Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories

Among the many invocations of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, two declarations--those by Osama Bin Laden and President George W. Bush--stand apart.

Israelis Leave Settlements in Small but Unprecedented Numbers

One hundred thousand Israelis, comprising 50 percent of the settler population, reside in 8 settlements. The average population in the remaining 140 settlements is seven hundred fourteen.