2008 Settlement Construction Overview
Settlement Report | Vol. 18 No. 4 | July-August 2008
- There are approximately 4,000 settlement dwellings under construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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220 permanent buildings in 37 settlements are in various stages of construction.
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In addition, during 2008, construction commenced on 275 new buildings in 53 settlements; 81 percent are located west of the separation barrier.
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During 2008, 184 mobile homes have been erected in settlements; 82 percent are located east of the separation barrier.
Settlement Construction Update—July 2008
Name Construction Tenders
(Buildings)* (Units)
Alfe Menashe 53
Allon 7
Almon 14
Ariel 3 100
Barqan 6
Beit Arye 14
Beit El 3
Beitar Illit 15
Brakha 2
Dolev 7
East Talpiyot NA 440
Efrata 8
Eli 3
Elkana 4
ElonMoreh 5
Elon Shvut 6
Etz Efraim 1
Geva Binyamin 2
Gilo 6
Givat Ze’ev 29 750
Har Adar 43
Har Homa NA 428
Hashmonaim 16
Karmei Tzur 5
Karnei Shomron 15
Kedar 5
Kedumim 4
Kfar Adumim 4
Kiryat Arba 4
Ma’ale Adumim 59
Ma’ale Shomron 2
Matityahu 2
Menora 4
Mevo Horon 16
Migdal Oz 1
Modi’in Illit 15
Neve Daniyel 9
Nirit 17
Nof Tzion 100
Noqdim 4
Ofra 10
Oranit 29
Pisgat Ze’ev NA 763
Revava 15
Sal’it 3
Sha’are Tiqva 6
Shaqed 2
Shilo 1
Talmon 3
Teqoa 9
Tzofin 2
Vered Yeriho 1
Yakir 9
Yitzhar 1
TOTAL 604 2481
*Excluding
East Jerusalem.
Settlements
in Bold are east of the separation barrier.
Source:
Peace Now, “Report on Settlement Construction, January-March 2008,”
Peace
Now, “Jerusalem Settlements Take Center Stage,” Settlements in Focus,
February
2008 “Housing Ministry to Issue Tenders for the Construction in East Jerusalem
Neighborhood,” Nadav Shragai, Ha’aretz,May 31, 2008.
