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Stopping Settlements, Building Peace peacenow.il

Stopping Settlements, Building Peace www.peacenow.org.il. 1967. The West Bank 600,000 Palestinians (+500,000 in Gaza Strip). 2008. 120 Israeli Settlements. 289,600 Settlers * 2,400,000 Palestinians * Another 190,000 in East Jerusalem. Number of Settlers. In 2009

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Stopping Settlements, Building Peace peacenow.il

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  1. Stopping Settlements, Building Peace www.peacenow.org.il

  2. 1967 The West Bank 600,000 Palestinians (+500,000 in Gaza Strip)

  3. 2008 120 Israeli Settlements 289,600 Settlers* 2,400,000 Palestinians * Another 190,000 in East Jerusalem

  4. Number of Settlers In 2009 the number of settlers will cross the 300,000 After Oslo East Jerusalem Excluded

  5. Illegal Outposts 99 outposts 4,000 settlers

  6. On the Ground The settlers fear the upcoming Settlement Freeze, and are racing to get new structures started

  7. II. Jerusalem

  8. Pre-1967 Jerusalem Israeli Jerusalem 9,500 Acres 150,000 Jews Jordanian Jerusalem 1,500 Acres 9,000 Palestinians The Old City

  9. Ramallah 18,000 Acres Annexed to Jeursalem The New Municipal Border Palestinian Neighborhoods Jewish Neighborhoods Municipal Border Bethlehem

  10. Ramallah Atarot Industrial Area Neve Yaacov Pisgat Ze’ev East Jerusalem: 190,000 Israelis on 5,250 acres confiscated for Israeli construction Ramot French Hill Ramot Eshkol East Talpiyot Palestinian Neighborhoods Gilo Jewish Neighborhoods Har Homa Municipal Border Bethlehem

  11. Possible Solution “The general principle is that Arab areas are Palestinian, and Jewish ones are Israeli.” “The Clinton Plan”, December 2000

  12. B. Settlements Around the Old City

  13. The Model: The City of David in Silwan “Our goal is to hold on to outposts in East Jerusalem, to create an irreversible situation around the Old City.” Adi Mintz, board member of the Elad Association

  14. The Old City Jerusalem Wadi Hilwah (Silwan)

  15. Stage 1: Settling Taking over houses and properties

  16. Settlements Around the Old City 35 Meyashvei ZIon Elad 125 Ateret Cohanim 30 900 Elad The settlement activity is led by private ideological associations with the support of the Israeli government. 350 250 Elad Association 20 15 50

  17. Stage 1: Settling Taking over houses and properties The Budget of Elad Association In 2005 – NIS 94,304,882 In 2006 – NIS 159,536,162 Palestinians: 7,000 Settlers: 350

  18. Stage 2: Ideological Tourism Extensive archeological digs Creating a theme park in Silwan In 2006 Elad invested NIS 2,394,635 for tours for soldiers

  19. Stage 2: Ideological Tourism Extensive archeological digs Creating a theme park in Silwan Number of Visitors Year 2000 – 10,000 Year 2008 – 400,000

  20. Stage 3: Digging and Tunneling Creating an “underground park”

  21. The Tunnels Under Al-Aqsaa Mosque The Tunnels of Gaza

  22. Planning for the settlers only Planned Parking Lots

  23. Security & Cameras

  24. The Government Plan: Theme Parks around the Old City According to a cabinet decision from July 2005, 60 Million NIS per year will be allocated for 8 years “to bolster Jerusalem's status as the capital of the State of Israel”.

  25. A. Preventing a compromise in Jerusalem

  26. B. Turning a National Conflict into a Religious One Mount of Olives

  27. C. Incorporating Settlements in the Plan

  28. For further information: www.peacenow.org.il

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