Area C constitutes 62 per cent of West Bank land, though only 1 per cent is planned for Palestinian construction. This fact sheet provides information on the difficulties faced by Palestinians in Area C, stemming from Israeli measures such as restrictive planning policies, demolitions, displacement and access restrictions. The population also suffers from increasing settler violence, water shortage and food insecurity. This fact sheet details the Humanitarian Response Plan put forward by the humanitarian community to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable population in Area C.

In recent weeks, around 550 people have lost their homes or sources of livelihood as a result of demolitions carried out by Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem and Area C. These recent developments represent a significant increase in demolitions and forced displacement in the West Bank, raising a number of serious humanitarian concerns.

Since January 2010, there has been a serious deterioration in the supply of electricity in the Gaza Strip; the Gaza Power Plant (GPP) has most days produced half the electricity it used to in 2009 due to lack of funds to purchase the industrial fuel required to operate the plant. This fact sheet describes the humanitarian impact of the chronic power shortfall, including people killed and injured due to reliance on mobile back-up generators.

The "price tag" strategy is a new pattern of violence that emerged during 2008, in which groups of settlers would exact a "price" against Palestinians and their property in response to attempts by the Israeli authorities to dismantle "unauthorized" settlement outposts. This new pattern of violence raises significant additional concerns related to the protection of Palestinian civilians. The present factsheet is a first step towards delineating the contours of these concerns and suggesting a preventive approach, which includes the mapping of Palestinian communities vulnerable to settler violence.

This factsheet places the most recent evictions of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem in the context of efforts by settler organizations to establish a sustained presence in this Palestinian residential neighborhood. The evictions, which have been condemned by the international community, raise a number of serious humanitarian concerns. Settler organizations have stated their intent to build at least 540 settlement units in Sheikh Jarrah, placing an estimated 475 Palestinians at risk of forced eviction, dispossession and displacement.