The violence and the creation of new outposts are two different aspects of settlement activity, but together they show how illegal settlement expansion is occurring not only through established communities and government planning, but also through new activity on the ground.... Animated map shows spread of illegal Israeli settlements across Palestine

An aerial view of the illegal Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, on June 29, 2020 [Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters] 

  

Settlements are illegal under international law as they violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which bans an occupying power from transferring its population to the area it occupies.

Animated map shows spread of illegal Israeli settlements across Palestine

Some 750,000 settlers live across more than 500 illegal settlements and outposts, as Israeli pogroms hit record highs.

Over the past six decades, the settlement network has grown from scattered hilltop outposts into a sprawling system of settlements, roads and highways binding them to each other and to Israel.

According to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement watchdog, there are at least 148 illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and 15 in occupied East Jerusalem, 163 in total, now home to some 750,000 Israelis, roughly 10 percent of the country’s Jewish population.

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Middle East peace: The concrete proof of Israel’s opposition to a two-state solution - the construction of nearly 14,000 homes in occupied territories

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A fourfold increase in settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem seen as key reason for failure of peace talks

Josef Federman

Jerusalem

Tuesday 29 April 2014 

 

Israel increased settlement work fourfold during the latest round of peace talks, pushing ahead with the construction of nearly 14,000 homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a watchdog group has said.

 

Peace Now issued its statistics as a nine-month negotiating period between Israel and the Palestinians came to a close. The group cited Israel’s construction surge as a key reason for the failure.

US Secretary of State John Kerry had envisioned brokering a final peace agreement when he brought the sides together last July. But talks made no progress and were characterised by a lack of trust, in large part because of continued Israeli construction in captured territories claimed by the Palestinians.

The Palestinians seek the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, along with the Gaza Strip, for an independent state. They say Israeli construction is a sign of bad faith.

Israel captured all three areas in 1967, although it withdrew from Gaza in 2005. Today, more than 550,000 Israelis live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...READ MORE
 

Israel To Build 3000 New Settlement Units

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[Tuesday December 3, 2013] Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Yaalon, has decided to approve 3000 new units in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, and in occupied East Jerusalem. New illegal settlement also to be built in the Negev.

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The decision came despite a statement made by Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who alleged that Tel Aviv “will not rush new plans” and “will not issue new bids at the current stage.”

Israeli sources said that Yaalon issued several similar decisions, and that most of these decisions were made in July this year, especially when he approved the construction of 2487 units in several settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Peace Now Movement said that Yaalon is waging an extensive campaign to expand various illegal settlements such as Alia Zahav, Shilo, Kedumim, Givat Zeev, and Talmon.

In related news, the Israeli Regional Construction and Planning Committee, has decided to build a new settlement of 250 units for young Israeli couples in the Negev, as part of the Ramat Negev Regional Council of Settlements.

The decision came amidst massive protests against the Prawer-Begin displacement plan in the Negev.

Israel claims the decision is based on a former recommendation made by Israel’s Interior Minister.

Shmolik Rifman, head of the Ramat Negev Council, “welcomed” the decision, and asserted that the settlement would include secular and religious young Jewish couples, and that he hopes construction will begin within two years.

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The Prawer-Begin Plan aims at illegally confiscating nearly a million Dunams of Arab – Bedouin land in the Negev, and the total destruction and removal of nearly 36 “unrecognized villages”, an issue that would lead to the displacement of about 100,000 persons.

By forcing out the Arabs from the Negev, and the construction of malls and “Jewish-only” areas, Israel will be blocking any geographical contiguity between the Negev, Gaza and Sinai.

The plan, which passed following the first reading, would also lead to the illegal annexation of more than 800,000 Dunams of Arab lands in the Negev.

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