Settlement

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Palestinians for Peace and Democracy



Presents Israeli Settlement Activity Roadblock
on the Roadmap to Peace
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Jewish-only colonies situated in the
Occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East
Jerusalem. Residents of the settlements may
refer to them as Jewish communities" or Jewish
neighborhoods."
What are the Settlements?
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When did the Settlements start?
In 1967, right after the Israeli occupation of
the West Bank. The first Settlement, Kfar
Etzion, was established three months after the
occupation of the West Bank.
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The settlements in the West Bank vary widely,
from full-blown cities to enclaves of a few
trailers and a generator.
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Settlement growth was slow until 1977, when the
conservative Likud Party took power.
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Where are the settlements?
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195 Settlements In West Bank, Gaza and
East Jerusalem
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The effect of the Settlements on the Geography
of the West Bank
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"Everybody has to move, run and grab as many
hilltops as they can to enlarge the settlements
because everything we take now will stay ours...
Everything we don't grab will go to them." (Ariel
Sharon A.F.P Nov. 15, 1998)
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"The very point of Labor's Zionist program is to
have as much land as possible and as few Arabs as
possible!" --Yitzhak Navon ex-Israeli president
(1978-82) and a leading left wing party
politician
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By capturing the hilltops with a chain of
settlements, the interconnecting infrastructure
and military outposts, Palestinian villages in
the valleys become inhabitable ghettos.
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Settler population in the West Bank, Gaza,
East Jerusalem About 400,000 Half of them are in
East Jerusalem
The footprint of the settlements takes about 2
of the Palestinian land, when the land used for
military installations, security, bypass roads,
the Wall and reserves is added in, 42 of the
Palestinian land is off-limits to Palestinians.
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• All the bypass roads have a 50 75m buffer zone
  on each side of the road in which no construction
  is allowed.

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There are 340 km of bypass roads.
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Israeli settlers in the Gaza strip have access to
699 times more land per capita than refugee camp
residents.
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55.500 per km2
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26.400 per km2
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665 per km2
Refugee camps Gaza
Settlement
Population Density
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• Settlers consume six times more water per capita
  than Palestinians. (FMEP March 2002)

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1,000 Cubic
172 Cubic
Palestinian
Settler
The annual per capita consumption of water among
settlers in the Gaza strip is 1,000 cubic meters,
compared to 172 cubic meters per Palestinian.
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• By signing the Oslo agreement 1993, Israel
  committed itself to freezing settlement expansion
  and to preserving the integrity and status of
  the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Contrary to this,
  the settlement population doubled during this
  period.
• 65 new settlements
  during Oslo

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• From February 2001 when Prime Minister Ariel
  Sharon took office, until the end of June 2002,
  44 new settlement sites were established. (
  Peace Now June 2002)

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Illegal under international law Article 49 of
the 4th Geneva Convention the occupying power
"shall not deport or transfer part of its own
civilian population into the territory it
occupies."
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Settler Violence
Settlers have killed at least 54 Palestinians
since September 2000.
Palestine
Monitor September 2003
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The burning of Palestinian olive trees.
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Settlers also leave their mark on the faces of
Palestinians.
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Hebron
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Attacks on Palestinians are a daily reality for
the people of Hebron.
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If you wake up and see the Israeli flag over
your home, that means Leave.
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The graffiti and illustration, scrawled over the
wall say "Mohammed is a pig."
I.S.M Photo by Dave
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Photo by the Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron.
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Photo by the I.S.M
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Photo by the I.S.M
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This is what the Settlers did to this young man
in Hebron.
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The annexation wall
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Zionist colonization must either stop, or else
proceed regardless of the native population.
Which means that it can proceed and develop only
under the protection of a power that is
independent of the native population behind an
iron wall, which the native population
cannot breach. Vladimir Jabotinsky November 1923
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The route of the wall is 670 Km. The route of
the green line (Border) is 350 km.
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Annexation wall
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The Ghetto of Qalqilya
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WHY Qalqilya is a Ghetto 92 of the Settlers
will end up on the Israeli side of the wall
Qalqilya
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Is the two state solution still possible?

• For any state to survive it must be
• Sovereign
• (2) Geographically contiguous
• (3) Economically sustainable

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HOW can you be a Sovereign state When you dont
have control over Your Border Your Water Your
Sky And no Army And 42 of your land is
controlled by another country?
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Geographically contiguous
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Economically sustainable
Tourism and Agriculture are the leading
industries.
The bread basket
Jordan valley
Jerusalem
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What does Sharon have in mind?
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Palestine pre 1947
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1947
1967
2000
The future
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The facts on the ground show how the settlements
are making the two state solution impossible.
Unless Israel removes ALL its Settlements and
dismantles the wall, the future of a viable
Palestinian State looks bleak.
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For the sake of PEACE stop the Israeli
colonization of Palestine
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Resources BBC Peace Now The Palestinian Center
for Human Rights The Foundation for Middle East
Peace (FMEP) United Nations OCHA Palestine
Monitor U.S State Department www.btselem.org