EIGHT out of 10 Palestinians in east Jerusalem live below the poverty line, a watchdog says, as Israelis prepare to celebrate the anniversary of capturing the Arab sector of the Holy City in 1967.
Almost 80 per cent of "east Jerusalem residents live below the poverty line -- the worst rate of all time," the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) said in a report.
The study, which looked at the effects of Israeli policy on the "basic rights" of Palestinian residents, was published a day ahead of Jerusalem Day, when Israel marks the "reunification" of the city after it captured the Arab eastern sector during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Israel later annexed east Jerusalem in a move never recognised by the international community.
Today, the Palestinian population numbers 293,000 in a city which counts roughly 800,000 residents, UN figures show.
The study also said that Israel's West Bank separation barrier was cutting east Jerusalem off from the West Bank, "exacerbating the already dire economic and social conditions for residents."
It said around 90,000 Palestinians with blue Jerusalem identity cards "pass through checkpoints on a daily basis in order to get to work, attend school, obtain medical services (and) visit family."
Hospitals in east Jerusalem were suffering financial difficulties due to the low numbers of patients and medical staff able to reach them from the West Bank, it said.
Poor infrastructure meant there was a shortage of "some 50 kilometres of sewage pipes. Residents rely instead on septic tanks, and repeated flooding of these systems causes serious health hazards."
Only 46 per cent of students study in municipal schools, which are suffering from a "chronic shortage" of classrooms.
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