Palestinian displacement accelerating says UN

The UN says that increasing settler violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank, especially since Tulkarm Hamas’s attacks of Oct 7, risk eliminating the possibility of a viable Palestinian state

ISRAEL

SETTLEMENT EXPANSION
New housing units: 24,300 
Outposts – illegal, can be single or group of caravans: 162 
Outposts legalised by govt: 9 

Palestinian territory
(Oslo Accord Areas A & B) 
Area C (Israeli control) 
Israeli settlement
Green Line – 1967 border 
Israeli outpost
Legalised outpost
Settler violence

Israel says UN report ignores deaths of 36 Israelis in 2023

SETTLERS IN WEST BANK 465,000
Living in Area C
230,000 In East Jerusalem
3,000 In Palestinian neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem
Total 700,000

Jenin
Ramallah 
Jerusalem
JORDAN
Hebron
Jericho 
Bethlehem
Nablus
WEST BANK
DEAD SEA
10km 6 miles


SETTLER VIOLENCE
Oct 7-31: Average of eight incidents per day 
2021 540 1/day
2022 856 2/day
2023 835 3/day Jan-Oct 2023



Source: Peace Now, OCHA
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