Settlements & Displacements in Palestine
Since Israel unleashed its brutal bombing campaign in Gaza on October 7 in the wake of a deadly Hamas attack,
settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have more than doubled from an average of three to eight incidents a day, according to the United Nations.
Who are the settlers?
More than 700,000 settlers โ 10 percent of Israelโs nearly 7 million population โ now live in 150 settlements and 128 outposts dotting the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
A settlement is authorised by the Israeli government while an outpost is built without government authorisation. Outposts can range from a small shanty of a few people to a community of up to 400 people.
When were the first settlements built?
Israel started building settlements just after capturing the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in the June 1967 Six-Day War.
In September 1967, the Etzion Bloc in Hebron was the first settlement built in the occupied West Bank. The settlement now hosts 40,000 people.
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The Israeli government has openly funded and built settlements for Jews to live there.
The Israeli authorities give its settlers in the West Bank some 20 million shekels ($5m) a year to monitor, report and restrict Palestinian construction in Area C, which is over 60 percent of the West Bank. The money is used to hire inspectors and buy drones, aerial imagery, tablets and vehicles among other things.
As many as 700,000 Israeli settlers are living illegally in the occupied West Bank as settler violence surges.
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Postscript:
See if you could rationalise the following: An illegal Settler / occupier shouts the rightful owner of the land, now a displaced person, that he is a terrorist, and if anyone dare speaks out, or against it, one is a supporter of terrorism. And to advance said policy, displaced persons must be dehumanised. And what does the West do? Supply billions in aid, technology, and weapons to inflict more pain, death and destruction on the displaced innocent.