36. Furthermore, the settlements were and always would be illegal.

Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza are illegal.

Settlement building, in particular, was illegal and undermined the peace process.

All Israeli settlement activities are illegal under international law.

3. Demands complete cessation of all illegal Israeli settlement activities

Stressing that such settlements are illegal and a major obstacle to peace,

This week, the occupying Power resumed construction of a section of the Wall by the illegal settlement of Ariel, which is located 12 miles deep into the West Bank.

Settlement expansion and lack of action on removing illegal settlement outposts erected since 2001 severely undermined trust in Israel's intentions.

First, the Wall encouraged the development of illegal Israeli settlements by including most settlements in the closed zone between the Wall and the Green Line.

Israel should also cease all settlement activities, including in and around Jerusalem, as well as the construction of the separation wall, which has been pronounced illegal by the International Court of Justice.

Just two months earlier, the Israeli Government had approved plans to build an additional 3,500 housing units in the Ma'ale Adumim settlement, the largest illegal Israeli settlement located east of Jerusalem in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

There has also been news about a 50 per cent increase in the 1999 proposed Israeli budget in allocations for illegal settlement activities.

20 Hisham Abdallah, A tour of the West Bank from settlement to settlement , Agence France Presse, 17 October 1997.

Our concern about settlement expansion and the construction of the illegal separation wall in the occupied Palestinian territories is growing more acute because of the intensified expansion of existing settlements and the building of new ones, and the accelerated pace to complete the construction of the separation wall.

5. IFS is very much in favour of the speedy adoption of the proposed draft optional protocol.

Additionally, the occupying Power has destroyed and confiscated Palestinian land and property that were in the way of the expanding illegal settlements.

Name of settlement

To that end, it should freeze all settlement related activities and dismantle illegal outposts in accordance with the road map.

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

According to the road map, Israel has an obligation to freeze all settlement activity, including natural growth, and immediately dismantle outposts erected illegally since March 2001.

At the same time, the Israeli Government has also made several announcements regarding its intention to expand other illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly settlements in and around Occupied East Jerusalem.

Israel no longer claimed as in the past to freeze the settlements. On the contrary, the Government had increased resource allocation to the settlements, including those that had earlier been considered illegal.

In the case of self employed persons, the right to set up business may be restricted for persons not established in New Caledonia.

Reaffirming the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967,

To date, it had simply ignored the opinion and put little emphasis on the illegality of the wall and the expansion of settlements.

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

In this context the European Union reiterates its position that settlements in the occupied territories are illegal and in contravention of international law.

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.

According to the road map, Israel has an obligation to freeze all settlement activity, including natural growth, and immediately dismantle outposts erected illegally since March 2001.

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.

The eight killings were committed in several places in the Gaza Strip, in particular near the illegal settlement of quot Gush Katif quot .

9. The following NGOs replied International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres and Pax Romana.

2.1 Categories of Settlements

Israeli settlements

Settlements and the wall

B. Settlement expansion

Affirming also the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the territory occupied since 1967 and of Israeli actions aimed at changing the status of Jerusalem,

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.

Israel continued to build and expand illegal settlements, tighten its grip on water and natural resources and detain Syrian citizens in its jails.

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

1208 (1998) Maintenance of the civilian and humanitarian character of refugee camps and settlements in Africa

37. The construction and expansion of settlements has given rise to the displacement of the population inhabiting the area, as is the case with a number of bedouin tribes living in the vicinity of settlements in the Jerusalem area.