275,000 Illegal Israeli Settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank

Number of West Bank Settlers reaches 275,000, says Israeli Interior Ministry report

Date: 16 / 07 / 2007 Time: 19:49

Bethlehem – Ma'an –

According to a report issued by the Israeli interior ministry, the number of illegal Israeli settlers, living in contravention of international law within the West Bank [not including East Jerusalem], has reached 275,000, an increase of 5.5% in relation to last year. The total number of Jewish people in Israel has risen by 1.5% overall.

The report stated that the number of religious settlers increased the most. 4,000 new settlers came to the settlement of Modi'in Illit, west of Ramallah. Bitar Illit settlement, near Bethlehem, grew by some 400 settlers.

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