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Mossfern

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10. Link?
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 02:32 PM
Jul 12

Citation?
I'll look it up for you if you can't substantiate your claim.

ETA
There are 127 settlements in the West Bank that have legal statusunder Israeli law.

Legal settlements must be built on state land, have building permits from the government, and be established by a government resolution. Settlements that do not meet those criteria are West Bank outposts, which are illegal under Israeli law. Most of the world also considers settlements to be illegal under international law.

According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, there are 451,700 Jews living in West Bank settlements as of the year 2020. Between 20,000 and 30,000 more live in illegal West Bank outposts. All settlements are located in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank controlled by Israel. Given that Israel has not annexed the West Bank, Jewish settlements in the territory are not considered by Israel to be under its sovereignty. Emergency regulations renewed every five years extend Israeli criminal and some civil law to Israeli citizens in the West Bank.

Today, one-third of settlers are Haredim, one-third are secular, and the remaining third are religious Zionists.



This is an interesting site.
I'm going back to read more in order to see what their bias is.
https://israelpolicyforum.org/west-bank-settlements-explained/#why-are-west-bank-settlements-a-problem

Just to be clear, I have always been against the settler movement - I consider it evil. I am not well informed as to how much the Israeli government is supporting them and the opinion of the citizens of Israel proper.

I do wonder about the secular settlements and their relationship to the Palestinians living the the West Bank and how it compares to the Haredi settlements.

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