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Some 47 per cent of illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank live in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statics (PCBS) said in a new study.
- In 1976 Palestinians demonstrated against Israel’s seizure of 5,189 acres of Arab land in the Galilee. Israel’s strong handed response led to the death of six demonstrators and the birth of Land Day.
In a report published to mark the 41th anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, the organisation said Israel has extended control over 2,300 dunums (2.3 square kilometres) of the West Bank, which make up 40 per cent of the territory, and declared them “state land”.
By the end of 2015, Israel’s military posts and settler units numbered 413, including 269 on privately owned Palestinian property, it added.
On the demographics of East Jerusalem, the study indicated that there are 69 Israeli settlers for every 100 Palestinians, compared to 21 settlers to the same number of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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As for the Gaza Strip, Israel has established a buffer zone along the eastern border which engulfs 24 per cent of the area of the enclave, the PCBS report revealed.
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