Israel Settlements (see also West Bank)
Updated 2024-07-25
2024-03-08 Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibly of a Palestinian state, the U.N. human rights chief said on Friday.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that the growth of Israeli settlements amounted to the transfer by Israel of its own population, which he reiterated was a war crime. The U.S. Biden administration said last month the settlements were “inconsistent” with international law after Israel announced new housing plans in the occupied West Bank. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-settlements-expand-by-record-amount-un-rights-chief-says/ar-BB1jzP9Y?
2024-03-05 Settlers Israeli settlers stormed an Israeli military checkpoint into northern Gaza, where they stole food and built an outpost. Soldiers reportedly did not detain them. https://www.tiktok.com/@ajplus/video/7342952818170449183
2022-05-06 Israeli Settlements | IMEU Policy Backgrounder Since 1967, Israel has been establishing illegal Jewish-only colonies on stolen land in the Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in the Syrian Golan Heights. According to the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem, Israel had authorized 12 settlements in East Jerusalem and 138 settlements in other parts of the West Bank. In addition, there are an estimated 150 settlement outposts which have received Israeli government support but not official authorization. According to the settler lobby Yesha Council, there were approximately 674,000 Israelis living in these settlements as of 2020. In addition, according to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, there were 24,000 Israeli settlers in the Golan Heights as of 2020 living in 33 settlements, according to the Golan Regional Council. The expansion of Israeli settlements has gotten a big boost from the current Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a former head of the primary settler’s organization.
All Israeli settlements–whether located in East Jerusalem or other parts of the West Bank, or whether officially sanctioned by the government or not authorized–are illegal under international law.
Israeli settlements are the primary driver of and pretext for Israel’s dispossessing Palestinians from their land, demolishing Palestinian homes, fragmenting Palestinian space, and appropriating Palestinian natural resources.
Israeli settlers, often backed by the army and state, frequently engage in violence against Palestinians by injuring and killing them, destroying their houses and uprooting their trees, and in general threatening and harassing them.
An official US legal opinion written by the State Department confirms the illegality of Israeli settlements.
Precedent in US law exists for ensuring that US funding does not benefit illegal Israeli settlements.
Current legislation in the 117th Congress would strengthen reporting requirements on the impact of Israeli settlements. https://imeu.org/article/israeli-settlements-imeu-policy-backgrounder
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