Settlements Archives | Alquds Jerusalem A comprehensive website with everything you need to know about Jerusalem Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:31:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Gilo Settelment https://alqudsjerusalem.com/geography/gilo-settelment/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:42:51 +0000 https://alqudsjerusalem.com/?p=1323 What is the Gilo Settlement in Jerusalem? Gilo is one of the fifteen main Israeli settlements in and around Jerusalem. This article addresses the settlement’s main characteristics. Where is the Gilo Settlement in Jerusalem located? Gilo is located in southwest East Jerusalem.[1] It lies across a narrow valley next to Bethlehem. [2] Gilo is [...]

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What is the Gilo Settlement in Jerusalem?

Gilo is one of the fifteen main Israeli settlements in and around Jerusalem.

This article addresses the settlement’s main characteristics.


Where is the Gilo Settlement in Jerusalem located?

Gilo is located in southwest East Jerusalem.[1] It lies across a narrow valley next to Bethlehem. [2]

Gilo is built on Jordanian lands conquered by Israel after the Six Day War in 1967.[3]The lands originally belong to the Palestinian village Beit Safafa.[4]

How Big is the Gilo Settlement?

The conquered land is estimated to be 2700 acre, while the habituated land of Gilo is estimated to be 2743 acre, adding land that did not belong to Beit Safafa.[5]

What is the population of the Gilo Settlement?

Gilo is inhabited by 40,000 Israeli settlers.[6]

Is the Gilo Settlement Recognized Internationally as Israeli Land or Illegal?

Israel has annexed Gilo’s land and has made it part of Jerusalem, a step that was never recognized by the international community.[7]

Administratively, Gilo follows the municipality of Jerusalem.[8]

Gilo, similar to other Israeli settlements in Palestinian lands, is considered illegal under international law.

Article 49 of the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in the Time of War states “the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own population into the territories it occupies.”[9]Israel, however, does not consider Israeli communities within Jerusalem to be settlements, as they claim it is part of Israel.[10]

[1] “UN Official: Gilo Expansion Threatens Middle East Peace,” at https://www.haaretz.com/1.5138391 posted November 24, 2009

[2] “Israel Dismantle Security Barrier at Gilo,” at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-10982961 posted August 16, 2010

[3] “Israel Angers Palestinians with Plan For Housing,” at https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/world/middleeast/israel-plans-new-housing-in-jerusalem-beyond-1967-boundaries.html posted September 27, 2011

[4] “Settlement in Jerusalem: 19 Settlements to Change the Character of the City,” at https://www.aljazeera.net/specialfiles/pages/f66e25b0-6804-4c4a-a83a-3258852d06c3 

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[6] “The Strategic Significance of Har Homa,” at https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-strategic-significance-of-Har-Homa posted December 15, 2007 

[7] “Plan to expand Jerusalem Settlement Angers U.S.,” at https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/world/middleeast/18mideast.html?_r=1&ref=global-home&mtrref=ar.wikipedia.org&gwh=40CFD10949B3ED0C69969A49A8FC8285&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL posted November 17, 2009

[8] “Israel Approves 942 Jewish Homes in Gilo Settlement,” at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12969424 posted April 5, 2011

[9] “Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons at the Time of War, 12 August 1949,” Article 49 a copy can be found on https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b36d2.html

[10] “The Geneva Convention,” at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm posted December 10, 2009

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Kochav Yaakov, named in honor of prophet Jacob and referred to as Al-Nabi Ya‘qub in Arabic is a settlement founded on the lands annexed from Kafr Aqeb south to Al-Ram. This Palestinian land of approximately 1835 acres was confiscated back in 1967-1968 after the Six-Day War.[1] At Least 19,300 settlers live on 862 acres of that land in more than 3800 housing units.[2]

[1] “Settlement in Jerusalem: Nineteen Settlements to change the face of the City,” last modified October 3, 2004, www.aljazeera.net/specialfiles/pages/f66e25b0-6804-4c4a-a83a-3258852d06c3

[2] Abdullah Mohammad Bin Abbod, The Apartheid Wall on the Palestinian Territories: a Legal and Political Study (2013), 104

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]]> Settlements in East Jerusalem https://alqudsjerusalem.com/geography/settlements-in-east-jerusalem/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:35:43 +0000 http://alqudsjerusalem.com/?p=848 After Israel occupied West Jerusalem in 1948, the international community came to a consensus that the eastern part of the city belongs to Palestinians and is to be the capital of their future state. Despite this, and following the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel took over East Jerusalem and annexed its lands, and in [...]

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After Israel occupied West Jerusalem in 1948, the international community came to a consensus that the eastern part of the city belongs to Palestinians and is to be the capital of their future state. Despite this, and following the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel took over East Jerusalem and annexed its lands, and in 1980, the Israeli Knesset declared it the capital of Israel under the law of Great and Unified Jerusalem.[1]

Since then, Israel has confiscated more than eighteen thousand acres of lands belong to Palestinians. nineteen Israeli Jewish settlements have been constructed in and around East Jerusalem in a space that covers more than thirteen thousand acres.[2]

The Israeli settlements on Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal Jewish civilian concentrations. They include more than 57 thousand housing units where more than 208,000 settlers live[3]. Some sources estimate that the number of settlers in 2017 exceeded 542,000.[4]

This section is dedicated to address settlement activity in Jerusalem–its practices and dangers.

[1] “Israel’s Settlements: Fifty Years of Land Theft Explained,” last modified Noveber 21, 2017, https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2017/50-years-illegal-settlements/index.html

[2] “Jerusalem Settlements: Niteen Settlements to change the face of the city,” last modified November 3, 2004, http://www.aljazeera.net/specialfiles/pages/f66e25b0-6804-4c4a-a83a-3258852d06c3

[3] “Six Month Report on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem,” last modified July 16, 2018, https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/palestine-occupied-palestinian-territory-west-bank-and-gaza-strip/48438/six-month-report-israeli-settlements-occupied-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem_en

[4] “The Number of Settlers in Jerusalem Doubled Twice,” last modified May 14, 2017, https://aawsat.com/home/article/925656/تضاعف-عدد-المستوطنين-في-القدس-مرتين-تقريبا?amp

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