In place of the destroyed villages, Israel has established, or is establishing, 40 settlements, many of which carry full or abbreviated names derived from the Torah, or names of alleged ancient Jewish settlements or Hebrew distortions of the names of some Arab locations, which reveal an attempt to vest the territory with Hebrew identity and the intention to continue occupying it.

Name of settlement

New settlements or the expansion of existing settlements are being planned for the closed zone .

There are about 5,000 settlers living in the 19 settlements, most of which are clustered around the Gush Katif settlement.

1996 108. Human rights dimensions of population transfer, including

population transfer, including the implementation of settlers and settlements

The expansion of settlements is clear to anyone who visits settlement sites.

In addition to the expansion of existing settlements, new ones have been or are being established.

Apart from the expansion of settlements, large tracts of land have been expropriated for the construction of bypass roads linking the various settlements and the settlements with Israel.

Expressing grave concern about the continuation by Israel of settlement activities, including the ongoing construction of the settlement in Jabal Abu Ghneim, in violation of international humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the agreements reached between the parties,

Cuba also condemned the expansion of Israeli settlements, the construction of new ones, the confiscation of Palestinian land, the forced expulsion of the Arab population, the denial of freedom of movement and the demolition of dwellings.

2.1 Categories of Settlements

Israeli settlements

Settlements and the wall

B. Settlement expansion

4. Israel has established approximately 150 settlements in the West Bank, with a civilian population of 170,000 in East Jerusalem, approximately 180,000 Israelis are resident in the Gaza Strip, 5,500 settlers live in 16 settlements and in the Golan Heights, 15,000 settlers reside in 36 settlements.

The Israeli Government has now demonstrated that settlements, even those in the West Bank, can be evacuated.

And we go through numerous remnants of Jewish settlements, Nabatic settlements, Canaanite settlements three , four, five thousand years old.

New settlements 723 dunums

Settlement expansion 14,784

We also welcome the evacuation of settlements from the Gaza Strip and of four settlements in the West Bank.

In fact, activities of expanding settlements have been recorded in more than 30 regions in the already established settlements.

Some 170,000 settlers live in 56 settlements in the closed zone , that is 76 per cent of the settler population in the West Bank.

periods of armed conflicts 290 1996 108.

The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, affirmed in his report (S 1997 494), of 26 June 1997, paragraphs 17 and 18, the continuation of settlement activities, including establishing new settlements, expanding the already established ones, and building roads as well as other bypass sites bordering the settlements or in between.

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In practical terms, this meant that new settlements could be built and the existing ones expanded.

The building of settlements gives rise to environmental damage, partly as a result of waste waters coming from settlements.

Freeze the Settlement Freeze

The wall, settlements and self determination

That new settlement is planned to accommodate 55,000 settlers in 13,500 housing units.25 The World Zionist Organization is also supporting new settlement construction in the Jordan Valley.26

In that regard, the Chairman in particular deplored the decision of the Government of Israel to construct a new Jewish settlement at Jabal Abu Ghneim.

Two settlements are expanding around Alfei Manashe Nof Sharon, implanting 50 settler houses on Palestinian lands near Habla village and Givat Tal, with 400 new units.

It has found neither settlement policies nor settlements.

39. Human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers and

Human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers and settlements

IFS is in favour of providing for interim measures

Among the settlements included in the list were Beit El, Psagot, Ganim, Kadim, Kiryat Arba, the Jewish settlement in Hebron, Netzarim and Kfar Darom.

Witnesses stated that all incidents involving settlements and settlers were condoned by the army and that the expansion of settlements and settlers actions were supported and abetted by the occupation troops.

3. Demands complete cessation of the construction of the settlement in Jabal Abu Ghneim and of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

3. Demands complete cessation of the construction of the settlement in Jabal Abu Ghneim and of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan

Especially worrisome were continued Israeli statements of intent with regard to the expansion of the existing Jewish settlements, the construction of new ones, and the building of roads to connect those settlements.

The road map calls for a freeze of all settlement activity, including the natural growth of settlements, and for settlement outposts constructed since March 2001 to be dismantled.

The settlements are inhabited by about 400,000 settlers, an increase of 12,800 in the West Bank during the last year alone.

Settlements played the same role.