Israeli settlement timeline

Settler population by year in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights 1972-2007 [1][2]

This is a timeline of the development of and controversy over Israeli settlements.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "Israeli Settler Population 1972-2006". Foundation for Middle East Peace. Archived from the original on November 18, 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Population by year in West Bank settlements". B'Tselem. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  3. United Nations Security Council Resolution 446, United nations, 1979-03-22, archived from the original on 2014-04-13, retrieved 2015-12-07
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  5. The roadmap, Full text, BBC News 30-04-2003
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    • John Ashley Soames Grenville (2005). A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century. Routledge. p. 937. ISBN 978-0-415-28955-9. Ariel Sharon with the backing of President Bush embarked on unilateral solutions in 2004. He wishes to persuade Israelis to withdraw from Gaza and to accept the removal of some 7000 settlers.
    • "What next for Gaza and West Bank?". BBC. 2005-08-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05. Most Israelis support the pullout, but some feel the government has given in to Palestinian militant groups, and worry that further withdrawals will follow. Palestinian critics point out that Gaza will remain under Israeli control, and that they are being denied a political say in the disengagement process.
    • Yearbook of the United Nations 2005. United Nations Publications. 2007. p. 514. ISBN 978-92-1-100967-5. The Israeli Government was preparing to implement an unprecedented initiative: the disengagement of all Israeli civilians and forces from the Gaza Strip and the dismantling of four settlements in the northern West Bank.
    • Yael Yishai (1987). Land Or Peace. Hoover Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8179-8521-9. During 1982 Israel's government stuck to its territorial policy in word and deed. All the settlements in Sinai were evacuated in accordance with the Camp David Accords, but settlement activity in the other territories continued uninterrupted. A few days after the final withdrawal from Sinai had been completed, Begin announced that he would introduce a resolution barring future governments from dismantling settlements, even as a result of peace negotiations.
    • "Instead, he chose total disengagement from Gaza and the dismantlement of four settlements in northern Samaria." Zvi Shtauber, Yiftah Shapir. The Middle East Strategic Balance 2005-2006, Sussex Academic Press, 2007, p. 123.
    • "Prior to forming his new coalition with the Labor Party, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon strong-armed members of his Likud cabinet to support Labor's idea of unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and four settlements in northern Samaria." Getz, Leonard. "Likudniks Against Sharon: Rebels or Loyalists?", The Jewish Exponent, 01-13-2005.
    • "Understandably so: in the end, the Gaza withdrawal took all of six days while the pullout from four settlements in northern Samaria was accomplished in a single day." Zelnick, Robert. Israel's Unilaterialism: Beyond Gaza, Hoover Press, 2006, p. 157.
    • "The four West Bank settlements that Israel is evacuating are all located in the biblical Land of Israel — territory that observant Jews believe was promised to the Jewish people in the Old Testament. The area of the West Bank, known as northern Samaria, was inhabited by the tribe of Menashe, one of the 10 tribes of Israel that were forced into exile." "Biblical significance of West Bank settlements", International Herald Tribune, August 23, 2005.
    • "Others not only support comprehensive talks but call for abandonment of Israel's plan to disengage from Gaza and four settlements in northern Samaria." Sofaer, Abraham D. "Disengagement First", Hoover Digest 2005 No. 1, Hoover Institution.
    • "In August 2005, Israel vacated the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip--mainly in Gush Katif--as well as four settlements in northern Samaria." Inbari, Motti. "Fundamentalism in crisis - the response of the Gush Emunim rabbinical authorities to the theological dilemmas raised by Israel's Disengagement plan", Journal of Church and State, Autumn, 2007.
    • Tamir, Naftali (August 15, 2005). "Retreat with peace in mind". The Australian. Four settlements will be evacuated in the northern Samaria region of the West Bank.
  8. "Palestinian negotiators to urge settlement freeze during talks". Haaretz. 2007-11-12.
  9. "EU criticises Israel settler plan". BBC. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  10. "Rice calls for Israel to halt settlement expansion". Reuters. 2008-03-31.
  11. Mitnick, Joshua (2008-11-28). "Israeli court rebukes state over illegal outposts". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  12. "Remarks by the President on a New Beginning". 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  13. "Barak authorizes construction of 300 new homes in West Bank". Haaretz. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  14. Report Slams Israeli Claim of Settlement Freeze
  15. Israeli PM Says Settlement Building to Continue During Peace Talks
  16. U.S.: We will be flexible on conditions for Mideast talks
  17. Sa'ar: Netanyahu saving Israel from global isolation
  18. Hamas Leader says Israeli Settlement Proposal "Dangerous"
  19. US raps Israeli settlement plan BBC News website 2009-11-18 Retrieved 2009-11-18
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jewish settlers in West Bank building curb protest". BBC. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  21. "Israeli minister: no real "freeze" on settlement". Reuters. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  22. "Kouchner: Gilo construction won't necessarily hinder peace talks". Ynet. 2009-11-18. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  23. "Netanyahu questions Abbas's commitment to peace". Reuters. 2009-11-29. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  24. Schneider, Howard (2009-12-09). "E.U. moderates stance on Jerusalem". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  25. "Fatah-Hamas unity government: Israel condemns move". BBC News. 2012-02-07.
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  27. "UN chief Ban Ki-moon demands Israel settlements halt". BBC. 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  28. McCarthy, Rory (2010-03-02). "Jerusalem mayor unveils demolition plan". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
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