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Israeli Settlements { 29 images } Created 30 Jan 2010

Israeli Settlements - Ongoing

Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been for decades at the heart of Israeli Palestinian conflict. The term settlement refers to the Israeli Jewish communities that Israel established after 1967 beyond the Green Line on land occupied in the Six-Day War. During the disengagement program in the summer of 2005, 17 Gaza Strip settlements and four settlements in northern West Bank were dismantled. Today, all settlements are in the West Bank. By the end of 2009 there were 120 official settlements in the West Bank (not including East Jerusalem). 290,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements (according to Central Bureau of Statistics data for 2008).

Outposts are, essentially, settlements established by governments of Israel since the 1990s in an unofficial manner. In 1996, the government decided not to build new settlements; but in order to skirt political and international obligations, it established unofficial settlements, calling them "illegal outposts" or "unauthorized outposts." There are estimated 4000 settlers living in outposts.
Many of the settlers are Ideological settlers who chose to live in settlements for ideological reasons, to settle the Land of Israel and prevent implementation of a two-state solution. The majority of settlers, however, are "quality-of-life" settlers who came to the settlements for their low housing prices and relatively high quality of life, rather than for ideological reasons.

On November, 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a 10-month freeze on settlement construction. This decision implies to the construction of new buildings only. Civil Administration sent inspectors to patrol West Bank settlements and enforce the construction freeze orders. Settlers confronted the inspectors in several settlements, trying to prevent them from handing out the construction freeze warrants. Led by settler leaders, a massive public campaign was raised against the government's decision.
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  • An Israeli settler child carries an Israeli flag in the illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria near the Jewish settlement of Avnei Hefetz, located East of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, July 28, 2009.
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  • Young Israeli settlers during construction of the illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria near the Jewish settlement of Avnei Hefetz, located East of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, July 28, 2009.
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  • An Israeli settler girl caries an Israeli flag and a log during construction of the illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria near the Jewish settlement of Avnei Hefetz, located East of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, July 28, 2009.
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  • Jewish settlers are building the new illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria near the Jewish settlement of Avnei Hefetz, located East of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, July 28, 2009..Photo by Gili Yaari / FLASH90...
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  • YITZHAR, ISRAEL - NOV 20, 2009 : A general view of the settlement Yitzhar. Yitzhar is an Israeli settlement located in the Samarian mountains of the West Bank near Nablus/Shechem just off Route 60 north of the Tapuach Junction. The Hebrew term 'Yitzhar' is a biblical term, meaning high quality olive oil, and derives from one of the region's major industries. The village was originally established as a pioneer Nahal military outpost and demilitarized only a year later when turned over to residential purposes in 1984 with the assistance of the Amana settlement organization. Photo by Gili Yaari / Flash 90
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  • Young Israeli settlers during construction of the illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria near the Jewish settlement of Avnei Hefetz, located East of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, July 28, 2009.
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  • Young Israeli settlers during construction of the illegal outpost of Givat Tzuria near the Jewish settlement of Avnei Hefetz, located East of the West Bank Palestinian city of Tulkarem, July 28, 2009.
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  • A general view of the settlement Neve Menachem which is, since 1991, a part of the local council Karnei Shomron.
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  • A child is playing in a small farm at Hahar (The Mountain) outpost near the settlement Avnei Hefetz, East of Tul-Karm. There are 18 caravans in the outpost occupied by 8 families. April 06, 2008.
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  • Children are playing in a small farm at Hahar (The Mountain) outpost near the settlement Avnei Hefetz, East of Tul-Karm. There are 18 caravans in the outpost occupied by 8 families. April 06, 2008.
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  • A child with his dog at Hahar (The Mountain) outpost near the settlement Avnei Hefetz, East of Tul-Karm. There are 18 caravans in the outpost occupied by 8 families. April 06, 2008.
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  • An old Jewish woman is praying at the cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron. The cave is a religious compound located in the ancient city of Hebron and is generally considered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims to be its spiritual centre. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition holds that the compound encloses the burial place of four Biblical couples Oct. 21, 2009..
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  • Religious Jewish settlers, are praying and studying Torah at the cave of the Patriarchs  in the West Bank city of Hebron. The cave is a religious compound located in the ancient city of Hebron and is generally considered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims to be its spiritual centre. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition holds that the compound encloses the burial place of four Biblical couples.Oct. 21, 2009.. Photo by Gili Yaari .
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  • Religious Jewish settlers, are praying and studying Torah at the cave of the Patriarchs  in the West Bank city of Hebron. The cave is a religious compound located in the ancient city of Hebron and is generally considered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims to be its spiritual centre. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition holds that the compound encloses the burial place of four Biblical couples.Oct. 21, 2009.. Photo by Gili Yaari .
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  • A Jewish settler inspects the ruins of a demolished house which was demolished by the Israel Security Forces, at Shavei Shomron, Samaria. May 03, 2010. This morning, Isarel's Security Forces demolished illegal houses under construction in Shavei Shomron, Samaria. Photo by GILI YAARI / Flash90. **AGENCIES OUT**
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  • A religious Jewish man is looking at the West Bank city of Hebron from the cave of the Patriarchs. The cave is a religious compound located in the ancient city of Hebron and is generally considered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims to be its spiritual centre. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition holds that the compound encloses the burial place of four Biblical couples. Oct. 21, 2009.. Photo by Gili Yaari
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  • An Israeli cement truck driver is working in a new neighborhood in Beit Arye settlement.
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  • Palestinian construction workers are working in  a new neighborhood in Beit Arye as Inspector accompanied by Israeli border police arrived on Wednesday, December 02 to the settlement Beit Arye to hand out warrants to stop new housing construction. Residents of Beit Arye, headed by the head of the local council Avi Naim who was arrested, confronted the forces. PM announced a few days ago that Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for the following 10 months. November 30, 2009.
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  • Israeli Border Police soldiers guard a large construction site in Beit Arye settlement, where a new neighborhood was planned to be build. Civil Administration inspectors handed out a warrant to the site manger to stop construction in the site, following Israeli government decision to freeze construction in West Bank settlements for 10 months.
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  • Heavy construction machines are parked in a large construction site in Beit Arye, where a new neighborhood was planned to be build. Civil Administration inspectors handed out a warrant to the site manger to stop construction in the site, following Israeli government decision to freeze construction in West Bank settlements for 10 months.
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  • Palestinian construction workers leaving their work site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Arye on 02 December 2009 after Israeli inspectors visited the settlement and imposed the 10-month building freeze ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Inspectors accompanied by Israeli Border Police arrived fanned out across much of the West Bank handing out orders to stop work and confiscating equipment.
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  • Palestinians construction workers are working in  a new neighborhood in Beit Arye settlement.
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  • Hundreds of Right Wing activists and foreign supporters celebrate the end of the Israeli settlement construction freeze in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Revava on 26 September 2010, as the government-imposed 10-month period of construction freeze ends tonight. Photo by Gili Yaari
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  • Young Jewish settlers in the Jewish settlement of Kaernei Shomron in the West Bank, are blocking Civil Administration inspectors entrance to the sttlement. Civil Administration inspectors handed out a warrants in construction sites in the West Bank, following Israeli government decision to freeze construction in West Bank settlements for 10 months.
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  • Young Jewish settler girls dancing while blocking the entrance road to the Jewish settlement of Kdumim in the West Bank, expecting inspectors of the Civil Administration on 03 Dec, 2009.
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  • Young Jewish settlers in the Jewish settlement of Kaernei Shomron in the West Bank, are blocking Civil Administration inspectors entrance to the sttlement. Civil Administration inspectors handed out a warrants in construction sites in the West Bank, following Israeli government decision to freeze construction in West Bank settlements for 10 months.
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  • Right wing activists participate in a demonstration protest against the Israeli government's decision to freeze construction of new hoses in Jewish settlements in the center of Jerusalem, December 09, 2009. Over 10,000 right-wing protesters gathered on Wednesday in Paris Square in Jerusalem near the Prime Minister's residence to demonstrate against the temporary settlement freeze.
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  • Right wing activists participate in a demonstration protest against the Israeli government's decision to freeze construction of new hoses in Jewish settlements in the center of Jerusalem, December 09, 2009. Over 10,000 right-wing protesters gathered on Wednesday in Paris Square in Jerusalem near the Prime Minister's residence to demonstrate against the temporary settlement freeze.
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