Bosättningarnas tillväxt

Jag är lite upptagen just nu så jag nöjer mig med att göra copy paste från en fil som jag just fick av Shaul Arieli (igen), med rubriken ”Naturlig tillväxt eller tillväxt genom inflyttning”. Argumenteringen vänder sig främst till den israeliska högern apropå regeringens vägran att frysa bosättningarna eftersom man måste få plats för ”naturlig tillväxt”.

Government	Years	Settlements in the West Bank and Gaza	Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza	Neighborhoods in east Jerusalem	Israelis in east Jerusalem	Total	Cumulative total
Labor	67-77	32	6,000	11	32,000	38,000	38,000
Likud	77-81	47	11,000		26,000	37,000	75,000
Likud	81-84	37	29,000		20,000	49,000	124,000
Unity	84-90	26	46,000	1	32,000	78,000	202,000
Likud	90-92	2	15,000		5,000	20,000	222,000
Labor Likud	92-2001	4	93,000	2	52,000	145,000	367,000
Likud Kadima	2001-2009	100 Outposts	95,000		27,000	122,000	489,000
Total		127[1]	295,000	14	194,000	489,000

Main findings

1. All Israeli governments established settlements in West Bank areas.
2. During the first 15 years, the Israeli government prioritized populating east Jerusalem with Jews.
3. Since 2001, unauthorized outposts have replaced the establishment of new settlements.
4. A third of the Israelis living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip moved there prior to signing the Oslo Accords (25 years), another third during the Oslo Accords period (8 years), and another third after it was frozen (8 years)!!!
5. 55% of the Israelis living in east Jerusalem moved there before signing the Oslo Accords and the rest during the Oslo Accords period or after it was frozen!!!
6. Natural growth for Jewish population is 1.6%.  
7. The size of an average family in Israel is 3.1 persons.  

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[1] In the summer of 2005, 21 settlements were evacuated from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank.