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(ANSAmed) - AMMAN, JULY 1 - A UN fact-finding mission blasted today Israel practices in the Palestinian areas saying human rights conditions have deteriorated thanks to the siege imposed on Gaza and the wall separating the West Bank. The mission, which was denied access by Israeli authorities to enter the occupied areas, conducted its work from Jordan and Egypt by meeting eye witnesses from the Palestinian areas as well as UN activists and Israeli citizens to record their accounts on the conditions of the areas. "The industrial capacity or production capacity in both regions are becoming almost minimal and not enough to conduct a kind of economy of a scale," said head of the committee Prasad Kariyasasar, and representative of Sri Lanka in the UN. The committee was established last year by the general assembly to probe human rights conditions in the Palestinian areas following complaints of systematic abuse by Israel to citizens. Kariyasasar said there are at least 20,000 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, including women and children. "We are concerned that children are not held in proper conditions in Israeli prisons," he said during a press conference in Amman. The group said it was concerned that Israel is trying to change the face of Arab east Jerusalem by building more settlements. Moreover, environment was at the receiving end of systematic approach by Israel to have it destroyed, he said. "We were told that during the year from August 2007 to June 2008 almost 20,000 trees were uprooted and were replanted in settlements in Israel and it is an attempt to destroy to the Palestine peoplés link with the land." The committee is expected to submit its report to the General Assembly by November this year, but members were concerned that any decision will be vetoed by the US. (ANSAmed).