Colonies (Settlements)

Summary (English)

Pocul ste (Slovak)
Summary (Slovak)

Primary Documents

Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (August 12, 1949) (The “Fourth Geneva Convention”) Colonies under U.S. Foreign Policy
The Road Map: Excerpts on Colonies (April 30, 2003) The Mitchell Report: Excerpts on Colonies (April 30, 2001)
Colonies and the Signed Agreements Quotations on Israeli Colony Expansion

Related Reports

Outposts Report Israeli Colonies and International Law
Case Studies on Illegal Israeli Colonies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories : http://www.arij.org/ The Myth of Natural Growth, Who are they Fooling?
Israel’s Pre-emption of a Viable Two-State Solution Land Grab: Israel’s Settlement Policy in the West Bank (B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, May 2002)

Fact Sheets

The Business of Colonization, Background Brief (October 2008)
Israeli Settlement Activity Since Annapolis’’ (June 2008)
AL-Aqaba and the Grab of the Jordan Valley (June 2006)

Fact Sheets

The Silent Transfer of Palestinians: The Case of Bil’in Update on Israeli Colonization (June to August 23, 2004)
Gilo – “Jewish Neighborhood” or War Crime? The Road Map to More Israeli Colonies (October 2003)

From the Press

David Newman: Israel Has a Problem to Solve on its Own (Thursday, May 23, 2002) Israel Expands West Bank Settlements (July 27, 2004)
This Legal Eagle Would Let Her Chicks Go (April 7, 2004) President Jimmy Carter: For Israel, Land or Peace (November 26, 2000)

Photo gallery
Photo Gallery

Links
The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP)
The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ)
B’Tselem