West Bank Settlements Map

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West bank settlements map. Light pink closed military areas or settlement boundary areas or areas isolated by the israeli west bank barrier. Map of west bank settlements and closures in january 2006. The black line route of the barrier. Israeli settlements are civilian communities inhabited by israeli citizens almost exclusively of jewish ethnicity built on lands occupied by israel in the 1967 six day war.

Interactive map the west bank and the gaza strip this complete interactive map of the west bank and gaza includes information about palestinian communities and israeli settlements checkpoints the separation barrier agricultural gates in the separation barrier settlement zones in east jerusalem etc. When the settlement zones the illegal outposts and the other areas off limits to palestinian development were consolidated they covered almost sixty per cent of the west bank. This map of west bank settlements is produced by peace now staff and volunteers based on their ongoing monitoring of settlement activity. According to official israeli government data released last week the population of israeli settlements in the west bank grew almost 25 percent between 2009 when current israeli prime minister.

Peace now documents the expropria tion of land the establishment of new settlements and the expansion of existing settlements. Jericho arīḥā is the chief municipality of the jordan river valley. Encyclopedia of jewish and israeli history politics and culture with biographies statistics articles and documents on topics from anti semitism to zionism. Maps and charts show why the settlement issue is so explosive.

The principal palestinian municipalities of the west bank are janīn nāblus and ramallah north of jerusalem and bethlehem bayt laḥm and hebron al khalīl south of jerusalem. Israeli settlements currently exist in the palestinian territory of the west bank including east jerusalem and in the syrian territory of the golan heights and had previously existed within the egyptian territory of. The growth of israeli settlements explained in 5 charts. West bank the west bank is an area located between in the middle east between israel and jordan to the north of the dead sea it forms the larger half of the semi autonomous palestinian territories the smaller being the gaza strip.