Settlement Construction:

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• Settlement Construction
• Leading to A Bi-National State
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The Green Line
Israels Boarders 1949-1967
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Israel has never annexed the West Bank
1967 -
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1967
The West Bank 600,000 Palestinians (500,000 in
Gaza Strip)
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2007
120 Israeli Settlements
275,200 Settlers 2,400,000 Palestinians
East Jerusalem Excluded
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2007
100 ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS 3,000 settlers
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Roadblocks Checkpoints

• Roadblocks - 470
• Manned Checkpoints - 90
• Only 35 Checkpoints are last before Israel CPs
• Based on Btselem Ocha

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The Separation Barrier
790 km 40 km - Wall 750 km Fence 60 -
Built 30 - Planned 10 - Under Construction
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The Route of the Fence A Huge investment!
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Most of the route, protects and annexes
settlements and does not defend Israel directly
The Price (according to the Ministry of
Defense) 12 Million NIS per km of Fence 15
Million NIS per km of Wall Total Approx. 10
Billion NIS (3 Billion US)!
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Roads Paved for the Palestinians The fence
annexes lands and cuts through existing roads,
thus Israel is constructing dozens of kms of new
roads so to enable the Palestinians to achieve a
normal life.
Roads for Palestinians near the settlement of
Givat Zeev
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The Oslo Process
A start with many hopes
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The Oslo Process
And many obstacles along the way
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The Oslo Agreement
During the process, no settlement was evacuated
and the construction continued

• Area A - Full Palestinian Control
• Area B Israeli Military Control
• Area C Full Israeli Control gt 60 of the West
  Bank

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Housing Completions Initiated by Ministry of
Housing in Settlement
Labor-Likud (Unity) Government
Olmert (Unity) Government
Sharon (Unity) Government
Barak (Labor) Government
Netanyahu (Likud) Government
Rabin (Labor) Government
Shamir (Likud) Government
East Jerusalem Excluded
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No. of Settlers
After Oslo

East Jerusalem Excluded
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No. of New Settlers
Before Oslo 42
After Oslo 58
14 Years
26 Years
East Jerusalem Excluded
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Modiin Illit
Founded 1996 (After Oslo) Settlers 37,800
(The biggest settlement)
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Although the two sides agreed to a peace process,
at the interim phases the was no real change
On the Israeli side - The number of Settlers
doubled On the Palestinian side - The terror
attacks against Israelis continued
As a result the two sides lost their faith in
the other side and in the chances for peace
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Camp David 2000
And a big disappointment with the failure of the
talks which led to the eruption of the violence
in September 2000
After years of stagnation with Netanyahus
government - A new hope again
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The Illegal outposts
In 1996, the Israeli government decided not to
build new settlements
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The Illegal outposts
Ever since, Israel established c. 100 new
settlements, unofficially, and illegally - These
are the outposts
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For Example the Outpost of Derech Haavot
The official answer of the authorities to the
questions of Peace Now

• The outpost is illegal.
• The outpost is located, in part, on private land.
  
• The outpost does not have an outline plan nor a
  legally approved construction plan.
• There are approx 25 demolition orders for
  structures in the outpost.

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Israels commitments to evacuate the outposts

• The Israeli law (the outposts are illegal)
• A Government Decision from 2005
• The Roadmap (March 2003)
• An Official Letter to NSA (April 2004)
• Commitments to the Supreme Court

No real outpost was evacuated!
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The Situation Today
120 Israeli Settlements
The result A Bi-National State! The world will
not accept Israels control over millions of
Palestinians. The Palestinians will continue to
resist and fight against Israel. If the
settlements are not evacuated, in the end and
after a long bloodshed, Israel will have to give
the Palestinians full civil rights.
275,200 Settlers 180,000 in Jerusalem
2,050,000 Palestinians 250,000 in Jerusalem
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The Separation Fence
8.6 of the WB 49 Settlements

• Not A Solution!
• The Palestinians will not accept the unilateral
  line set by the Israeli fence, and the conflict
  will continue.
• The fence
• Isolates East Jerusalem from the West Bank
• Cuts the West Bank and prevents continuity
• gt Prevents a Palestinian State!

190,000 Settlers 180,000 in Jerusalem 25,000
Palestinians 250,000 in Jerusalem
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Geneva Initiative

• Final Status Agreement
• Only an agreement will ensure the end of the
  conflict
• Within the Agreement
• Israel evacuates most of the Settlements,
  annexing a few in which the majority of the
  settlers lives
• To keep those settlements Israel swaps it for
  land near Gaza Hebron
• Full agreement on the refugees and Jerusalem

2.2 of the WB 21 Settlements
140,000 Settlers 180,000 in Jerusalem 0
Palestinians annexed
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