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Israeli settlements
Currently 59% of the West Bank is officially under Israeli civil and security control [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 22 Dec 2009
22 Dec 2009
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Another 23% of it is under Palestinian civil control, but Israeli security control [GALLO/GETTY]
Only the remaining 18% of the territory is governed by the Palestinian National Authority [GALLO/GETTY]
From 1967 to the end of 2007, Israel established 121 settlements in the West Bank [GALLO/GETTY]
There are an additional 100 or so unrecognised settlements, referred to in the media as 'outposts' [GALLO/GETTY]
Between 1989 and 2009, Israel demolished 4,300 homes in the Occupied Territories [GALLO/GETTY]
1,661km of roads - the lifeblood of the settlements - have been built or upgraded to link the settlements [GALLO/GETTY]
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Whilst urban settlements are built on less than 3% of the area of the West Bank, due to the extensive network of settler roads and restrictions on Palestinians accessing their own land, Israeli settlements dominate 40% of the West Bank [GALLO/GETTY]
The number of new structures built in the Occupied Territories (excluding East Jerusalem) in 2008: 1,518 (including 216 in 'outposts') [GALLO/GETTY]
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2008, 285,800 settlers were living in the West Bank, and the settler population in East Jerusalem was estimated at 193,700 [GALLO/GETTY]
According to CBS, in 2008, the settler population grew at a much faster rate than the general population: 4.7% compared to 1.6% [GALLO/GETTY]
The population of the settlements represents 6.6% of the Israeli population (or 4% without counting the settlements in East Jerusalem) [GALLO/GETTY]
In 2005, the population of Jerusalem stood at 723,700: 482,500 Jews (67%) and 241,200 Palestinians (33%). About 58% of the residents live on land that was annexed in 1967 (45% Jews and 55% Palestinians) [GALLO/GETTY]
The latest proposed settlement, Givat Yael, is to be located on the land of the Palestinian village al-Walajah. The plan calls for 14,000 apartments, which will house 45,000 people [GALLO/GETTY]
The Israeli state spends about $560m per year on protection and infrastructure for the settlements. The civilian cost of the settlements is valued at about $675m per year. The value of the property built in the territories is estimated at over $14bn [GALLO/GETTY]
The settlement population of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is as follows: 1967 to 1981: 0 to 76,200; 1981 to 1990: up to 205,900; 1990 to 2000: up to 370,548; 2000 to 2008 (including outposts): 484,862 [GALLO/GETTY]
The number of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is as follows: 1967 to 1981: 64; 1981 to 1990: 124; 1990 to 2000: 130; 2000 to 2008: 133 settlements and 100 outposts [GALLO/GETTY]
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