Settlements

A Settlement Glossary
Draft of a mini-encyclopedia of terms important to the understanding of the settlement issue, developed by P4PD.

A Settlement Slide Show
Draft of a 10-slide PowerPoint slide show about the settlements, developed by P4PD. You can view it online or download a copy for your own use. (The downloadable copy is 2MB and requires Microsoft Powerpoint for viewing.)

Settlements and International Law
Draft of a summary of international law as it applies to settlements, developed by P4PD.

Land Grab: Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank
Comprehensive Report, May 2002, from B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. verified: 4Feb2007

Under the Guise of Security: Routing the Separation Barrier to Enable the Expansion of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank Joint Report with Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights, December 2005.

Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories
Bi-monthly report from the Foundation for Middle East Peace. They are archived online and can also be delivered via e-mail. The FMEP site has a considerable amount of detailed information on settlements verified: 4Feb2007.

Hebron, Area H-2: Settlements Cause Mass Departure of Palestinians
Status Report, August 2003 from B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. verified: 4Feb2007

Standing Idly By: Non-enforcement of the Law on Settlers: Hebron, 26-28 July 2002
Case Study No. 15, August 2002, from B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. verified: 4Feb2007

The Politics of Verticality
Architect Eyal Weizman paints the three-dimensional battle over the West Bank: from settlements to sewage, archaeology to Apaches. verified: 4Feb2007

The Wall and the Eye
Interview with Architect Eyal Weizman about his exhibit, Civilian Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture, a ground-breaking examination of the character of building, planning, and community in the West Bank. verified: 4Feb2007

Land and Planning Policy in Israel
A fact sheet published by the Arab Association for Human Rights. verified: 4Feb2007

Israels Siedlungspolitik: Grundlagen des Nahostkonfliktes
In German - "Israel's Settlement Politics: Basis of the Middle East conflict." For a rough English translation, enter the site through Google.

Western Mass Palestine Action Coalition
What are the settlements, who are the settlers, and why are they such a big deal? Aslo see their section on bypass roads.

Comprehensive Report, May 2002, from B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.

Gorenberg, a journalist in Jerusalem, examines the evolution of the Israeli policy of settlement of the territories conquered in the Six Days' War, of 1967. He convincingly illustrates that the policy was the result of myriad small decisions and actions by both major and minor players on the Israeli political, military, and religious landscapes.

The Iron Wall
This eye-opening documentary exposes the Israel's colonization policy and follows the timeline, size, population of the "settlements," and their impact on the peace process. This film also touches on the latest project to make the settlements a permanent fact on the ground; the annexation Wall that Israel is building in the West Bank, and its impact on the Palestinian people. Directed by P4PD's director, Mohammed Alatar.