Association for Civil Rights in Israel: 78% of East Jerusalem Palestinians live in poverty

Prolonged policies have stifled the job market and the economical development of East Jerusalem, according to a report and short film released today (16 May 2012) by the Association for Civil Right in Israel (ACRI), ahead of “Jerusalem Day,” which will be marked this coming Sunday. The report and the film outline the harmful policies and the neglect of the Israeli state authorities and the Jerusalem Municipality, which have lead to an unprecedented deterioration in the state of 360,882 Palestinians in the Jerusalem: 78% of the total Palestinian population in the Jerusalem District live below the poverty line, including 84% of the children, according to the Israeli National Insurance Institute.

The outcomes of prolonged policies of neglect in East Jerusalem and of the barrier: No jobs, no growth; 85% of Palestinian women and 40% of the men do not partake in the work force; thousands of Palestinian businesses closed their doors; the Wadi Joz Industrial Zone is at risk of shutting down.

Summary
http://www.acri.org.il/en/2012/05/16/poverty-in-east-jerusalem/

Full Report - 11 pages
http://www.acri.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/The-Poverty-Policy-in-East-Jerusalem_ACRI_May-2012_ENG.pdf

East Jerusalem in Numbers
http://www.acri.org.il/en/2012/05/16/east-jerusalem-in-numbers/