ARTICLES, ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
How Many Settlers Really Live in the West Bank?
Yotam Berger / Haaretz (June 15, 2017)
Haaretz investigation reveals that 8 official settlements havee been built in the West Bank in the last 30 years, the Jewish population in the West Bank has increased by more than 330,000 people, and over 40% of the more than 380,000 settlers living in the West Bank are outside the settlement blocs. Read More >
How much do the settlements really cost?
Yanig Magal / Globes (January 10, 2017)
This article estimates what Israel spends on the settlements each year given that there is no separate budget for expenditure beyond the Green Line. The estimate includes the figures Israel reports to the U.S. - it was agreed between the two countries that the amount invested in settlements would be deducted from annual aid - as well as unreported costs related to transportation, infrastructure, and public sector employment. Read More >
Security Council Resolution 2334: The Legal Significance
Pnina Sharvit Baruch / INSS (December 30, 2016)
The resolution adopted to firmly condemn Israeli policy on settlement activity, as well as efforts by the Israeli government that would impede a two-state solution, could cause legal damage to Israel in the global arena. It was passed after the United States abstained on the vote and the other 14 members of the Security Council voted in its favor. Read More >
Israel Quietly Legalizes Pirate Outposts in the West Bank
Isabel Kershner / The New York Times (August 30, 2016)
This article describes how the Israeli government retroactively legalizes unauthorized settlements in the West Bank and how this plays an important strategic role in settlement expansion. Read More >
Minister Yaalon Is Acting as the Minister of Settlements
Lara Friedman / Americans for Peace Now (December 3, 2013)
Analysis of settlement data obtained from the Israel's Ministry of Defence, offering a comprehensive understanding of what was and is being promoted in the settlements by the Minister of Defence. Read More >
The organization behind illegal West Bank outpost construction
Chaim Levinson / Ha'aretz (May 2013)
In-depth look at how veteran settler leader Ze'ev Hever and his organization Amana have used friends in high places, law-evading ploys and piles of money in the bank to remain seemingly immune to Israeli legal action. Read More >
The New Settlers
Ofer Petersburg / Yedioth Ahronoth (August 2012)
Telling account of the hundreds of secular families who have moved to the West Bank in exchange for tax breaks and low housing prices. Includes an interview with one such family. Read More >
The Israeli Government's Bonus for Settlements: NIS 1,059,988,790
Gad Lior and Yuval Karni / Yedioth Ahronoth (August 2012)
Examination of the financial bonus that settlements enjoy compared to areas inside of the Green Line. Read More >
Settlers Receive 70% More, Relative to their Size in the General Israeli Population
Calcalist (July 18, 2012)
An in-depth analysis by Calcalist, Yedioth Ahronoth's economic supplement (Hebrew), indicates that settlers receive 70% more government funds - funds collected from Israeli taxpayers - relative to their size than the general Israeli population, not including funds for security costs. Read More >
The Most Controversial Israeli Settlements
Oren Kessler / Foreign Policy (February 27, 2012)
Provides a tour and background of the most contested Israeli settlements in the West Bank: Hebron/Kiryat Arba, Ariel, Maale Adumim, Har Homa, and Gilo. Read More >
The Strange Case of American Tax-Exempt Money for Settlements
Michael Several / Palestine-Israel Journal (2011)
Describes how tax-exempt organizations in the United States support Israeli settlements and what can be done to end this practice. Read More >
Behind the Settlements
Daniel Kurtzer / The American Interest (March 2010)
Former US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer explores the history of Israeli settlement in the West Bank and Gaza. Kurtzer analyzes the 2005 Sasson report, which detailed the systematic illegal practices of the settlement movement and systemic government complicity in skirting Israeli law. Read More >
Secret Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal settlement
Uri Blau / Ha'aretz (January 2009)
Analysis of a secret, comprehensive government database resulting from a two-year project led by IDF Brigadier General Baruch Spiegel. It reveals that about 75 percent of settlement construction in the West Bank has been conducted without appropriate permits, and more than 30 settlements have been partly built on private Palestinian land. Read More >
Among the Settlers
Jeffrey Goldberg / The New Yorker (May 2004)
Comprehensive and stirring profile of the Israeli settlement enterprise that examines its history, ideology, adherents, leaders, and the challenges it poses for Israel. Read More >