Palestinian residents of Jerusalem are being stripped of their right to live in the city of their birth. Palestinian refugees have been denied the right of return to the land of their birth. Palestinians under occupation and Palestinians in refugee camps have been denied the right to a nationality and state. Family reunification has recently been made even more difficult for Palestinians under occupation. Many Jerusalem residents are being expelled from their homes when they reach 16 years of age.
Family members suffer collective punishment for the alleged offenses of relatives.
Palestinians face the confiscation of their land for settlements, military use, security zones and bypass roads, and the destruction of their fruit trees and other property. Palestinians are denied the control and adequate use of their water resources. Waste from settlements is dumped on Palestinian-owned land. The Israeli government has barred Muslim citizens under 30 years of age from participating in the religious pilgrimage to Mecca. Israel frequently prevents Muslims in the occupied territories from praying in Mosques in Jerusalem and Hebron.