List of Israeli settlements

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 effectively 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 effectively 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

West Bank
Main article: Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank
Further information: Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Israeli law in the West Bank settlements, and List of Israeli settlements with city status in the West Bank
Name Hebrew Population (2018)[7] Est.[7] Council
Adoraאדורה 440 1984 Har Hebron
Alei Zahavעלי זהב 2,739 1982 Shomron
Alfei Menasheאלפי מנשה 7,865 1983 Shomron
Alon Shvutאלון שבות 3,151 1970 Gush Etzion
Almogאלמוג 253 1977 Megilot
Almon עלמון 1,378 1982 Binyamin
Argamanארגמן 133 1968 Bik'at HaYarden
Arielאריאל 20,456 1978 Shomron
Asfar מיצד 835 1983 Gush Etzion
Ateretעטרת 913 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Avnatאבנת 185 1983 Megilot
Avnei Hefetzאבני חפץ 1,895 1990 Shomron
Barkanברקן 1,833 1981 Shomron
Bat Ayinבת עין 1,545 1989 Gush Etzion
Beit Aryehבית אריה 5,139 1981 Shomron
Beit Elבית אל 6,042 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Beit HaAravaבית הערבה 290 1980 Megilot
Beit Horonבית חורון 1,362 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Beit Yatir בית יתיר 512 1983 Har Hebron
Beitar Illitביתר עילית 56,746 1985 Gush Etzion
Beka'otבקעות 176 1972 Bik'at HaYarden
Brukhinברוכין 1,093 2012 Shomron
Karmei Tzurכרמי צור 1,021 1984 Gush Etzion
Carmelכרמל 436 1981 Har Hebron
Dolevדולב 1,341 1983 Mateh Binyamin
Efrat(a)אפרת 10,088 1980 Gush Etzion
Elazarאלעזר 2,510 1975 Gush Etzion
Eliעלי 4,311 1984 Mateh Binyamin
Elkanaאלקנה 3,812 1977 Shomron
Elon Morehאלון מורה 1,946 1979 Shomron
Einavענב 859 1981 Shomron
Eshkolotאשכולות 567 1982 Har Hebron
Etz Efraimעץ אפרים 2,292 1985 Shomron
Hashmonaimגני מודיעין 2,760 1996 Mateh Binyamin
Geva Binyamin גבע בנימין 5,525 1984 Mateh Binyamin
Gilgalגלגל 178 1970 Bik'at HaYarden
Gititגיתית 476 1973 Bik'at HaYarden
Giv'at Ze'evגבעת זאב 17,922 1983 Mateh Binyamin
Giv'on HaHadashaגבעון החדשה 1,086 1980 Mateh Binyamin
Beit Hagai בית חגי 635 1984 Har Hebron
Halamishחלמיש 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Hamraחמרה 175 1971 Bik'at HaYarden
Har Adar הר אדר 4,056 1986 Mateh Binyamin
Har Brakha הר ברכה 2,620 1983 Shomron
Har Giloהר גילה 1,590 1972 Gush Etzion
Hashmonaimחשמונאים 2,760 1985 Mateh Binyamin
Hemdatחמדת 278 1980 Bik'at HaYarden
Hermeshחרמש 228 1982 Shomron
Hinanitחיננית 1,323 1981 Shomron
Immanuelעמנואל 3,693 1983 Shomron
Itamarאיתמר 1,238 1984 Shomron
Kalyaקלי"ה 416 1968 Megilot
Karnei Shomronקרני שומרון 7,713 1978 Shomron
Kedarקדר 1,565 1985 Gush Etzion
Kedumimקדומים 4,596 1977 Shomron
Kfar Adumimכפר אדומים 4,513 1979 Mateh Binyamin
Kfar Etzionכפר עציון 1,152 1967 Gush Etzion
Kfar Tapuachכפר תפוח 1,238 1978 Shomron
Kiryat Arbaקרית ארבע 7,323 1972 Har Hebron
Kiryat Netafimקרית נטפים 937 1983 Shomron
Kokhav HaShaharכוכב השחר 2,122 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Kokhav Ya'akov כוכב יעקב 8,194 1985 Mateh Binyamin
Lapidלפיד 2,459 1996 Hevel Modi'in
Ma'ale Adumimמעלה אדומים 38,193 1975 Gush Etzion
Ma'ale Amosמעלה עמוס 535 1981 Gush Etzion
Ma'ale Efrayimמעלה אפרים 1,241 1970 Bik'at HaYarden
Ma'ale Levonaמעלה לבונה 866 1983 Mateh Binyamin
Ma'ale Mikhmasמעלה מכמש 1,463 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Ma'ale Shomronמעלה שומרון 1,012 1980 Shomron
Ma'onמעון 575 1981 Har Hebron
Maskiotמשכיות 286 1986 Bik'at HaYarden
Masuaמשואה 170 1970 Bik'at HaYarden
Matityahuמתתיהו 847 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Meholaמחולה 575 1968 Bik'at HaYarden
Mekhoraמכורה 161 1973 Bik'at HaYarden
Kfar HaOranimכפר האורנים 2,664 1998 Mateh Binyamin
Mevo Dothanמבוא דותן 403 1978 Shomron
Mevo Horonמבוא חורון 2,650 1970 Mateh Binyamin
Migdal Ozמגדל עוז 574 1977 Gush Etzion
Migdalimמגדלים 368 1983 Shomron
Mitzpe Shalemמצפה שלם 211 1971 Megilot
Mitzpe Yerihoמצפה יריחו 2,453 1978 Mateh Binyamin
Modi'in Illitמודיעין עילית 73,080 1996 Mateh Binyamin
Na'aleנעלה 1,942 1988 Mateh Binyamin
Nahlielנחליאל 713 1984 Mateh Binyamin
Negohotנגוהות 356 1999 Har Hebron
Netiv HaGdudנתיב הגדוד 199 1976 Bik'at HaYarden
Neve Danielנווה דניאל 2,315 1982 Gush Etzion
Niliנילי 1,714 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Niranנירן 1977 Bik'at HaYarden
Nofimנופים 794 1987 Shomron
Nokdimנוקדים 2,250 1982 Gush Etzion
Na'omiנעמ"ה 151 1982 Bik'at HaYarden
Ofraעפרה 3,039 1975 Mateh Binyamin
Oranitאורנית 8,807 1985 Shomron
Otnielעתניאל 1,037 1983 Har Hebron
Peduelפדואל 1,910 1984 Shomron
Ma'ale Hever מעלה חבר 586 1982 Har Hebron
Petza'elפצאל 283 1975 Bik'at HaYarden
Psagotפסגות 1,903 1981 Mateh Binyamin
Rehelimרחלים 790 2013 Shomron
Reihanריחן 308 1977 Shomron
Revavaרבבה 2,466 1991 Shomron
Rimonimרימונים 687 1977 Mateh Binyamin
Ro'iרועי 169 1976 Bik'at HaYarden
Rosh Tzurimראש צורים 926 1969 Gush Etzion
Rotemרותם 212 1983 Bik'at HaYarden
Sal'itסלעית 1,190 1977 Shomron
Sansanaסנסנה 458 1997 Har Hebron
Sha'arei Tikvaשערי תקווה 6,011 1983 Shomron
Shadmot Meholaשדמות מחולה 645 1979 Bik'at HaYarden
Shakedשקד 972 1981 Shomron
Livne לִבְנֶה‬ 546 1989 Har Hebron
Shavei Shomronשבי שומרון 929 1977 Shomron
Shiloשילה 4,153 1979 Mateh Binyamin
Shim'aשמעה 714 1985 Har Hebron
Susiyaסוסיא 1,301 1983 Har Hebron
Talmonטלמון 4,349 1989 Mateh Binyamin
Tekoaתקוע 3,882 1977 Gush Etzion
Telemתלם 432 1982 Har Hebron
Teneh Omarimטנא עומרים 848 1983 Har Hebron
Tomerתומר 283 1978 Bik'at HaYarden
Vered Yerihoורד יריחו 317 1980 Megilot
Yafitיפית 197 1980 Bik'at HaYarden
Yakirיקיר 2,183 1981 Shomron
Yitav ייט"ב 348 1970 Bik'at HaYarden
Yitzharיצהר 1,635 1983 Shomron
Tzofimצופים 2,369 1989 Shomron

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.[8] 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.[1]

Name Hebrew Population (2010)[9] Est.
East Talpiotתלפיות מזרח 13,984 1967
French Hillהגבעה הצרפתית 8,660 1969
Giloגילֹה 29,559 1973
Giv'at Hamivtarגבעת המבתר 2,944 1970
Har Homa, Givat Hamatosהר חומה 9,811 1997
Ma'alot Dafnaמעלות דפנה 2,720 1972
Neve Yaakovנווה יעקב 19,703 1972
Pisgat Ze'evפסגת זאב 44,512 1985
Ramat Eshkolרמת אשכול 3,573 1970
Ramat Shlomoרמת שלמה 14,554 1995
Ramotרמות אלון 41,410 1974
Sanhedria Murhevetסנהדריה המורחבת 4,094 1970

Golan Heights

Construction of Israeli settlements began in the portion of the Golan Heights held by Israel in 1967, which was under military administration until Israel passed the Golan Heights Law extending Israeli law and administration throughout the territory in 1981.[10] This move was condemned by the United Nations Security Council in UN Resolution 497,[11][12] 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".[13] However, the international community rejects Israeli claims to title to the territory and regards it as sovereign Syrian territory.[14][15][16]

Population of Israeli Golan Heights settlements
Name Hebrew Population 2018.[7] Est.[7]
Katzrinקַצְרִין‬ 7,132 1977
Afikאֲפִיק‬ 329 1972
Ein Zivanעֵין זִיוָן‬ 348 1968
El Romאֶל רוֹם‬ 392 1971
Geshurגְּשׁוּר 283 1971
Kfar Haruvכְּפַר חָרוּב 421 1974
Merom Golanמְרוֹם גּוֹלָן 724 1967
Metzarמֵיצָר 287 1981
Mevo Hamaמְבוֹא חַמָּה 434 1968
Naturנָטוּר 686 1980
Ortalאוֹרְטַל 343 1978
Alonei HaBashanאַלּוֹנֵי הַבָּשָׁן 445 1981
Ani'amאֲנִיעָם 531 1978
Avnei Eitanאַבְנֵ"י אֵיתָ"ן 714 1973
Bnei Yehudaבְּנֵי יְהוּדָה 1,070 1972
Eliadאֵלִי עַד 401 1968
Givat Yoavגִּבְעַת יוֹאָב 703 1968
Haspinחַסְפִּין 2,057 1978
Kanafכָּנָף 461 1985
Keshetקֶשֶׁת 784 1974
Kidmat Tzviקִדְמַת צְבִי 452 1981
Ma'ale Gamlaמַעֲלֵה גַּמְלָא 515 1975
Neot Golanנְאוֹת גּוֹלָן 618 1968
Neve Ativנְוֵה אַטִי"ב 115

Newe Avot = 335

 1972
Novנוֹב 931 1974
Odemאֹדֶם 139 1975
Ramat Magshimimרָמַת מַגְשִׁימִים 704 1968
Ramotרָמוֹת 550 1969
Sha'alשַׁעַל 263 1980
Yonatanיוֹנָתָן 705 1975
Kela Alonקלע אלון 298 1981, 1991
Had Nessחַד נֵס 823 1989

References
  1. Roberts, Adam. "Prolonged Military Occupation: The Israeli-Occupied Territories Since 1967". The American Journal of International Law. American Society of International Law. 84 (1): 60, 69, 85–86. doi:10.2307/2203016. 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.
    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
    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
  2. Pertile, Marco (2005). "'Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory': A Missed Opportunity for International Humanitarian Law?". In Conforti, Benedetto; Bravo, Luigi (eds.). The Italian Yearbook of International Law. 14. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 978-90-04-15027-0. 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
  3. Barak-Erez, Daphne (2006). "Israel: The security barrier—between international law, constitutional law, and domestic judicial review". International Journal of Constitutional Law. Oxford University Press. 4: 548. doi:10.1093/icon/mol021. 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
  4. Drew, Catriona (1997). "Self-determination and population transfer". In Bowen, Stephen (ed.). Human rights, self-determination and political change in the occupied Palestinian territories. International studies in human rights. 52. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 151–152. ISBN 978-90-411-0502-8. 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
  5. International Labour Organization (2005). "The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories" (PDF). p. 14. 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"
  6. Benveniśtî, Eyāl (2004). The international law of occupation. Princeton University Press. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-691-12130-7. 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
  7. "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. Rawan Asali Nuseibeh (8 October 2015). Political Conflict and Exclusion in Jerusalem: The Provision of Education and Social Services. Taylor & Francis. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-1-317-53576-8.
  9. East Jerusalem Settlements, Foundation for Middle East Peace, January 13, 2011
  10. Golan Heights Law, MFA.
  11. Korman, Sharon, The Right of Conquest: The Acquisition of Territory by Force in International Law and Practice, Oxford University Press, pp. 262–263
  12. UN Security Council Resolution 497
  13. Y.Z Blum "Secure Boundaries and Middle East Peace in the Light of International Law and Practice" (1971) pages 24–46
  15. Occupied territory:
  16. Korman, Sharon. 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."
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