Two systems, two purposes: Military planning system discrimination by numbers
17 April 2014
In most of the area of the West Bank under Israeli control (Area C), a two-tier planning system operates based on ethnic-national background. There is a military planning system without representation of residents for the Palestinians, while the Israeli settlers enjoy a civil and representative planning system. Does this structure lead to discrimination in practice? You bet.
Palestinian villages more densely packed than New York?
Indeed, the inequality of planning discrimination experienced by Palestinians in Area C is glaringly obvious compared to the settlements as well as compared to what is accepted in Israel within the Green Line, and even compared to other countries. Keep reading for specifics.
The West Bank military planning system’s discrimination in numbers:
(Information based primarily on data from the Bimkom Report, “Prohibited Zone,” pages 131-133)
International comparison:
The Israeli military planning planned Palestinian villages to be more densely populated than central London or New York.
in full: http://rhr.org.il/eng/2014/04/two-systems-two-purpose-the-west-bank-military-planning-systems-discrimination-by-numbers/