Following HaMoked's petition, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories created a procedure for handling requests of residents of the Gaza Strip to settle in the West Bank. According to the procedure, as a rule, movement from Gaza to the West Bank has been limited to "the minimum necessary"; only detailed requests transferred by the Palestinian Authority will be reviewed; the criteria for approval of requests are a lack of security preclusions and the existence of "objective humanitarian circumstances". The procedure for approving "settlement" requests in the West Bank is graduated: six month permits for the first year, then year-long permits for seven years, only at the end of which Israel will consider approving the change of address.
Following HaMoked's petition, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories created a procedure for handling requests of residents of the Gaza Strip to settle in the West Bank. According to the procedure, as a rule, movement from Gaza to the West Bank has been limited to "the minimum necessary"; only detailed requests transferred by the Palestinian Authority will be reviewed; the criteria for approval of requests are a lack of security preclusions and the existence of "objective humanitarian circumstances". The procedure for approving "settlement" requests in the West Bank is graduated: six month permits for the first year, then year-long permits for seven years, only at the end of which Israel will consider approving the change of address.
