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	Jewish Settlements in "the Territories" Aren't the Problem
		Jewish settlements in the administered areas, which havce not wrongfully dispossessed a single Arab, which have not cost a single life, and which were never an issue in the Middle East conflict, have now become the focal point for worldwide alarm and condemnation.
		It has been declared that Jewish settlements beyond the 1967 borders are "illegal," that they have brought about "demographic changes" in the territories and that they constitute an "obstacle to peace" in the area.
		What the UN resolution on the settlements demands is that I be forbidden to settle on land of a village in the Hebron Hills, Masuoth Yitzchak, which bears my late father's name and which is Jewish-owned, for one reason and one reason only: because I happen to be a member of the Jewish people.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=7142 (3618 words)

	Israeli settlement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The location of the settlements was primarily chosen based on the threat of an attack by the bordering hostile countries of Jordan, Syria, and Egypt and possible routes of advance into Israeli population areas.
		Settlements (darker pink) and areas of the West Bank (lighter pink) where access to Palestinians is closed or restricted.
		Gush Katif was a bloc of 16 Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza Strip.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israeli_settlement (7134 words)

	Settlements, Jewish Settlers - The Peace Encyclopedia
		Under Article XXXI(5) of Oslo 2, the issue of Jewish settlements is to be addressed in the final status negotiations.
		Under the Rabin/Peres government, the Jewish population of the West Bank and Gaza grew by approximately 50%, from 96,158 in June 1992 to 145,000 in June 1996.
		As had happened with the transfer of the Sinai to Egypt as part of the Camp David accords, all Jewish communities existing on the Sinai were uprooted and their populations forcibly transfered out of the Sinai.
	peace.heebz.com /settlements.html (873 words)

	JEWISH SETTLEMENTS:FACTS AND MYTHS
		The Oslo Accords prohibit the expansion of Jewish settlements in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
		Under the previous Labor government, the Jewish population of the West Bank and Gaza grew by approximately 50%, from 96,158 in June 1992 to 145,000 in June 1996.
		Some have argued that Jewish communities in the areas violate Article 49 of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, which provides that, "The occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies." The Convention, however, is not applicable to Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
	www.shalomjerusalem.com /jerusalem/jerusalem6.htm (1512 words)

	Jewish Arts
		Jewish Art as a national cultural expression was reborn in the Land of Israel in the early years of the 20th century.
		Jewish settlements were integrated into his charming and somewhat primitive folkloric paintings that represent the early Zionist vision of Jewish immigrants living in peace with the indigenous Arab population.
		As a national Jewish Art was struggling to be born in Palestine, a particularly Jewish vision was having a profound effect on Modernism in France in the person of Marc Chagall (1887-1985).
	www.jewishpress.com /page.do/18309/Jewish_Arts.html (1295 words)

	Israeli Settlements and International Law - July 5, 2001
		Jewish settlement in West Bank and Gaza Strip territory has existed from time immemorial and was expressly recognized as legitimate in the Mandate for
		To be sure, many Israeli settlements have been established on sites, which were home to Jewish communities in previous generations, in an expression of the Jewish people's deep historic and religious connection with the land.
		For more than a thousand years, the only administration which has prohibited Jewish settlement was the Jordanian occupation administration, which during the nineteen years of its rule (1948-1967) declared the sale of land to Jews a capital offense.
	www.jewishpublicaffairs.org /israel/crisis/settlements-law-7-5-01.html (1058 words)

	What about the settlements? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Hebron, the Jewish community existed throughout the centuries of Ottoman rule, until the massacre during the Arab rioting of 1929.
		In fact,the Mandate called for Jewish settlement in all of the areas under British control including the almost 80% of the Mandate land that the British gave to create Trans-Jordan and prohibited Jewish settlement there.
		Settlements in the remaining 5 percent of the West Bank where the majority (about 70%) of the settler population lives are just over the arbitrary Green Line from Israeli cities and would be annexed to Israel and other land given in exchange.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_current_settlements.php (1835 words)

	Population in Jewish Settlements up 5.7 Pct - Palestine Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jewish settlement population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip grew by 5.7 percent last year, government figures showed on Tuesday, despite U.S. pressure to halt building on land where Palestinians seek their own state.
		The new figures reflected a continued upward trend in movement to the settlements that saw population grow by five pct in 2001.
		Overall, Israel's Jewish population grew by 1.4 percent in 2002 to 5.1 million.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /settlements/jewish_population_increase.htm (290 words)

	Jewish Settlements are legal according to International Law
		The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 29, 1947 and accepted by the governing institutions of the Jewish People is to be seen as the fountainhead of the recognition of Israel as an Independent State possessing sovereignty.
		He makes it plain that Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria is indeed legal, and that the Jewish right of settlement west of the Jordan River is “unassailable”.
		Having thus defined Jewish civilian in this way, Arabs make the claim that they are defending themselves and are justified in using all means at their disposal including shooting, bombing and stabbing such as has been used in this latest wave of violence.
	www.eretzyisroel.org /~jkatz/settlementslaw.html (1247 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Settlement block on road to peace
		Huge Jewish blocks split the West Bank into isolated Palestinian land, and a number of key settlements would have to be abandoned to make way for a viable, contiguous Palestinian state.
		Jewish settlements, themselves, contravene international humanitarian law, which prohibits an occupying power transferring citizens from its own territory to occupied territory.
		The Palestinian militants argue that because the settlements are illegal and many settlers belong to Israel's security forces, settlers are not entitled to the protections granted to civilians by international law.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/2962028.stm (827 words)

	PMC - Permenant Issues - Settlements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Israeli settlement construction has served not only to facilitate territorial acquisition and to justify the continuing presence of Israel armed forces on Palestinian lands, but also to limit the territorial contiguity of areas populated by Palestinians and thereby to preclude the establishment of a viable independent Palestinian state.
		Palestinian residents of the occupied territories on whose land the settlements were established are denied access both to settlements and to the infrastructure that serves them.
		Settlements would also dilute the economic resources of the state of Palestine, prejudice its access to natural resources such as water, reduce its ability to absorb immigrants, destroy its agricultural character and physical cohesion, and weaken its capacity for self-defense -ultimately disabling its survival.
	www.palestine-pmc.com /pissue/settlements.asp (962 words)

	Jerusalem Cloakroom #168: The Misrepresentation of the Jewish Communities/Settlements
		Jerusalem Cloakroom #168: The Misrepresentation of the Jewish Communities/Settlements
		The Misrepresentation of the Jewish Communities/Settlements in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Golan Heights (I) by Yoram Ettinger
		Most settlements are located in strategic areas, controlling critical transportation arteries and hill tops, protecting 40% of Israel’s water resources, constraining and deterring terrorist maneuverability and bolstering Israel’s determination to hold on to the vital area.
	www.acpr.org.il /cloakrm/clk168.html (629 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Jewish Settlements, Outposts Expanding Despite Pledges
		JERUSALEM, July 22 -- Jewish settlements and outposts are growing rapidly in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, despite Israeli pledges to the United States to stop the expansion of such communities and dismantle some of them, according to Israeli government statistics and a report released Thursday by settlement opponents.
		At least 3,100 apartments are being built in the settlements, "in addition to the preparation of areas for construction of thousands of further housing" units, the report says.
		In Sa-Nur, one of the four isolated West Bank settlements that Sharon has targeted for evacuation, the population almost doubled in that period, climbing from 38 residents to 69, according to Israel's Interior Ministry.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A6224-2004Jul22?language=printer (908 words)

	Israeli Confiscation and Settlement on Palestinian Land
		The areas of jurisdiction of the Jewish local authorities, most of which extend far beyond the built-up area, are defined as "closed military zones” in the military orders.
		The Israeli governments have implemented a consistent and systematic policy intended to encourage Jewish citizens to migrate to the West Banksettlers and other Israeli citizens working or investing in the settlements are entitled to significant financial benefits.
		This system is responsible for transforming the map of the West Bank because it is the planning system that approves the outline plans for the settlements and issues building permits for the establishment and expansion of settlements and for the construction of by-pass roads.
	www.ifamericansknew.org /stats/settlements.html (1196 words)

	Cochini Jews of Kerala
		The main center of the Jewish community in Kerala was at Kudungallur (referred to in English as Cranganore).
		The Jewish merchants were influential community in their state and outside their state and were main reason for the prosperity in their kingdom.
		The Jewish principality survived till the 16th century A. In 1524 the Jews were attacked by Moorish Arabs because of the monopoly Jewish merchants had in some commodities.
	members.tripod.com /adaniel/cochin.htm (709 words)

	THE DISASTER
		The third provision of the Roadmap that is disastrous for the Jews and priceless for the Arabs pertains to the so-called “settlements.” The OA did not prevent the settlement of Jews in Yesha.
		It is aggressively anti-Jewish on the issue of Jewish settlements, while not even mentioning the Arab settlements that have mushroomed exponentially on the same disputed land.
		Consistent with the Mitchell Report, GOI freezes all settlement activity (including natural growth of settlements).” This unequivocal demand is an unprecedented interference with the matters of a sovereign state.
	www.jewishgrassroots.com /roadmap/Susteff.htm (1712 words)

	Jewish.com email
		The settlements are not well understood by anyone who has not seen them and studied their history.
		Most of the settlements on what is called the West Bank or Judea/Samaria depending on your politics, were built after the 1967 war when numerous Arab countries declared war on Israel and were defeated.
		These settlements are ideologically driven (i.e., the land of Israel was promised by God to the Jews) and from my point of view do more harm than good.
	www.beingjewish.org /jewishemail/article45.html (1032 words)

	West Bank Jewish Settlements: The Real Obstacle to Peace
		Demographically, economically, geopolitically it is impossible for a tiny Jewish state, with a declining population of fewer than four million Jews, to survive on hotly disputed land in a sea of hostile Islamic nations with exploding birthrates.
		The Israeli response is that moving to such questions as the settlements, borders and Jerusalemwould be a violation of the accord signed last Sept. 13.
		In the history of all the Arab and Muslim peoples, Yasser Arafat may be remembered far longer for completing his organization's transition from a liberation movement to a democratic government, and for laying the groundwork for normal and peaceful relations with all of Palestine's neighbors, than for his lifetime of service to his country's freedom.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/0494/9404014.htm (3169 words)

	Settlements - Litmus paper of conflict
		Jewish settlements are way to achieve peace and indicator of its truth.
		The settlements are not only the factor inducing the Arabs to strive for negotiations with Israel.
		The moment the Palestinian rulers and spiritual leaders are ready to recognize political and religious legality of Jewish settlements in their state will mean that conflict is exhausted on basic level.
	www.tzemach.org /fyi/commentary/litmuspaper.htm (899 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Troops storm synagogues in 2 Jewish settlements
		KFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip — Riot troops stormed synagogues in two hard-line Jewish settlements Thursday to evict hundreds of militant holdouts who locked arms in a human chain and pelted soldiers with acid, oil and sand, the most violent clashes in Israel's historic Gaza pullout.
		Jewish settlers resist forced evacuation by Israeli soldiers and police in the synagogue of the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim.
		Evictions of the remaining four settlements, which will be suspended before Friday evening for the Jewish Sabbath, could be completed by next week, officials said — far earlier than planned.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600156953,00.html (1147 words)

	USATODAY.com - Israel completes evacuation of 25 Jewish settlements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SANUR, West Bank — Israel evacuated the last two of 25 settlements in Gaza and the West Bank on Tuesday, concluding its contentious plan to dismantle Jewish communities on land the Palestinians have claimed for a state.
		Jewish settler youths that were locked up in a barricaded house, scuffle with Israeli border police in the West Bank settlement of Homesh, Tuesday.
		An Israeli policeman keeps Jewish settlers back as a container full of riot police is lowered in the Sanur settlement in the West Bank.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-23-mideast_x.htm?csp=34 (769 words)

	Blaming the Settlements
		Inevitably and incrementally, the notion is being advanced that the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the existence and growth of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.
		Implied here is an acceptance of the Palestinian argument that since they are opposed to and infuriated by the existence of Jewish settlements in the territories, the settlements are the underlying cause of the latest war of attrition on Israel.
		And the battle cry is to kill the Jews, to deny the Holocaust, to negate a Jewish connection to the land.
	www.aish.com /jewishissues/middleeast/Blaming_the_Settlements.asp (1288 words)

	Jewish Settlements: Are you for or against
		This argument hinges on the belief that the establishment of the State of Israel and the capture of the territories in 1967 were part of God's plan of physical restoration of the Jewish people to the land as a prerequisite for God's next stage: their spiritual restoration.
		The Jewish inhabitants of the Etzion Bloc in Judea waere forcibly expelled by Jordan in 1948.
		Even Kfar Darom, the much-attacked Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, was purchases by Jews and settled as far back as 1936.
	www.blessisrael.com /articles/settlers.html (1188 words)

	israelinsider: Views: Settlements are the litmus test of possible peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Settlements, as well as "aliya", have undermined Arabs' conviction that time works for their benefit.
		There are Jewish sacred places and sepulchers in these lands, here the most important events of Jewish history occurred and the Jewish worldview was molded here too.
		So their attitude to settlements is a litmus test of real attitude of Arabs to Jews and to the peace.
	web.israelinsider.com /Views/5334.htm (1063 words)

	War of Independence
		We felt good that, gradually, more and more Arab settlements would not present a threat to us, for they were unable to open fire at their Jewish neighbors.
		The Arabs in those settlements were very hostile in 1948, and never bothered to conceal their hostility towards us, and even openly supported the different gangs fighting against us.
		The Jewish settlements, who had but a few guards, needed to recruit everybody to serve in the security of the people.
	www.jewishmag.com /67mag/yehudiye/yehudiye.htm (2963 words)

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