PALESTINIAN INCITEMENT: Oslo Violation

➢ Incitement to violence
is common in Gaza
and Hamas social
media
➢ These all appeared as
Israel fought multiple
fires across the
country

 PALESTINIAN INCITEMENT: Oslo Violation

➢ Incitement to violence
is less common from
Fatah or PA media, but
occurs all too often
➢ These were on the
official Fatah page in
March and December

 PALESTINIAN INCITEMENT: Oslo Violation

➢ After a terrorist
stabbed 11 people,
killing American
Taylor Force, Fatah
sites glorified the
terrorist with photos
of him along with
Abbas and Arafat
➢ Currently on the Fatah
official site, there is a
tribute to a terrorist
credited with
bombings in Israel that
killed 76 and wounded
over 350 in the early
1990’s

 WEST BANK: Oslo Territory Breakdown

➢ In Oslo, the two sides
agreed Area C territory
would come under PA
jurisdiction within 18
months (excluding
settlements and
military locations,
which are final status
issues).
➢ In the 1998 Wye River
Memorandum,
Netanyahu agreed to
transition 13% of Area C
to Area B, and in the
1999 Sharm el-Sheikh
Memorandum, Barak
agreed to transfer 11%
of Area C to Area B.
Neither occurred.
➢ In 1993, there were
110,000 settlers living
in the West Bank.
Today, there are
approximately 385,900
settlers in the West
Bank.

 WEST BANK: Territory Breakdown

➢ 2.75 million
Palestinians live in
Areas A and B (40% of
West Bank).
➢ 385,900 settlers live
in Area C (60% of
West Bank land).
➢ Area C effectively off
limits for private
Palestinian private
development .
➢ 70% of Area C
designated by Israel
as state land and/or
included within
boundaries of
regional settlement
councils, making it
exclusively for Israeli
use.
➢ Remaining 30% of
Area C is restricted
from Palestinian
development because
it requires Israeli
permits which are
rarely granted (1 in
all of 2014/15).

 WEST BANK: Settlements and Outposts

➢ 385,900 settlers live in
129 settlements and
more than 100 illegal
outposts.
➢ 89,000 settlers live
east of the separation
barrier.
➢ 79 of the settlements
are east of the barrier.
➢ Sharon Bush letter
committed to
dismantling all post
2001 outposts.
➢ Since 2011, 19
outposts have been
retroactively legalized
and 13 are in the
process of being
legalized.
➢ GOI has spent at least
$280 million annually
on West Bank
settlements in recent
years.

 WEST BANK: Outposts
Outpost Photos

New
Outpost

New outpost (Oct
2016)

Adei Ad

Mizpe Keramim

Ofra
➢ Pending legislation would
legalize 54 additional
outposts east of
separation barrier,
including on private
Palestinian land for 1st
time.
➢ Nearly 4,000 unauthorized
units would be legalized,
and at least 8,000 dunams
of private land taken.
➢ Illegal construction in the
outposts has since
increased by 30% since
2011.
➢ In 2015, 265 new units

 WEST BANK: Amona and New Settlement Plan
Illegal Outpost of Amona:

Amona

➢Established 1994 without
permit on private
Palestinian land.
➢Court ordered demolition
of all 41 units by end of
2016.

New Settlement Plan
9/16:

Shilo

legalized
outpost

➢300 permanent units
authorized for relocation
of Amona residents.
➢Located 1.4k from Shilo,
between a recently
legalized outpost and
four in process.
➢Closer to Jordan than

 WEST BANK: Israeli Settlement Population Growth Since 2009

➢ From 2009 through
2015, the number of
settlers living in the
West Bank increased
by over 104,000.
➢ The settler population
east of the barrier
increased by over
21,000 settlers.
➢ The population growth
rate in the
settlements has been
double the rate of
inside Israel.

 WEST BANK: Israeli Construction Starts Since 2013

➢ From 2013-2015,
construction began on
approx. 5,500
settlement units.
➢ In the same period,
plans were advanced
for about 11,500 West
Bank settlement units,
including approx.
4,000 units east of the
barrier.
➢ Tenders were
published for approx.
4,700 units, including
approx. 500 units east
of the barrier.

 WEST BANK: Sites of Violent Incidents
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➢ Since 2009, there have
been thousands of
violent incidents between
Israelis and Palestinians
in Area C., including
violent demonstrations ,
assaults and recent
terrorist attacks.
➢ Most have occurred
repeatedly in areas
where Israelis and
Palestinians live in close
proximity.
➢ Israelis and Palestinians
in the West Bank live
under separate laws: IDF
military law applies to
Palestinians and Israeli
civilian law applies to
settlers.

 WEST BANK: Demolitions in Area C
➢ From 2009 to
November 2016, 4,072
Palestinian structures
have been demolished,
and 6,360 Palestinians
were displaced.
➢ There are more than
13,000 pending
demolition orders
against Palestinian
structures, 77% of
which are for
structures on private
Palestinian land.
➢ Every structure built
since 1967 is subject
to demolition unless it
has an Israeli permit,
which are rarely
granted
(1 in
2014/15).
➢ In 2016, the pace of
demolitions has
accelerated
dramatically, with 875
structures destroyed
and 1,300 displaced.

 WEST BANK: Susiya Demolition
Susiya:
➢ Records show original village
of Susiya was built before
1917 on private Palestinian
land.
➢ An Israeli settlement by the
same name was established
nearby in 1983.
➢ IDF first evicted over 300
from Susiya to clear
archeological site in 1986.
Demolition Order
Settlement
Outpost

➢ IDF demolished the village
again in 1991, 2001, 2011.

Original
Site Outp
ost

School

➢ Illegal Israeli outposts built
on original site and near
Israeli settlement of Susiya.
Current
Residences

Outp
ost

➢ Israel has repeatedly
rejected
permits for
Arrows building
explaining
Palestinians in Susiya.
➢ All current structures have
pending demolition orders,
impacting 250 residents.

settlemen

 WEST BANK: Recent Settlement Actions and Demolitions

➢ In 2015, the settler
population increased
by 15,000, including
over 3,000 east of the
barrier .
➢ From 6/15 -6/16
construction started
on over 2,000 West
Bank settlement
units.
➢ In the first half of
2016, construction
starts were up 17% in
the West Bank.
➢ In 2016, plans
advanced for over
2,600 settlement
units
➢ In 2016, 875
Palestinian structures
demolished,
displacing over 1,300
people.

 WEST BANK: Israeli Economic Activity in Area C

➢ Israeli economic
activity in parts of the
West Bank that are
off-limits to the
Palestinians generates
billions of dollars
annually for Israel’s
economy.
➢ 15 Israeli industrial
settlements generate
$1 billion in
manufacturing output.
➢ 9 Israeli quarries yield
12 million tons of
material, valued
annually at $900
million.
➢ More than 23,000
acres of agricultural
land generate
hundreds of millions of
dollars in revenue for
Israel.
➢ Israel also benefits
economically from
wineries, Dead Sea
mineral extraction,
and tourism sites in
the West Bank.

 WEST BANK: Oslo Reversed in Area C

➢ Instead of Israel
transferring Area C to
Palestinian control,
there has been a
systematic reversal of
this process.
➢ 70% of Area C taken for
exclusive Israeli use,
settlements expanding
and population growing
outposts legalized and
economic activity
increasing.
➢ Virtually no Area C land
transferred to
Palestinian control in
the past 20 years.
➢ Palestinians displaced,
homes and agriculture
destroyed.
➢ Palestinian growth
prevented in the
majority (60%) of West
Bank land – only one
permit issued in
2014/15.

 WEST BANK: Palestinian Archipelago
• Areas A and B
• Permanent
Checkpoints
• Example Daily
Flying Checkpoints

➢ Areas A and B of the West
Bank actually consist of 167
distinct areas or “islands,”
lacking geographic
contiguity.
➢ Palestinians moving between
A and B Areas face significant
restrictions crossing through
Israeli-controlled Area C.
➢ There are currently over 20
fixed Israeli checkpoints in
the West Bank.
➢ On average, there are also
over 100 “flying checkpoints”
per week.
➢ In addition, over 500 road
obstacles, including dirt
mounds and road gates,
significantly restrict
movement.

 WEST BANK: What a One State Reality Looks Like
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Area A and B

•

Nature Preserve –
No building

➢ As of December 2015,
there are 6.335 million
Jews in the area from the
Jordan River to the
Mediterranean Sea, and
6.561 million non-Jews.
➢ In the combined areas of
Israel, Jerusalem, the
West Bank, and the Gaza
Strip, Jews no longer
represent the majority.

 WEST BANK: Annexation Plan

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