Settlement Time Line

February 1

Arutz 7 reports that construction has begun on 200 new housing units in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem. The project is to be constructed on 4.5 acres.

Palestinians throw stones at Israeli vehicles traveling on Road 55 near Jinsafaut. (OCHA)

February 3

Two settlers traveling on Road 55 near the village of Azzun are injured by Palestinian stone throwers. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) closes the entrance to Azzun. (OCHA)

February 4

Settlers squatting in the contested “Peace House” in Hebron for a year are allowed to install windows to protect them from the cold. (Arutz 7)

Settlers from the Havat Gilad outpost uproot 200 newly planted olive trees on land belonging to Palestinian farmers from Jit village. (OCHA)

February 6

The IDF demolishes a two‑story house on al‑Buraq Street in Jerusalem’s Old City for being built without a permit.

It demolishes fifteen structures belonging to Bedouin families in al‑Hadidiya. (OCHA)

Feburary 7

A Palestinian man from Hebron is injured by a group of stone‑throwing settlers from the Beit Hadassa settlement. (OCHA)

A Knesset bill proposing the removal of the Palestinian residents of Hebron is submitted by MK Arye Adler. (Ha’aretz)

February 8

Two settlers are injured when Palestinians throw stones at their car as they pass Awarta village. A settler traveling on Road 55 near Azzun is injured by Palestin-ians throwing stones. (OCHA)

February 12

Ha’aretz reports that between 2000 and 2007, 94 percent of Palestinian requests for building permits in Area C were rejected.

February 13

Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert meets with Shas member Eli Yishay and promises not to freeze construction in Orthodox settlements. (Ma’ariv)

February 14

Israel offers 3,500 settlers forgiveness of debt totaling $102 million in an effort to resolve loans that were handed out in 1978 by the settlement committee. (Ha’aretz)

February 19

Members of the al‑Aqsa Martyrs Brigades shoot at a settler bus near the Beta intersection, south of Nablus. (Ma’an News)

February 20

The IDF issues orders for the demolition of two houses in Qalqilya (Area C) for being built without a permit. (OCHA)

February 21

The IDF imposes a curfew on Beita village for 13 hours after Palestinians open fire on a settler bus traveling on Road 60. (OCHA)

February 22

IDF soldiers injure 12 Pales-tin-ians in Kufr Haris village when they fire rubber‑coated metal bullets on a demonstration against roadblocks. (OCHA)

Settlers assault a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship on Road 60 near Yitzhar settlement. (OCHA)

February 23

The IDF issues orders requisitioning 766 dunams from the towns of Dhahiriya, Dura, and Al‑Ramadin for construction of the separation barrier. Two thousand four hundred additional dunams will be isolated to the west of the barrier. (OCHA)

Twenty Palestinian protesters and one Israeli soldier are injured in clashes over the separation barrier in Bil’in. (Ha’aretz)

February 25

Ha’aretz reports that 3 percent of immigrants to Israel settle in the West Bank and 19 percent settle in East and West Jerusalem.

Eleven settlers from the Sha’arei Tikva settlement offer to voluntarily evacuate land that they had seized from nearby Palestinian villages after charges were filed against them. (Ha’aretz)

February 29

Kol Ha’Ir reports on Israel Land Authority plans to sell five construction plots in the East Jerusalem Har Homa settlement.

March 2

Palestinians throwing stones injure a settler and three IDF soldiers near the village of Yatta. (OCHA)

March 3

A Palestinian boy is injured by live ammunition when the IDF opens fire on stone‑throwers protesting in Surif against Israeli military operations in Gaza. (OCHA)

A settler from Talmon shoots and kills a Palestinian during a student demonstration near Ramallah. (OCHA)

Palestinians throw stones at vehicles traveling near Jerusalem’s Wadi al‑Juz neighborhood, injuring one settler. (OCHA)

March 5

The IDF imposes a closure on the villages of Huwwara and Azzun after Palestinians throw stones and open fire at settler vehicles driving nearby. (OCHA)

March 6

Yediot Aharonot reports an agreement between Defense Minister Barak and the YESHA Council leaders to evacuate 26 West Bank outposts.

March 7

Settlers throw stones at Palestin-ian vehicles and taxis on Road 60 near Yitzhar settlement, injuring an elderly woman. (OCHA)

Near Tulkarem, IDF soldiers fire rubber bullets at farmers protesting the closure of the separation barrier gate leading to their fields. One Palestinian boy is injured. (OCHA)

March 11

The IDF and civil administration demolish twelve Palestinian structures and bulldoze 15 dunams of planted agricultural land in the Jordan Valley. (OCHA)

Prime Minister Olmert approves the renewed construction of approximately 750 new homes in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem. (Ha’aretz)

March 12

IDF soldiers fire at Palestinian protesters, injuring two boys. The protest was in opposition to the requisition of Palestinian land for the expansion of the Karmei Tzur settlement. (OCHA)

March 13

Stone‑throwing Palestinians attack a settler vehicle driving on a road near Ramallah. (Arutz 7)

March 16

Palestinians throw stones at settler vehicles traveling near Turmus’ayya. (OCHA)

March 17

Settlers uproot approximately 200 olive trees owned by Palestinian families from Turmus’ayya and destroy the fences around them. (OCHA)

March 18

Israel’s High Court of Justice rules in favor of allowing West Bank Road 443 to be used for Israeli and settler traffic only. The road was constructed in the 1980s on private Palestinian land. (Ha’aretz)

March 19

Palestinians from Beit Umar throw rocks and flaming tires at settler vehicles. A Palestinian stabs a settler in the East Jerusalem settlement of Ramot. (Arutz 7)

March 20

The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF Home Front Command has cut some 70 percent of funding for the maintenance of defense systems in West Bank settlements. The money is for repairing electronic fences, cameras, and other sensors.

March 21

Stone‑throwing settlers from Kiryat Arba injure a 44‑year‑old Palestinian from Hebron.

March 23

Stone‑throwing settlers from Tel Rumeida injure a 23‑year‑old Palestinian woman. Settlers from Eli kidnap two young Palestinian shepherds from al‑Lubban al‑Sharqiya village. (OCHA)

March 25

Defense Minister Barak approves the transfer of five new mobile homes to the West Bank settlement of Tene Omarim. (Ha’aretz)

March 27

Arutz 7 reports that demolition orders have been issued for seven homes in the Jordan Valley settlement of Maskiyot.

March 28

Settlers from Efrat uproot 100 trees in the vicinity of a new construction site for the settlement. Two three‑storey buildings will contain 54 units. (OHCA)

March 30

Israel’s Justice Ministry rules that Ariel College, in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, cannot be designated as a university. (Arutz 7)

Palestinians throw stones at settler vehicles traveling near East Jerusalem’s Ne’ve Ya’akov settlement. Settlers from Kedumim assault a 39‑year‑old Palestinian farmer. Settlers from Shim’a assault a 70‑year‑old Palestinian man from al‑Dhahiriya. (OCHA)

March 31

Prime Minister Olmert signals support for settlement construction in the West Bank after a meeting with Shas party members. (Ma’ariv)

April 1

Kol Ha’Ir reports Jerusalem mayor Uri Lupoliansky approved 600 new housing units in the East Jerusalem settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev.

Settlers kill a Palestinian university student at a hitchhiking post on Road 60. (Ma’an News)

April 2

Clashes ensue when police and civil administration officials evacuate seven settler youths squatting in Shvut Ami, a six‑month‑old outpost near Kedumim. Later, West Bank settlers clash with Israeli activists and Palestinians when they arrive at the site with the intention of establishing their own outpost. (Ha’aretz)

The IDF confirms removing 50 dirt mounds used as roadblocks to restrict Palestinian travel in the West Bank. (Ha’aretz)

Arutz 7 reports an Israeli government announcement that it will no longer fund anti‑rock plastic windows for West Bank settler vehicles.

April 4

Ha’aretz reports Israeli border police allowing settlers to return to the Shvut Ami site, built on Palestinian land near Kedu-mim, and forcing out left‑wing activists who had been guarding it. The outpost had been evacuated nine times, but each time settlers returned, preventing the legal owners from reaching the land.

Settlers from the Havat Gilad outpost assault a Palestinian shepherd from Far’ata village. (OCHA)

April 6

Israeli military forces dismantle 10 dirt roadblocks in the West Bank, bringing the total number of security barriers removed during one week to 60. (Ha’aretz)

April 7

A settler bus hits and kills a 15‑year‑old Palestinian shepherd near Nablus. (OCHA)

April 8

Palestinians throw a metal rod at a settler vehicle traveling near al‑Lubban al‑Sharqiya village. (OCHA)

April 9

Ha’aretz reports that following several break‑ins at West Bank settlement armories, the IDF has begun collecting weapons from settlers and transferring them to regional brigade camps.

Stone‑throwing settlers from Yitzhar injure a Palestinian woman driving on Road 60 near Huwwara village. Settlers from Bracha enter a Palestinian house and uproot a number of olive trees. (OCHA)

A Palestinian house in the Jerusalem municipality is demolished for being built without a permit. (OCHA)

April 12

Settlers from the Gilad outpost attack Palestinians working in the fields near the village of Tal, Nablus, and uproot their trees. (Ma’an News)

April 13

Stone‑throwing Palestinians injure a settler traveling in a bus near Hizma village, Jerusalem. Settlers from the Gilad outpost throw stones at Palestinian vehicles traveling on Road 60. (OCHA)

April 15

Palestinians throw a molotov cocktail at a settler house in the East Talpiyot settlement of Jerusalem. (OCHA)

April 16

A 5‑year‑old Palestinian boy from the village of Furik is found dead near the Hamra settlement. (OCHA)

April 17

Following an agreement with the Defense Ministry, the Merom Ayalon outpost is evacuated in exchange for new housing in the nearby Mevo Horon settlement. (Arutz 7)

April 18

The Israeli Ministry of Housing and Construction issues tenders for 100 housing units in the Elkana and Ariel settlements. (Ha’aretz)

Settlers from Kiryat Arba attack a Palestin-ian man at his house in Hebron. (OCHA)

April 20

Settlers uproot 200 newly planted olive trees on land belonging to residents of Deir Istiya. (OCHA)

April 24

Ha’aretz reports that no effort has been made to dismantle part of the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bil’in, eight months after Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered the IDF to do so.

The IDF evacuates 40 Palestinians and Israeli activists who had come to the abandoned unauthorized outpost of Yad Yair to plant a Palestinian flag. Settlers were later permitted to return to the outpost’s synagogue to pray. (Ha’aretz)

April 27

Arutz 7 reports on a decision by the IDF to transfer responsibility for security at 40 West Bank settlements to private firms and to withdraw protection entirely from 10 others.

April 28

Ha’aretz reports on a settler plan to take up residence in a police station in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al‑Amud when the police finish moving to a new complex in nearby E‑1.

April 29

Arutz 7 reports that in a recent poll, fifteen Kadima Knesset members opposed returning the Golan Heights to Syria.

Palestinian gunmen fire at homes in the Adi Ad outpost near the West Bank settlement of Shiloh. (Ha’aretz)

April 30

Police and IDF troops demolish Ma’oz Esther, an unauthorized outpost near the northern West Bank settlement of Kochav Hashachar. (Ha’aretz)

Ha’aretz reports that Israeli police have begun operating in a new police station located in E‑1 near the Ma’ale Adumim settlement.

May 1

Ma’ariv reports that housing sales in West Bank settlements dropped by 57 percent in the last year.

May 2

Defense Minister Barak authorizes the Infrastructure Ministry to build five water projects proposed by the Mekorot Company in West Bank settlements. (al‑Quds)

An ad hoc committee set up by the Interior Ministry recommends that the West Bank settlement of Modi’in Illit be granted municipal status. (Ha’aretz)

May 4

The IDF approves a request by settlers to host an Independence Day march to the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh. (Arutz 7)

Settlers dismantle two caravans in the unauthorized outpost of Havat Beit Yatir, south of Hebron. It is the second time that settlers have voluntarily dismantled an outpost. (Ha’aretz)

May 8

Approximately 100 settlers infiltrate the ruins of the West Bank settlement of Sa‑Nur, evacuated in 2005, in an attempt to rebuild it. Security forces evacuate the settlers. (Ha’aretz)

May 9

Israel’s Interior Ministry establishes a new municipality in the West Bank that includes the Ariel bloc settlements of Elkana, Etz Efraim, Oranit and Sha’arei Tikva, with a total population of more than 13,200 settlers. This administrative measure removes the four settlements from their traditional regional authorities and paves the way for their further development and expansion. (Peace Now)

May 12

Peace Now reports settler leaders, with the help of Israel’s Defense Ministry, placing a mobile home in the E‑1 area of East Jerusalem. Settlers are also reported to have begun setting up a new winery near the Migron outpost, which is slated to be evacuated in August.

IDF soldiers injure three Palestinians when they fire rubber‑coated bullets at a crowd of protestors demonstrating against the requisition of 2,500 dunams of Nil’in village. (OCHA)

May 15

Approximately 100 settlers from Efrata, Har Homa, Kiryat Arba, and Teqoa attempt to establish a new settlement in the old military base east of Beit Sahour. (Ha’aretz)

May 16

The Jerusalem Committee on Planning and Construction approves 150 additional housing units for the settlement of Gilo. (Kol Ha’Ir)

May 19

A settler opens fire and injures a Palestinian man at the al‑Fahs junction near Hebron. (OCHA) 

May 21

Israel’s Housing Ministry issues tenders to build an additional 286 housing units at the Betar Illit settlement. (Yediot Aharonot)

May 22

Ma’ariv reports that approximately 50,000 Palestinians have moved into Israeli neighborhoods in West Jerusalem because of a lack of affordable housing in East Jerusalem.

Hebron settlers throwing stones injure a Palestinian teacher and student near their school. (OCHA)

May 24

Settlers from Shima, south of al‑Samu village, confiscate a herd of 60 sheep belonging to Palestinians. (OCHA)

May 26

Yediot Aharonot reports on the recent construction of a new outpost on a hilltop west of Hebron.

Palestinians from Bil’in clash with settlers attempting to construct a new outpost near the village. The IDF arrests one Palestinian. (OCHA)

May 27

IDF soldiers injure 14 Pales-tinians, including 7 children, when shoot rubber‑coated bullets at protestors in Nil’in. (OCHA)