A/HRC/35/19/Add.1 51. Twenty of the 93 settlement-related recommendations call on Israel to cease the forced transfer and evictions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as well as actions that can lead to such situations. In November 2014 the United Nations Human Rights Committee recommended that Israel: “Desist from any actions that may facilitate or result in forcible transfer and forced evictions, particularly of the Bedouin communities in the central West Bank, including the eastern Jerusalem periphery, and forced displacement and dispossession of Bedouins residing in the Negev”.68 52. In January 2016, the Secretary-General expressed concern that Israel continued planning the relocation of entire communities and demolitions of homes of Palestinian Bedouins and herder populations.69 Israel has continued implementing policies resulting in the displacement of Palestinians, including Bedouin communities, in East Jerusalem. As documented by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), during the first two months of 2017, in East Jerusalem, Israel demolished 24 structures in 18 Bedouin communities in the area designated for the E1 settlement plan and the expansion of the Ma’ale Adumim settlement, causing the displacement of 133 people, half of whom were children.70 Between 1 January and 6 April 2017, OCHA documented that Israeli authorities had demolished a biweekly average of 29 Palestinian-owned structures, causing the displacement of a biweekly average of 58 Palestinians.71 Considering all of the above information next to the elements of the recommendation, the recommendation of the Secretary-General referred to above has been assessed as “not implemented”. E. Freedom of movement 53. Among the 79 recommendations related to the right to freedom of movement, 76 are addressed to Israel, two to all parties to the conflict and one to the Human Rights Council. Twenty-eight recommendations call for the blockade of Gaza to be lifted, to allow the free movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza, to facilitate reconstruction, and to address the humanitarian and human rights impact of blockade. The following table provides an overview of the distribution of the issues covered by these recommendations and the percentage within this review. Table 7 Implementation of recommendations related to freedom of movement Number of recommendations Percentage in this thematic area Percentage of all recommendations 29 36.7% 3.1% 5 6.3% 0.5% Freedom of movement between Gaza and West Bank 20 25.3% 2.2% Restrictions impacting humanitarian aid 14 17.7% 1.5% Restrictions impacting economic development 5 6.3% 0.5% Enforcement of access restrictions 4 5.1% 0.4% 2 2.5% 0.2% Blockade Wall Residency rights Total 68 79 CCPR/C/ISR/CO/4, para. 9. The review of the implementation regarding the Negev desert falls outside the territorial scope of this report and will not be assessed. 69 A/HRC/31/43, para. 44. 70 See www.ochaopt.org/content/tightening-coercive-environment-bedouin-communities-around-maale-adumim-settlement. 71 See www.ochaopt.org/content/protection-civilians-report-21-march-3-april-2017. 14

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