Palestine (Occupied Palestinian Territory)

Palestine Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status	Proto Independent State (OIsraelupied)
Social and Moral Index	186th best
Capital
Land Area
Location	Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East
Population	4.3m (2011)1
Life Expectancy	73.07yrs (2017)2
GNI	$5 256 (2017)3
ISO3166-1 Codes	, , 4
Internet Domain	5
Currency	6
Telephone	+7

1. Overview
2. Palestine National and Social Development
3. Population and Demographics
4. Religion and Beliefs
5. The Internet
6. Public Health Issues
7. Politics and Freedom
8. More Charts and Comparisons to Other Countries
9. Links

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1. Overview

“Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. (The territories Israel occupied since the 1967 war are not included in the Israel country profile, unless otherwise noted.) On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives and Syria to achieve a permanent settlement. Israel and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo Accords") guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. Progress toward a permanent status agreement was undermined by Israeli-Palestinian violence between September 2003 and February 2005. Israel in 2005 unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip, evacuating settlers and its military while retaining control over most points of entry into the Gaza Strip. The election of HAMAS to head the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2006 froze relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). In 2006 Israel engaged in a 34-day conflict with Hizballah in Lebanon in June-August 2006 and a 23-day conflict with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip during December 2008 and January 2009. Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU formed a coalition in March 2009 following a February 2009 general election. Direct talks with the PA launched in September 2010 collapsed following the expiration of Israel's 10-month partial settlement construction moratorium in the West Bank.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₈

2. Palestine National and Social Development

UN HDI (2016) Lower is better Rank9
1	Norway	1
2	Australia	2
3	Switzerland	2
	...
111	Egypt	111
112	Turkmenistan	111
113	Indonesia	113
114	Palestine	114
115	Vietnam	115
116	Philippines	116
117	El Salvador	117
118	Bolivia	118
	World Avg	94.3
q=188.

Social & Moral Development Index Higher is better Points10
1	Iceland	84.1
2	Sweden	80.8
3	Norway	80.0
	...
183	Burundi	39.8
184	Mali	39.4
185	Mauritania	39.2
186	Palestine	38.9
187	Nigeria	38.8
188	Iraq	38.5
189	Angola	38.0
190	Niger	35.9
	World Avg	54.5
q=198.

The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life.

As a territory of Israel I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

3. Population and Demographics

Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016) Lower is better Per 10011
1	Uganda	04.3
2	Mali	04.5
3	Chad	04.7
	...
36	Madagascar	06.4
37	Papua New Guinea	06.4
38	Ghana	06.5
39	Palestine	06.5
40	Ethiopia	06.6
41	Swaziland	06.6
42	Central African Rep.	06.8
43	Sudan	06.8
	World Avg	18.3
q=185.

Emigrants (2010) %12
1	Dominica	104.8
2	Palestine	68.4
3	Samoa	67.3
4	Grenada	65.5
5	St Kitts & Nevis	61.1
6	Guyana	56.9
7	Monaco	56.3
8	Antigua & Barbuda	47.6
9	Tonga	45.4
10	Albania	45.4
11	Barbados	41.0
12	Suriname	39.0
	World Avg	11.5
q=192.

Fertility Rate (2013) 2.0 is best13
1	Korea, N.	2.00
2	Brunei	1.99
3	St Vincent & Grenadines	2.01
	...
144	Burundi	4.10
145	Ivory Coast	4.27
146	Eritrea	4.28
147	Palestine	4.31
148	Cameroon	4.33
149	Mauritania	4.40
150	Congo, (Brazzaville)	4.46
151	Central African Rep.	4.46
	World Avg	2.81
q=180.

Immigrants (2010) %12
1	Qatar	86.5
2	Monaco	71.6
3	UAE	70.0
4	Kuwait	68.8
5	Andorra	64.4
6	Jordan	45.9
7	Palestine	43.6
8	Singapore	40.7
9	Israel	40.4
10	Bahrain	39.1
11	Hong Kong	38.8
12	San Marino	37.0
	World Avg	9.2
q=192.

Life Expectancy (2015) Higher is better Years14
1	Hong Kong	84.16
2	Japan	83.68
3	Italy	83.34
	...
95	Honduras	73.33
96	Seychelles	73.30
97	El Salvador	73.27
98	Palestine	73.07
99	St Vincent & Grenadines	73.04
100	Paraguay	73.00
101	Tonga	72.99
102	Palau	72.87
	World Avg	71.27
q=190.

Population (2012)15
1	China	1.4b
2	India	1.3b
3	USA	315.8m
	...
122	Croatia	4.4m
123	Georgia	4.3m
124	Lebanon	4.3m
125	Palestine	4.3m
126	Liberia	4.2m
127	Congo, (Brazzaville)	4.2m
128	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3.7m
129	Panama	3.6m
	World Avg	36.0m
q=195.

Palestine's population is predicted to rise to 6.755 million by 2030. These millions of extra people will all need space to live, food to eat, energy to consume, and will increase the burden on the planet's resources. This country has a fertility rate of 4.31. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population is growing, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity, i.e., the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate, which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1.

• The Overpopulation of the Earth
• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception: How Religion is Making Overpopulation Worse

4. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Religiosity (2009) Lower is better %16
1	Estonia	16
2	Sweden	17
3	Denmark	19
	...
79	Sudan	93
80	Tunisia	93
81	Uganda	93
82	Palestine	93
83	Nepal	93
84	Bahrain	94
85	Congo, DR	94
86	Kenya	94
	World Avg	75.1
q=114.

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₁₇:

Christian	2.4%
Muslim	97.6%
Hindu	0.1%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	0.1%
Jew	0.1%
Unaffiliated	0.1%

The International Humanist and Ethical Union produced a report in 2012 entitled "Freedom of Thought" (2012), in which they document bias and prejudice at the national level that is based on religion, belief and/or lack of belief. Their entry for Palestine states:

“Freedom of religion or belief in various parts of the Occupied Territories falls under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority (in much of the West Bank), or Israel, or Hamas (in the Gaza Strip). The "Basic Law" that functions as a constitution for the Palestinian Authority recognizes international human rights standards, which include freedom of thought and expression. However, in the West Bank territories the old Jordanian law against "defaming religion" is still in force and may result in a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Cases of Discrimination

On Oct. 31, 2010, a 26-year-old blogger was arrested in the West Bank for posting allegedly blasphemous comments on Facebook and his blog. Waleed Hasayin, who used the named Waleed al-Husseini online, described himself as "an atheist from Jerusalem-Palestine" and wrote that God is "a primitive Bedoiun and anthropomorphic" and that "people are free to think and believe in whatever suits them." He was charged with "defaming religion". Hasayin was released in 2012 and fled to Europe, where he is seeking asylum.

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"Freedom of Thought" by IHEU (2012)₁₈

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems

5. The Internet

Internet Users (2016) Higher is better19
1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
71	Saudi Arabia	65%
72	French Polynesia	64%
73	Albania	63%
74	Palestine	63%
75	Montenegro	62%
76	Bosnia & Herzegovina	62%
77	Azerbaijan	61%
78	Belarus	61%
	World Avg	48.1%
q=201.

IPv6 Uptake (2017) Higher is better Ratio20
1	Belgium	55.4
2	Germany	41.8
3	Switzerland	35.1
	...
145	Oman	0.0
146	Papua New Guinea	0.0
147	French Polynesia	0.0
148	Palestine	0.0
149	Lesotho	0.0
150	Monaco	0.0
151	Bermuda	0.0
152	Isle of Man	0.0
	World Avg	3.82
q=176.

Internet access has become an essential research tool. It facilitates an endless list of life improvements, from the ability to network and socialize without constraint, to access to a seemingly infinite repository of technical and procedural information on pretty much any task. The universal availability of data has sped up industrial development and personal learning at the national and personal level. Individuals can read any topic they wish regardless of the locality of expert teachers, and, entire nations can develop their technology and understanding of the world simply because they are now exposed to advanced societies and moral discourses online. Like every communications medium, the Internet has issues and causes a small range of problems, but these are insignificant compared to the advantages of having an online populace.

6. Public Health Issues

Adolescent Birth Rate (2015) Lower is better Per 100021
1	Korea, N.	0.5
2	Korea, S.	1.6
3	Switzerland	2.9
	...
119	Seychelles	57.4
120	Paraguay	57.4
121	Ethiopia	58.4
122	Palestine	58.6
123	Jamaica	59.7
124	Azerbaijan	59.8
125	Yemen	61.5
126	Philippines	61.7
	World Avg	47.9
q=185.

7. Politics and Freedom

Press Freedom (2013) Lower is better22
1	Finland	638
2	Netherlands	648
3	Norway	652
	...
142	Cambodia	4181
143	Bangladesh	4201
144	Malaysia	4273
145	Palestine	4309
146	Philippines	4311
147	Russia	4342
148	Singapore	4343
149	Iraq	4467
	World Avg	3249
q=178.

8. More Charts and Comparisons to Other Countries