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.

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.

In the Gaza Strip, 17 Israeli settlements house 8,693 settlers, representing an 11 per cent increase from 2003.24

1996 108. Human rights dimensions of population transfer, including

population transfer, including the implementation of settlers and settlements

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

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

The settler was a member of the extremist settler group, Ateret Cohanim.

Killed by seven gunshots fired by a settler he had stabbed in a car in the Eli settlement.

periods of armed conflicts 290 1996 108.

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

Influx

Origins

Settlement Figures for Kelbajar, Fizuli, Jebrail, Agdam, Zangelan and Kubatly

9.1 Settlement Figures

Name of settlement

A. Settler population

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.

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

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

The Commander stated that the settler was struck by bullets from a weapon wielded by one of the other settlers as they tried to drive off the Palestinians.

Origin of Settlers

Settlement Incentives

(c) Settlement plans.

Always on the move.

International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres 14

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

In the northern West Bank, some settlers were also withdrawn, and four settlements were dismantled.

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.

Hence, whereas the Labour Government endeavoured to set priorities for strengthening settlement by dividing settlements into security and non security settlements and focusing on geographical locations in which to strengthen settlement with a clear view to the planned withdrawals on the horizon, the pervasiveness and extent of settlement at the present time implies a single objective, namely a halt to withdrawal of any size from any part of the occupied territories.

(iii) Measures and decisions intended to strengthen settlement

Most settlers and settlements in the West Bank are to be found on the Israeli side of the wall.

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

Construction projects in some settlements were expected to at least double the settler population.

2.1 Categories of Settlements

Origins of Settlers

9.3 Origins of Settlers

9.5 Settlement Incentives

Israeli settlements

Settlements and the wall

Settler violence