Colonial Settlement Announcements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (January - July 2024)

Since 1967, each Israeli government has invested significant resources in establishing and expanding Israeli settlements in the OPT, both in areas of land they occupy and in population. As a result of this policy, approximately 740,000 Israeli settlers now live in the West Bank settlements, including 240,000 Israeli settlers living in East Jerusalem. Over the last decade alone, there has been a 200,000 rise in the Israeli settlers’ population, with the majority of these increases occurring in larger settlements like Modiin Illit, Beitar Illit, Maale Adumim, and Ariel, which collectively house 215,000 Israeli settlers.