military base. a prison and a police statlon. Credils for the construction of private clinics and hospitals are denied, perrniEs to build are withheld. Existinq private and UNRWA facilities are threatened ttith closure (such as the Hoapice in East Jerusalen), and the governnent health aector, because of poor pay, under-staffing. insufficient credits and misnanagement, is in a general state of decay, 15. Independent studies are based on insufficient data, due to Ehe reluctance of the authorities t'o perrni! thorough investigation. None the less existing researct) indicaces that the nunber of hospital beds available to the poPulatioh has decreaEed since 1967, a/ that lnfant mortality remains excessive, g/ and that malnutrition and infection are endenic. c/ ^/ Jad Ishaq and Chris Smith, "Standards of Health Care in the West Bank. A Critical Revievr", BeEhlehen Universitv Yearbook, 1984, pp. 63-79. \/ Anin Baidoun, The Role of Health in.Economic Developmen! in the west eelq!. Jerusalen, Arab Thought Forun, 1981, p. 16' g_/ Rita Giacanan' "Disturfting Distortions: Health Condieions in the west Bankn, Revue d'Etudes Palestiniennes, 12(1984), pp. 23-36 (in French).A/40/702 Enql ish Page L37 Higher education 15. Such, in brief. is the situation with regard to the key slructural conponents which precondition a people's capacity for exercising its hurnan rights. I shallnolt turn to the specific donain of higber education in which Al Najah and itssisCer universities function. As will readily be seen, the various governmentalpractices described above have a direct bearing upon the life and problems of ourinstitutions of learning. Military Order No. 854 L7. Military order 854 concerning bigher education 'as issued several years ago asan anendment to tbe Jordanian Latr' on Education and Culture, No. 16. Its very issuance lras in violacioh of international iaw. since existing lar.rs can only be
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the situation in the West Bank, describing the challenges faced by the Palestinian population in accessing healthcare, education, and other essential services. The text highlights the restrictions imposed by the Israeli government, which has a direct impact on the daily lives of Palestinians. Given this context, it is likely that the text falls under the categories of Health and Education.

**Category**
Health, Education