Fighting over land: Israeli border guards keeping watch as bulldozers demolish Palestinian houses near the al-Arub camp, on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Hebron. AFP HAZEM BADER
Government-backed Israeli settlements in West Bank, in Palestine, and East Jerusalem regions have grown exponentially, both in number and population, since the 1967 war.
By promoting them, Israel continues to defy international law - the UN Security Council had condemned settlements in a resolution passed in 2016.
Rising over time Over four lakh people resided in 131 government-sanctioned Israeli settlements in the West Bank region, as of 2017. More than two lakh resided in at least 11 settlements in East Jerusalem, as of 2016. Around 700 settlers resided in the Hebron region in 2017.
Where people settled The map shows the five most populous settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem regions.
Settler swarms As of 2017, the most populous settlement in West Bank was Modi’in Illit with 70,081 residents. Ramot Alon was the most populous in East Jerusalem at the end of 2016 with 46,150 settlers. The table lists the five most populous settlements.
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