Event
Settlement, permits and demolitions in the West Bank
Settlement growth, movement restrictions and demolitions as the ICJ, B'Tselem and OCHA record them, and Israel's stated security reasons.
- Dates
- 1967 –
Connections 9
involved
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) October 2026 West Bank figures Primary record 1
- Israel Israel's written statement to the Court set out security concerns According to Israel Primary record 2
- International Court of Justice found settlements in violation of international law, and annexation of large parts of the Territory Primary record 2
- UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) Volker Türk warns of "ethnic cleansing"; his word, quoted by UN News Scholarship & press 3
- Israeli West Bank barrier the 2004 opinion on the barrier Primary record 4
influenced by
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ICJ advisory opinion on Israel's policies and practices (2024)
Primary record
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The Court found a breach of Article 3 of the anti-discrimination convention; Judge Iwasawa notes it did not call it apartheid.
located in
Timeline 1 date
- 1967 – Settlement, permits and demolitions in the West Bank
Proof 6 sources
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Humanitarian Situation Report, 15 October 2026 (West Bank section), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, occupied Palestinian territory, 19 Oct 2026.
Primary record
In the West Bank, over the past two weeks, five Palestinians were killed and over 240 injured by Israeli forces or settlers, with 74 per cent of injuries occurring in the context of settler attacks.
Demolitions displaced 96 Palestinians over two weeks
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Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Advisory Opinion, 19 July 2024, International Court of Justice, 19 Jul 2024.
Primary record
contained information on other matters, including Israel’s security concerns.
have been established and are being maintained in violation of international law
Israel’s policies and practices amount to annexation of large parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Israel’s legislation and measures constitute breach of Article 3 of CERD
Area C, which covers more than 60 per cent of the West Bank, being exclusively administered by Israel.
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West Bank: Hebron crackdown displaces thousands, Turk warns of ethnic cleansing, UN News, 26 Oct 2026.
Scholarship & press
Israel’s “aggressive operation” in the West Bank city of Hebron raises serious concerns
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Press release 2004/28: Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, International Court of Justice, 9 Jul 2004.
Primary record
under an obligation to cease forthwith the works of construction of the wall being built in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, to dismantle forthwith the structure therein situated
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Summary of the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024, International Court of Justice, 19 Jul 2024.
Primary record
without qualifying it as apartheid
From 1967 onwards, Israel started to establish or support settlements in the territories it occupied
By 2023, approximately 465,000 settlers resided in the West Bank, spread across around 300 settlements and outposts, while some 230,000 settlers resided in East Jerusalem.
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10 years to the second Intifada: summary of data (press release), B'Tselem, 27 Sep 2010.
Scholarship & press
Archived copy
As of 31 August 2010, the Israeli army had 59 permanent checkpoints inside the West Bank
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