A/HRC/28/45 52. The demolition of Palestinian homes built without Israeli permits continued apace during the reporting period: 871 structures were demolished (310 residential and 561 livelihood structures), resulting in the displacement of 1,300 people. Figures for the past years show that the number of demolitions in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has remained above 600 annually since 2011, with more than 1,000 people displaced each year since then except for 2012, when 886 people were displaced. 53. Those demolitions take place in the context of discriminatory Israeli planning policy and in many cases are linked to settlement expansion. 95 The threat to the Bedouin population in the Jordan Valley and the Jerusalem periphery, where they have been subjected to multiple mass demolitions and forcible transfer, as well as in the E1 zone, where they face the same fate on an even larger scale, is of grave concern. 96 Freedoms of movement and religion 54. Palestinians continued to face restrictions on their freedom of movement, including because of the existence and continued construction of the wall. The wall has been extended considerably and continues to have a severely detrimental impact on the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, restricting the ability of many to access their land and crucial services, such as schools and health clinics. Generally, together with the restrictions on movement within the West Bank, it severely affects Palestinians’ freedom of movement.97 Like the settlements, the wall is a focus of resentment and regular demonstrations are held against it in places like Nil’in and Bil’in. 55. The issue of access to religious sites and freedom of religion came to the fore during Ramadan, when thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank were denied access to Jerusalem to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque. For example, on 25 July 2014, 7,791 Palestinians were able to enter Jerusalem through checkpoints, approximately 8 per cent of the figure for the equivalent night in 2013. Situation in East Jerusalem 56. During the reporting period, the situation in East Jerusalem deteriorated significantly. Following the abduction of three Israeli teenagers in June 2014, the Israeli authorities focused some operations on East Jerusalem, and many of the collective measures set out above had a particular impact on Palestinians in East Jerusalem.98 In the context of the Gaza war and anger over the abduction and killing of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, widespread demonstrations and clashes took place in which hundreds of people were injured.99 57. While anger over Gaza and the killing of Mr. Abu Khdeir dissipated towards the end of the summer, the situation in Jerusalem remained volatile, and by the end of the reporting period, tension and violence revived as extreme right Israeli religious and nationalist groups agitated and tried to gain access to the compound housing the al-Aqsa mosque. Israeli security forces sometimes escorted them in, but sometimes prevented them from entering. Reportedly, some 8,500 Jews gained access to the compound in 2013, compared with 5,800 in 2010.100 Concerns that the status quo, in which Muslims are allowed to pray at the al- 95 96 97 98 99 100 16 terrorists-families-1.150620. A/HRC/25/38, paras. 9–20; A/HRC/22/63, paras. 62–71; A/67/375, para. 8; A/66/364, para. 11. A/69/347, paras. 23–26. A/69/347, paras. 7–27; www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_10_years_barrier_report_english.pdf. A/HRC/28/80/Add.1. Ibid. www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/world/middleeast/yehuda-glick-shooting-suspect-killed-