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This is a '''list of Israeli settlements''' in the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. Israel had previously established settlements in both the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula; however, the Gaza settlements were dismantled in the Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005, and the Sinai settlements were evacuated with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty and the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. This list does not include West Bank settlements that were dismantled or Israeli outposts.
Israel in effect annexed East Jerusalem with the Jerusalem Law and considers settlements in the expanded boundaries of East Jerusalem to be neighborhoods of Jerusalem and not settlements. The United Nations Security Council ruled that act "null and void" in United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, and the international community considers East Jerusalem to continue to be held under Israeli occupation.
Israel in effect annexed the Golan Heights with the Golan Heights Law and does not consider the localities established there to be settlements. The United Nations Security Council ruled that act "null and void" in United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 and the international community continues to view the Golan Heights to be Syrian territory held under Israeli occupation.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories illegal under international law, violating the Fourth Geneva Convention's prohibition on the transfer of a civilian population to or from occupied territory, though Israel disputes this.<ref name=roberts /><ref name=maj>{{Cite book|title=The Italian Yearbook of International Law|volume=14|year=2005|editor1-last=Conforti|editor1-first=Benedetto|editor2-last=Bravo|editor2-first=Luigi|first=Marco|last=Pertile|chapter='Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory': A Missed Opportunity for International Humanitarian Law?|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=978-90-04-15027-0|page=141|quote=the establishment of the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has been considered illegal by the international community and by the majority of legal scholars}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|journal=International Journal of Constitutional Law|title=Israel: The security barrier—between international law, constitutional law, and domestic judicial review|publisher=Oxford University Press|volume=4|last=Barak-Erez|first=Daphne|author-link=Daphne Barak Erez|year=2006|issue=3|page=548|quote=The real controversy hovering over all the litigation on the security barrier concerns the fate of the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Since 1967, Israel has allowed and even encouraged its citizens to live in the new settlements established in the territories, motivated by religious and national sentiments attached to the history of the Jewish nation in the land of Israel. This policy has also been justified in terms of security interests, taking into consideration the dangerous geographic circumstances of Israel before 1967 (where Israeli areas on the Mediterranean coast were potentially threatened by Jordanian control of the West Bank ridge). The international community, for its part, has viewed this policy as patently illegal, based on the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention that prohibit moving populations to or from territories under occupation|doi=10.1093/icon/mol021|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Self-determination and population transfer|last=Drew|first=Catriona|title=Human rights, self-determination and political change in the occupied Palestinian territories|volume=52|series=International studies in human rights|editor-last=Bowen|editor-first=Stephen|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|year=1997|isbn=978-90-411-0502-8|pages=151–152|quote=It can thus clearly be concluded that the transfer of Israeli settlers into the occupied territories violates not only the laws of belligerent occupation but the Palestinian right of self-determination under international law. The question remains, however, whether this is of any practical value. In other words, given the view of the international community that the Israeli settlements are illegal under the law if belligerent occupation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories|author=International Labour Organization|year=2005|url=http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc93/pdf/rep-i-ax.pdf|page=14|quote=The international community considers Israeli settlements within the occupied territories illegal and in breach of, inter alia, United Nations Security Council resolution 465 of 1 March 1980 calling on Israel "to dismantle the existing settlements and in particular to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The international law of occupation|last=Benveniśtî|first=Eyāl|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-691-12130-7|page=xvii|quote=In its advisory opinion of July 9, 2004, on the ''Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory'', the International Court of Justice found Israel in breach of several international law obligations by its construction of a separation barrier on West Bank territory. ... The Court flatly rejects the Israeli claims concerning the inapplicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the West Bank and concerning the inapplicability of Article 49 to the Jewish settlements in the areas occupied by Israel. Neither of these claims gained serious support from the international community}}</ref>
==West Bank== {{main list |Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank}} {{further |Israeli occupation of the West Bank |Israeli law in the West Bank settlements}}
===City settlements in the West Bank=== Four settlements have been given city status. Their combined population is over 210,000, representing around half of the West Bank settler population outside of East Jerusalem. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! Hebrew !Image map ! Population ({{Israel populations|Year}}){{Israel populations|reference}} ! Est.{{Israel populations|reference}} ! Council |- align="center" |Ariel|| אריאל |frameless|100px|alt=Map of the area || {{Israel populations|Ari'el}} |1978 |Shomron |- align="center" |Beitar Illit|| ביתר עילית |frameless|100px|alt=Map of the area || {{Israel populations|Betar Illit}} |1985 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Ma'ale Adumim|| מעלה אדומים |frameless|100px|alt=Map of the area || {{Israel populations|Ma'ale Adummim}} |1975 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Modi'in Illit|| מודיעין עילית |frameless|100px|alt=Map of the area || {{Israel populations|Modi'in Illit}} |1996 |Mateh Binyamin |}
===Other settlements in the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! Hebrew ! Population ({{Israel populations|Year}}){{Israel populations|reference}} ! Est.{{Israel populations|reference}} ! Council |- align="center" |Adora (Adura) || אדורה || {{Israel populations|Adora}} |1984 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Alei Zahav ||עלי זהב || {{Israel populations|Ale Zahav}} |1982 |Shomron |- align="center" |Alfei Menashe || אלפי מנשה || {{Israel populations|Alfe Menashe}} |1983 |Shomron |- align="center" |Almog || אלמוג || {{Israel populations|Almog}} |1977 |Megilot |- align="center" |Almon | dir="rtl" |עלמון || {{Israel populations|Almon}} |1982 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Alon |אלון |1,031 |1990 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Alon Shvut || אלון שבות || {{Israel populations|Allon Shevut}} |1970 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Amihai |עמיחי |209 |2018 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Argaman||ארגמן || {{Israel populations|Argaman}} |1968 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Asfar (Metzad) | dir="rtl" | מיצד || {{Israel populations|Asfar}} |1983 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Ateret|| עטרת || {{Israel populations|Ateret}} |1981 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Avnat (Ovnat)|| אבנת || {{Israel populations|Avenat}} |1983 |Megilot |- align="center" |Avnei Hefetz|| אבני חפץ || {{Israel populations|Avne Hefez}} |1990 |Shomron |- align="center" |Barkan|| ברקן || {{Israel populations|Barqan}} ||1981 |Shomron |- align="center" |Bat Ayin|| בת עין || {{Israel populations|Bat Ayin}} |1989 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Beit Aryeh-Ofarim|| בית אריה || {{Israel populations|Bet Arye}} |1981 |Shomron |- align="center" |Beit El||בית אל || {{Israel populations|Bet El}} |1977 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Beit HaArava|| בית הערבה || {{Israel populations|Bet Haarava}} |1980 |Megilot |- align="center" |Beit Horon||בית חורון || {{Israel populations|Bet Horon}} ||1977 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Beit Yatir (Metzadot Yehuda) | dir="rtl" | בית יתיר || {{Israel populations|Mezadot Yehuda}} |1983 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Beka'ot (Bqa'ot)|| בקעות || {{Israel populations|Beqa'ot}} |1972 ||Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Brukhin|| ברוכין || {{Israel populations|Brukhin}} |2012 |Shomron |- align="center" |Carmel|| כרמל || {{Israel populations|Karmel}} |1981 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Dolev|| דולב || {{Israel populations|Dolev}} |1983 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Efrat (Efrata)|| אפרת || {{Israel populations|Efrat}} |1980 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Elazar|| אלעזר || {{Israel populations|El'azar}} |1975 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Eli|| עלי || {{Israel populations|Eli}} |1984 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Elkana|| אלקנה || {{Israel populations|Elqana}} |1977 |Shomron |- align="center" |Elon Moreh|| אלון מורה || {{Israel populations|Elon More}} |1979 |Shomron |- align="center" |Einav (Enav)|| ענב || {{Israel populations|Enav}} |1981 |Shomron |- align="center" |Eshkolot|| אשכולות || {{Israel populations|Eshkolot}} |1982 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Etz Efraim|| עץ אפרים || {{Israel populations|Ez Efrayim}} |1985 |Shomron |- align="center" |Ganei Modi'in |גני מודיעין |2,603 |1985 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Geva Binyamin | dir="rtl" | גבע בנימין || {{Israel populations|Geva Binyamin}} |1984 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Gilgal|| גלגל || {{Israel populations|Gilgal}} |1970 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Gitit|| גיתית || {{Israel populations|Gittit}} |1973 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Giv'at Ze'ev|| גבעת זאב || {{Israel populations|Giv'at Ze'ev}} |1983 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Giv'on HaHadasha|| גבעון החדשה || {{Israel populations|Giv'on Hahadasha}} |1980 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Haggai (Beit Hagai) | dir="rtl" | בית חגי || {{Israel populations|Haggay}} |1984 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Halamish|| חלמיש || 1,485 |1977 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Hamra|| חמרה || {{Israel populations|Hamra}} |1971 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Har Adar | dir="rtl" | הר אדר || {{Israel populations|Har Adar}} |1986 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Har Brakha | dir="rtl" | הר ברכה || {{Israel populations|Berakha}} |1983 |Shomron |- align="center" |Har Gilo|| הר גילה || {{Israel populations|Har Gillo}} |1972 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Hashmonaim|| חשמונאים || {{Israel populations|Hashmona'im}} |1985 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Hemdat|| חמדת || {{Israel populations|Hemdat}} |1980 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Hermesh|| חרמש || {{Israel populations|Hermesh}} |1982 |Shomron |- align="center" |Hinanit|| חיננית || {{Israel populations|Hinnanit}} |1981 |Shomron |- align="center" |Immanuel|| עמנואל || {{Israel populations|Immanu'el}} |1983 |Shomron |- align="center" |Itamar|| איתמר || {{Israel populations|Itamar}} |1984 |Shomron |- align="center" |Kalya|| קלי"ה || {{Israel populations|Qalya}} |1968 |Megilot |- align="center" |Karmei Tzur|| כרמי צור || {{Israel populations|Karme Zur}} |1984 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Karnei Shomron|| קרני שומרון || {{Israel populations|Qarne Shomeron}} |1978 |Shomron |- align="center" |Kedar (Keidar)|| קדר || {{Israel populations|Qedar}} |1985 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Kedumim|| קדומים || {{Israel populations|Qedumim}} |1977 |Shomron |- align="center" |Kfar Adumim|| כפר אדומים || {{Israel populations|Kefar Adummim}} |1979 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Kfar Etzion|| כפר עציון || {{Israel populations|Kefar Ezyon}} |1967 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Kfar HaOranim (Menora)||כפר האורנים || {{Israel populations|Kefar Haoranim}} |1998 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Kfar Tapuach|| כפר תפוח || {{Israel populations|Kefar Tappuah}} |1978 |Shomron |- align="center" |Kiryat Arba|| קרית ארבע || {{Israel populations|Qiryat Arba}} |1972 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Kiryat Netafim|| קרית נטפים || {{Israel populations|Qiryat Netafim}} |1983 |Shomron |- align="center" |Kokhav HaShahar|| כוכב השחר || {{Israel populations|Kokhav Hashahar}} |1977 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Kokhav Ya'akov | dir="rtl" | כוכב יעקב || {{Israel populations|Kokhav Ya'aqov}} |1985 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Ma'ale Amos|| מעלה עמוס || {{Israel populations|Ma'ale Amos}} |1981 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Ma'ale Efrayim|| מעלה אפרים || {{Israel populations|Ma'ale Efrayim}} |1970 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Ma'ale Levona|| מעלה לבונה || {{Israel populations|Ma'ale Levona}} |1983 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Ma'ale Mikhmas|| מעלה מכמש || {{Israel populations|Ma'ale Mikhmas}} |1981 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Ma'ale Shomron|| מעלה שומרון || {{Israel populations|Ma'ale Shomeron}} |1980 |Shomron |- align="center" |Ma'on|| מעון || {{Israel populations|Ma'on}} |1981 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Maskiot|| משכיות || {{Israel populations|Maskiyyot}} |1986 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Masua|| משואה || {{Israel populations|Massu'a}} |1970 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Matityahu|| מתתיהו || {{Israel populations|Mattityahu}} |1981 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Mehola|| מחולה || {{Israel populations|Mehola}} |1968 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Mekhora|| מכורה || {{Israel populations|Mekhora}} |1973 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Mevo Dotan|| מבוא דותן || {{Israel populations|Mevo Dotan}} |1978 |Shomron |- align="center" |Mevo Horon|| מבוא חורון || {{Israel populations|Mevo Horon}} |1970 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Migdal Oz|| מגדל עוז || {{Israel populations|Migdal Oz}} |1977 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Migdalim|| מגדלים || {{Israel populations|Migdalim}} |1983 |Shomron |- align="center" |Mitzpe Shalem|| מצפה שלם || {{Israel populations|Mizpe Shalem}} |1971 |Megilot |- align="center" |Mitzpe Yeriho|| מצפה יריחו || {{Israel populations|Mizpe Yeriho}} |1978 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Na'ale || נעלה || {{Israel populations|Na'ale}} |1988 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Na'omi (Na'ama) |נעמי |165 |1982 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Nahliel|| נחליאל || {{Israel populations|Nahali'el}} |1984 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Negohot|| נגוהות || {{Israel populations|Negohot}} |1999 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Netiv HaGdud|| נתיב הגדוד || {{Israel populations|Netiv Hagedud}} |1976 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Neve Daniel|| נווה דניאל || {{Israel populations|Newe Daniyyel}} |1982 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Nili|| נילי || {{Israel populations|Nili}} |1981 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Na'aran (Niran)|| נירן || 101 |1977 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Nofei Prat |נוֹפֵי פְּרָת |1,200 |1992 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Nofim|| נופים || {{Israel populations|Nofim}} |1987 |Shomron |- align="center" |Nokdim|| נוקדים || {{Israel populations|Noqedim}} |1982 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Ofra|| עפרה || {{Israel populations|Ofra}} |1975 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Oranit|| אורנית || {{Israel populations|Oranit}} |1985 |Shomron |- align="center" |Otniel|| עתניאל || {{Israel populations|Otni'el}} |1983 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Peduel|| פדואל || {{Israel populations|Pedu'el}} |1984 |Shomron |- align="center" |Pnei Hever (Ma'ale Hever) | dir="rtl" | מעלה חבר || {{Israel populations|Pene Hever}} |1982 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Petza'el|| פצאל || {{Israel populations|Peza'el}} |1975 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Psagot|| פסגות || {{Israel populations|Pesagot}} |1981 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Rehelim|| רחלים || {{Israel populations|Rehelim}} |2013 |Shomron |- align="center" |Reihan|| ריחן || {{Israel populations|Rehan}} |1977 |Shomron |- align="center" |Revava|| רבבה || {{Israel populations|Revava}} |1991 |Shomron |- align="center" |Rimonim|| רימונים || {{Israel populations|Rimmonim}} |1977 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Ro'i|| רועי || {{Israel populations|Ro'i}} |1976 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Rosh Tzurim|| ראש צורים || {{Israel populations|Rosh Zurim}} |1969 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Rotem|| רותם || {{Israel populations|Rotem}} |1983 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Sal'it|| סלעית || {{Israel populations|Sal'it}} |1977 |Shomron |- align="center" |Sansana|| סנסנה || {{Israel populations|Sansana}} |1997 ||Har Hebron |- align="center" |Sha'arei Tikva|| שערי תקווה || {{Israel populations|Sha'are Tiqwa}} |1983 |Shomron |- align="center" |Shadmot Mehola|| שדמות מחולה || {{Israel populations|Shadmot Mehola}} |1979 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Shaked|| שקד || {{Israel populations|Shaqed}} |1981 |Shomron |- align="center" |Shani (Livne) | dir="rtl" |לִבְנֶה || 571 |1989 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Shavei Shomron|| שבי שומרון || {{Israel populations|Shave Shomeron}} |1977 |Shomron |- align="center" |Shilo|| שילה || {{Israel populations|Shilo}} |1979 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Shim'a|| שמעה || {{Israel populations|Shim'a}} |1985 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Susiya||סוסיא || {{Israel populations|Suseya}} |1983 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Talmon|| טלמון || {{Israel populations|Talmon}} |1989 |Mateh Binyamin |- align="center" |Tekoa|| תקוע || {{Israel populations|Teqoa}} |1977 |Gush Etzion |- align="center" |Telem|| תלם || {{Israel populations|Telem}} |1982 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Teneh Omarim|| טנא עומרים || {{Israel populations|Tene}} |1983 |Har Hebron |- align="center" |Tomer|| תומר || {{Israel populations|Tomer}} |1978 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Tzofim|| צופים || {{Israel populations|Zufim}} |1989 |Shomron |- align="center" |Vered Yeriho|| ורד יריחו || {{Israel populations|Wered Yeriho}} |1980 |Megilot |- align="center" |Yafit|| יפית || {{Israel populations|Yafit}} |1980 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Yakir|| יקיר || {{Israel populations|Yaqir}} |1981 |Shomron |- align="center" |Yitav | dir="rtl" | ייט"ב || {{Israel populations|Yitav}} |1970 |Bik'at HaYarden |- align="center" |Yitzhar || יצהר || {{Israel populations|Yizhar}} |1983 |Shomron |}
Several former Israeli outposts have been retroactively "legalized" under Israeli law as "neighborhoods" of formerly existing Israeli settlements:
* Givat Harsina, also called Ramat Mamre, legalized as "neighborhood" of Kiryat Arba * Kfar Eldad, considered a "neighborhood" of Nokdim * Kerem Reim, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Talmon * Leshem, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Alei Zahav * Neria, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Talmon * Nofei Nehemia, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Rehelim * Sdeh Bar Farm, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Nokdim * Shvut Rachel, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Shilo * Tal Menashe, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Hinanit * Yair Farm, retroactively legalized as a "neighborhood" of Yakir
===East Jerusalem=== Following the capture and occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem in 1967, the Israeli government effectively annexed the formerly Jordanian occupied territory and extended the Jerusalem municipality borders by adding 70,500 dunams of land with the aim of establishing Jewish settlements and cementing the status of a united city under Israeli control. The Jerusalem Master Plan 1968 called for increasing the Israeli population of Arab East Jerusalem, encircling the city with Israeli settlements and excluding large Palestinian neighborhoods from the expanded municipality.<ref name="Nuseibeh2015">{{cite book|author=Rawan Asali Nuseibeh|title=Political Conflict and Exclusion in Jerusalem: The Provision of Education and Social Services|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojmvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT43|date=8 October 2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-53576-8|pages=43–}}</ref> Jerusalem was effectively annexed by Israel in 1980, an act that was internationally condemned and ruled "null and void" by the United Nations Security Council in United Nations Security Council Resolution 478. The international community continues to regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory and Israel's settlements there illegal under international law.<ref name=roberts>{{Cite journal|title=Prolonged Military Occupation: The Israeli-Occupied Territories Since 1967|last=Roberts|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Roberts (scholar)|journal=The American Journal of International Law|year=1990|volume=84|issue=1|publisher=American Society of International Law|pages=60, 69, 85–86|quote=p. 60: Although East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights have been brought directly under Israeli law, by acts that amount to annexation, both of these areas continue to be viewed by the international community as occupied, and their status as regards the applicability of international rules is in most respects identical to that of the West Bank and Gaza.<br />p 69: SC Res. 446 (Mar. 22, 1979), adopted by 12 votes to none, with 3 abstentions (Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States), reaffirmed the applicability of the fourth Geneva Convention, as well as opposing the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories<br />pp 85–86: The international community has taken a critical view of both deportations and settlements as being contrary to international law. General Assembly resolutions have condemned the deportations since 1969, and have done so by overwhelming majorities in recent years. Likewise, they have consistently deplored the establishment of settlements, and have done so by overwhelming majorities throughout the period (since the end of 1976) of the rapid expansion in their numbers. The Security Council has also been critical of deportations and settlements; and other bodies have viewed them as an obstacle to peace, and illegal under international law|doi=10.2307/2203016|jstor=2203016|s2cid=145514740 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! Hebrew ! Population (2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli Settlements (2019) - OCHA OPT |url=https://www.ochaopt.org/atlas2019/images/db/israeli-settlements-checkpoints/israeli-settlments.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Settlements List |url=https://peacenow.org.il/en/settlements-watch/israeli-settlements-at-the-west-bank-the-list |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Peace Now |language=en-US}}</ref> ! Est. |- align="center" |East Talpiot ||תלפיות מזרח ||15,104 |1967 |- align="center" |French Hill (Giv'at Shapira)||הגבעה הצרפתית ||8,826 |1969 |- align="center" |Gilo ||גילֹה ||30,820 |1973 |- align="center" |Giv'at Hamivtar ||גבעת המבתר ||2,944 |1970 |- align="center" |Har Homa||הר חומה ||19,950 |1997 |- align="center" |Ma'alot Dafna||מעלות דפנה ||3,260 |1972 |- align="center" |Neve Yaakov ||נווה יעקב ||21,780 |1972 |- align="center" |Pisgat Ze'ev ||פסגת זאב ||44,512 |1985 |- align="center" |Ramat Eshkol ||רמת אשכול ||3,573 |1970 |- align="center" |Ramat Shlomo ||רמת שלמה ||15,070 |1995 |- align="center" |Ramot Alon ||רמות אלון ||41,410 |1974 |- | colspan="2" |Total: |207,249 | |} Smaller Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem include Beit Orot, Givat HaMatos, Ma'ale HaZeitim, and Nof Zion.
==Golan Heights== In 1967, construction of Israeli settlements began in the portion of the Golan Heights held by Israel. That area remained under military administration until 1981 when Israel passed the Golan Heights Law extending Israeli law and administration throughout the territory.<ref name = "MFA Law">[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Golan+Heights+Law.htm Golan Heights Law], MFA.</ref> That 1981 decision was condemned by the United Nations Security Council in UN Resolution 497,<ref name=korman_condemned>{{citation |title=The Right of Conquest: The Acquisition of Territory by Force in International Law and Practice |last=Korman |first=Sharon |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=262–263}}</ref><ref name="UN Security Council Resolution 497">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/SC497.pdf |title=UN Security Council Resolution 497 |access-date=2018-11-30 |archive-date=2013-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530143110/http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/SC497.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> which stated that "the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect." Israel maintains it has a right to retain the Golan, citing the text of UN Resolution 242, which calls for "safe and recognised boundaries free from threats or acts of force".<ref name="ReferenceA">Y.Z Blum "Secure Boundaries and Middle East Peace in the Light of International Law and Practice" (1971) pages 24–46</ref> However, the international community rejects Israeli claims to title to the territory and regards it as sovereign Syrian territory.<ref name=occupiedSyrian>* "The international community maintains that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and without international legal effect." {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqIv03qWPc0C&q=%22The+international+community+maintains+that+the+Israeli+decision+to+impose+its+laws%2C+jurisdiction+and+administration+in+the+occupied+Syrian+Golan+is+null+and+void+and+without+international+legal+effect.%22 |title=The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories |author=International Labour Office |edition=International government publication |publisher=International Labour Office |year=2009 |isbn=978-92-2-120630-9 |page=23 }} * In 2008, a plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly voted by 161–1 in favour of a motion on the "occupied Syrian Golan" that reaffirmed support for UN Resolution 497. ([https://www.un.org/press/en/2008/ga10794.doc.htm General Assembly adopts broad range of texts, 26 in all, on recommendation of its fourth Committee, including on decolonization, information, Palestine refugees], United Nations, 5 December 2008.) * "the Syrian Golan Heights territory, which Israel has occupied since 1967". Also, "the Golan Heights, a 450-square mile portion of southwestern Syria that Israel occupied during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war." ([https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/62681.pdf CRS Issue Brief for Congress: Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues], Congressional Research Service. 19 January 2006) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231125/https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/62681.pdf |date=18 September 2018 }}</ref><ref name=InternationalCommunityOccupiedTerritory>Occupied territory: * "Israeli-occupied Golan Heights" (Central Intelligence Agency. [https://archive.org/details/ciaworldfactbook0000unit/page/339 <!-- quote="OCCUPIED GOLAN". --> CIA World Factbook 2010], Skyhorse Publishing Inc., 2009. pg. 339. {{ISBN|1-60239-727-9}}.) * "...the United States considers the Golan Heights to be occupied territory subject to negotiation and Israeli withdrawal..." ([https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/9570.pdf "CRS Issue Brief for Congress: Israeli-United States Relations"], Congressional Research Service, 5 April 2002. pg. 5. Retrieved 1 August 2010.) * "Occupied Golan Heights" ([http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/israel-occupied Travel advice: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720052803/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/israel-occupied |date=20 July 2009 }}, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 1 August 2010.) * "In the ICRC's view, the Golan is an occupied territory." ([http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/israel-golan-311207?OpenDocument&style=custo_print ICRC activities in the occupied Golan during 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215201012/https://www.icrc.org/en?OpenDocument=&style=custo_print |date=2021-02-15 }}, International Committee of the Red Cross, 24 April 2008.)</ref><ref name=KORMAN>Korman, Sharon. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ueDO1dJyjrUC&dq=The+right+of+conquest+golan+heights&pg=PA261 The right of conquest: the acquisition of territory by force in international law and practice], Oxford University Press, 1996. pg. 265. {{ISBN|0-19-828007-6}}. "The continued occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights is recognized by many states as valid and consistent with the provisions of the United Nations Charter, on a self-defence basis. Israel, on this view, would be entitled to exact as a condition of withdrawal from the territory the imposition of security measures of an indefinite character--such as perpetual demilitarization, or the emplacement of a United Nations force--which would ensure, or tend to ensure, that the territory would not be used against it for aggression on future occasions. But the notion that Israel is entitled to claim any status other than that of belligerent occupant in the territory which it occupies, or to act beyond the strict bounds laid down in the Fourth Geneva Convention, has been universally rejected by the international community--no less by the United States than by any other state."</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Population of Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights ! Name ! Hebrew ! Population {{Israel populations|Year}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} ! Est.{{Israel populations|reference}} |- align="center" |Katzrin || קַצְרִין{{popdf}} || {{Israel populations|Qazrin}} |1977 |- align="center" |Afik || אֲפִיק{{popdf}} || {{Israel populations|Afiq}} | 1972 |- align="center" |Ein Zivan|| עֵין זִיוָן{{popdf}} || {{Israel populations|En Ziwan}} |1968 |- align="center" |El Rom|| אֶל רוֹם{{popdf}} || {{Israel populations|El-rom}} |1971 |- align="center" |Geshur|| גְּשׁוּר || {{Israel populations|Geshur}} |1971 |- align="center" |Kfar Haruv|| כְּפַר חָרוּב || {{Israel populations|Kefar Haruv}} |1974 |- align="center" | Merom Golan|| מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן || {{Israel populations|Merom Golan}} |1967 |- align="center" |Metzar|| מֵיצָר || {{Israel populations|Mezar}} |1981 |- align="center" |Mevo Hama|| מְבוֹא חַמָּה || {{Israel populations|Mevo Hamma}} |1968 |- align="center" |Natur|| נָטוּר || {{Israel populations|Natur}} |1980 |- align="center" |Ortal || אוֹרְטַל || {{Israel populations|Ortal}} |1978 |- align="center" |Alonei HaBashan|| אַלּוֹנֵי הַבָּשָׁן || {{Israel populations|Allone Habashan}} |1981 |- align="center" |Ani'am|| אֲנִיעָם || {{Israel populations|Ani'am}} |1978 |- align="center" |Avnei Eitan|| אַבְנֵ"י אֵיתָ"ן || {{Israel populations|Avne Etan}} |1973 |- align="center" |Bnei Yehuda|| בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה || {{Israel populations|Bene Yehuda}} |1972 |- align="center" |Eliad|| אֵלִי עַד || {{Israel populations|Eli-ad}} |1968 |- align="center" |Givat Yoav|| גִּבְעַת יוֹאָב || {{Israel populations|Giv'at Yo'av}} |1968 |- align="center" |Haspin|| חַסְפִּין || {{Israel populations|Haspin}} |1978 |- align="center" |Kanaf|| כָּנָף || {{Israel populations|Kanaf}} |1985 |- align="center" |Keshet|| קֶשֶׁת || {{Israel populations|Qeshet}} |1974 |- align="center" |Kidmat Tzvi|| קִדְמַת צְבִי || {{Israel populations|Qidmat Zevi}} |1981 |- align="center" |Ma'ale Gamla|| מַעֲלֵה גַּמְלָא || {{Israel populations|Ma'ale Gamla}} |1975 |- align="center" |Neot Golan|| נְאוֹת גּוֹלָן || {{Israel populations|Ne'ot Golan}} |1968 |- align="center" |Neve Ativ|| נְוֵה אַטִי"ב || {{Israel populations|Newe Ativ}} |1972 |- align="center" |Nov|| נוֹב || {{Israel populations|Nov}} |1974 |- align="center" |Odem|| אֹדֶם || {{Israel populations|Odem}} |1975 |- align="center" |Ramat Magshimim|| רָמַת מַגְשִׁימִים || {{Israel populations|Ramat Magshimim}} |1968 |- align="center" |Ramot|| רָמוֹת || {{Israel populations|Ramot}} |1969 |- align="center" |Sha'al|| שַׁעַל || {{Israel populations|Sha'al}} |1980 |- align="center" |Yonatan|| יוֹנָתָן || {{Israel populations|Yonatan}} |1975 |- align="center" |Kela Alon|| קלע אלון || {{Israel populations|Qela}} |1981, 1991 |- align="center" |Had Ness|| חַד נֵס || {{Israel populations|Had-nes}} |1989 |- align="center" |}
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