also difficult for a Palestinian lawyer to gain access to Israel. He would not be able to enter Israel and do his work on behalf of his client. So, I got in touch with the Israeli lawyer by telephone. The papers were sent to him by some of the workers who cross Gaza into Israel. quot (Anonymous witness no. 1, A AC.145 RT.715)

quot There are no security reasons for the closure, the purpose indeed is to force the Palestinians in Jerusalem to leave Jerusalem and to live outside Jerusalem. quot (Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy, witness no. 15, A AC.145 RT.720)

quot The number of individuals who depend for their livelihood on the income of these workers is estimated at one million Palestinians, considering the fact that an average Palestinian family has five members. quot (Mr. Hassan Barghouti, witness no. 28, A AC.145 RT.722)

quot In my village, a very high percentage of the young men cannot get married because they do not have money in order to marry or to build a house to live in. Young men of 30 or 35 years of age simply do not have the money to build a house or to get married. quot (Anonymous witness no. 22, A AC.145 RT.721)

quot As regards the improvement that might have taken place in the performance of the Palestinian health machinery, I believe that the improvement has been very small, for numerous reasons, like the permanent deterioration of the economic situation in Palestine. quot (Mr. Rishmawi, witness no. 26, A AC.145 RT.722)

453. Testimonies relating to the treatment of detainees may be found in document A AC.145 RT.716 (Mr. Ibrahim Khamis Shehada).

quot The interrogation centres are being supervised by the Israeli police. They are Petah Tikva, Moscobiya and Tverya. There are also temporary holding facilities for holding people for interrogation purpose for two or three days. quot (Mrs. Dokmak, witness no. 24, A AC.145 RT.722)

The settlers have taken land from Kalkiliya. They have taken agricultural land from our villages. They have built a road in the middle of Arab territory. Whenever they build a road, they consider the area to be Israeli territory. quot (Anonymous witness no. 23, A AC.145 RT.721)

quot I was inside the car and the bullet came through the vehicle and hit me. I collapsed and I was transported by people who were there in the area and taken to hospital. At Al Shifa Hospital, the bullet was removed. Two or three days after being admitted to the hospital, I started bleeding and there was an internal haemorrhage where the bullet had passed. quot (Anonymous witness no. 1, A AC.145 RT.715)

It is obvious that the Israelis could arrange for the procedures to be much faster. They have the facilities to do so. For example, there are 24 corridors and entrance counters where the workers are cleared. But from these 24 passages, they only open 8 or 10, although it is obvious that they could open all 24. quot (Anonymous witness no. 6, A AC.145 RT.715)

quot However, the problem is that the Israeli merchants we buy agricultural goods from refuse to be paid with cheques drawn on Palestinian banks. That is why we were obliged to open an account in an Israeli bank. Most Palestinian merchants dealing with Israeli firms and companies are likewise obliged to open accounts in Israeli banks, because the Israeli merchants, the Israeli exporters and importers impose this condition. quot (Mr. Samir Nazmi, witness no. 27, A AC.145 RT.722)

402. Testimonies on the restrictions to the right to freedom of education may be found in document A AC.145 RT.717 Add.1 (Mr. Hamdi Shakoura).

quot All Israeli measures have led to anger among the Palestinian population. But Israel has done more than all these measures it has dug and opened this tunnel, which constitutes a flagrant act of aggression against the religious sentiments of the Muslims. quot (Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar, witness no. 16, A AC.145 RT.720)

408. Testimonies on the restrictions to the right to freedom of religion may be found in document A AC.145 RT.720 (Mr. Ahmad Rwaidy and Mr. Khaled Mahmud Quzmar).

quot For example, there is a poem on Palestine I think that it was even sung as a song by one of our Egyptian singers it says something like apos my brother, great injustice has been done to Palestine apos . They have banned this poem. quot (Anonymous witness no. 21, A AC.145 RT.721)

Every cell was about one metre by two metres. I was kept for six months and 18 days in a questioning cell. The period of time to be spent in the questioning cell is not preset or determined by some law. It can be extended as long as they wish. quot (Anonymous witness no. 17, A AC.145 RT.720 Add.1)

If there is an Israeli settlement between two villages, there are military roadblocks and people are not allowed to go through with their cars. If they have to go to the other village, they have to take a detour far from the settlement, or they just go back. They cannot cross the settlement or the road servicing the settlement. quot (Anonymous witness no. 22, A AC.145 RT.721)

quot The diplomas of those who came over to study after 1981 are not recognized. However, I am aware of the case of a qualified dentist who returned and passed the exam to be able to practise and still is not allowed to practise. He complained to the High Court in Israel. quot (Anonymous witness no. 31, A AC.145 RT.724)