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Olive farming is a major industry and employer in the Palestinian West Bank and olive trees are a common target of settler violence. According to OCHA roughly 10,000 Palestinian West Bank olive trees and saplings have suffered either uprooting or damage from Israeli attacks in 2013, a rise from about 8,500 trees damaged in 2012. [71]
Violence from Israeli settlers has displaced over 1,100 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2022, according to a U.N. report released Thursday, with officials describing the exodus as ...
Since 1967, the West Bank has been occupied by Israel; by 2024, Israel controlled around 60% of the West Bank, and around 700,000 Israelis had moved into the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967, many of whom wanted to keep these areas under Jewish control. [4] Israeli settlements are considered illegal by the international community. [4]
The population of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew nearly 3% in 2023, according to a new report based on population statistics from the Israeli government. The report, released ...
In addition, there are over 100 Israeli illegal outposts in the West Bank. In total, over 450,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, with an additional 220,000 Jewish settlers residing in East Jerusalem. [3] [4] The construction of the West Bank barrier keeps a significant number of settlements behind it. The total ...
Israelis have reportedly killed at least 632 Palestinians and displaced 1,390 in over 1,000 attacks in West Bank since 7 October ... the entire population of over ... violence by Israeli settlers ...
According to the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din, settlers attacked Palestinians in the West Bank on 100 different occasions and in at least 62 locations from Oct. 7 to 22 alone ...
Settler population by year in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights 1972-2007 [1] [dead link ] [2] [dead link ] This is a timeline of the development of and controversy over Israeli settlements. As of January 30, 2022 the West Bank settlement population was 490,493 and the settler population in the Golan Heights was ...