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United Nations Security Council Resolution 446 is passed. The resolution states that it "Determines that the policy and practices of Israel in establishing settlements in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 have no legal validity and constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East".
On 4 February 2021, Israel razed for the second time because of what it claimed was an illegal settlement next to a military firing range. [55] On 7 July 2021, it was demolished by Israel again for at least the third time. [56] In May 2023, the Israeli army destroyed the village of Ein Samiya, forcibly expelling 170 people. [57]
The Palestine Police Force is re-organised by Sir Herbert Dowbiggin and isolated Jewish settlements are given arms caches to be used if under attack. The Black Hand Islamist group, led by Syrian sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam , begins a campaign against Jewish civilians and the British in Mandatory Palestine.
West Bank settlements (2020) East Jerusalem settlements (2006) Golan Heights settlements (1992) Gaza Strip settlements (1993), dismantled since the 2005 disengagement Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Jewish identity or ...
On 1 April 1945, the British administration's statistics showed that Jewish buyers had legal ownership over approximately 5.67% of the Mandate's total land area, while state domain (a large part of which was held in hereditary lease or had undetermined ownership) was 46%. [5] By the end of 1947, Jewish ownership had increased to 6.6%. [6]
But the protests continued, reaching fever pitch in 1933, as more Jewish immigrants arrived to make a home for themselves, the influx accelerating from 4,000 in 1931 to 62,000 in 1935.
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said in May that Israel should approve 10,000 settlements in the West Bank, establish a new settlement for every country that recognizes a ...
In the war that followed, some 700,000 Palestinians, half the Arab population of what was British-ruled Palestine, fled o Explainer-Israel-Palestinian dispute hinges on statehood, land, Jerusalem ...