{"id":3657,"date":"2026-09-14T06:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2026-09-14T06:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T06:56:45","slug":"animated-map-shows-spread-of-illegal-israeli-settlements-across-palestine-maps-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3657","title":{"rendered":"Animated map shows spread of illegal Israeli settlements across Palestine | Maps News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>5 Minute, 0 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Israeli settlements are Jewish-only communities built illegally on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>These settlements often look like ordinary suburbs: uniform townhouses, red-tiled roofs,\u00a0and\u00a0neat lawns, perched atop hills that give them a commanding view of the Palestinian towns and villages carved up to make room for them.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>In this visual explainer, Al Jazeera maps the spread of illegal Israeli settlements and outposts, and the settler pogroms accompanying them, now at their highest levels on record.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-spread-of-israeli-settlements-and-outposts\">The spread of Israeli settlements and outposts<\/h2>\n<p>Settlements predate the creation of Israel in 1948, but their number and scale expanded dramatically after Israel occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past six decades, the settlement network has grown from scattered hilltop outposts into a sprawling system of settlements, roads and highways binding them to each other and to Israel.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement watchdog, there are at least 148 illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and 15 in occupied East Jerusalem, 163 in total, now home to some 750,000 Israelis, roughly 10 percent of the country\u2019s Jewish population.<\/p>\n<p>The animation below tracks the founding of each settlement and outpost, along with their growing populations. In 2025 alone, nearly 28,000 housing units were advanced within existing settlements in the occupied West Bank, far more growth than new settlements or outposts added on their own.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/interactive.aljazeera.com\/aje\/2026\/israel-settlement-2026\/index.html?update\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1160px\" data-aspect-ratio=\"\" title=\"Settlements animation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2112043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2112043\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-2112043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2020-06-29T000000Z_1791720550_RC2YIH9V4END_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-ANNEXATION-GANTZ-1.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"An aerial view shows the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 29, 2020. [Ilan Rosenberg\/REUTERS]\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2112043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the illegal Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank, on June 29, 2020 [Ilan Rosenberg\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By 2024, these 163 illegal settlements were home to 744,700 Israeli settlers: 511,100 in the West Bank and 233,600 in East Jerusalem, alongside a record number of illegal outposts, now more than 400, that are not officially counted but are often absorbed into recognised settlements over time, making a true tally difficult to pin down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/INTERACTIVE-Israeli-settler-population-growth-1789293939.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-Israeli settler population growth-1789293939\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-outposts-become-settlements\">How outposts become settlements<\/h2>\n<p>Settlements are illegal under international law as they violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which bans an occupying power from transferring its population to the area it occupies.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Security Council, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Committee of the Red Cross, among others, have affirmed this position, most recently in the ICJ\u2019s July 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/7\/19\/world-court-says-israels-settlement-policies-breach-international-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advisory<\/a> opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Under Israeli law, settlements are legally sanctioned, planned, funded and built with direct government approval, ranging from small rural communities to large towns like Ariel and Maale Adumim.<\/p>\n<p>Outposts are different. They are smaller communities built without formal authorisation, though many are later legalised or absorbed into existing settlements.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/INTERACTIVE-What-are-Israeli-settlements-and-outposts-1789293942.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-What are Israeli settlements and outposts-1789293942\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-settlements-carve-up-palestinian-land\">How settlements carve up Palestinian land<\/h2>\n<p>Some Israeli settlements have grown into sizable urban communities, complete with their own mayors, schools, shopping malls, medical centres and even universities.<\/p>\n<p>Modi\u2019in Illit is the largest, with 89,301 residents, followed by Beitar Illit with 70,251 and Pisgat Ze\u2019ev with 48,419.<\/p>\n<p>Like most settlements, they are linked by a dense network of roads built exclusively for settlers, many of them bypass roads that cut through Palestinian land, fragmenting communities and, backed by checkpoints and roadblocks, restricting the movement of Palestinians who live alongside them.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is this clearer than E1, an area east of Jerusalem planned for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/8\/21\/why-israeli-tenders-for-illegal-e1-west-bank-settlement-prompted-outrage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expansion<\/a> of Maale Adumim, which would sever East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank and further fragment Palestinian territorial continuity.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved more than 3,000 homes in the E1 settlement project, a plan frozen for decades under international pressure, declaring the move would \u201cbury the idea of a Palestinian state\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/INTERACTIVE-Israel-announces-more-illegal-settlements-E1-west-bank-Jerusalem-1789293937.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-Israel announces more illegal settlements E1 west bank Jerusalem-1789293937\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The decision drew global condemnation, including from nearly 30 governments and the European Commission, who called it \u201cunacceptable and a violation of international law\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4945298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4945298\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-642607562-1789292035.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A view of ongoing construction in the Modi&#039;in Illit settlement in the West Bank, February 18, 2017. (Photo by Issam Rimawi \/Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images)\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4945298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of ongoing construction in the Modi\u2019in Illit settlement in the occupied West Bank, on February 18, 2017 [Issam Rimawi\/Anadolu via Getty]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4945296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4945296\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-539618704-1789292029.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C512&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"The growing Beitar Illit settlement, home to ultra-Orthodox Jewish residents.(Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein\/Corbis via Getty Images)\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4945296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The growing Beitar Illit settlement, home to ultra-Orthodox Jewish residents [Andrew Lichtenstein\/Corbis via Getty]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4945300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4945300\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1046462742-1789292041.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C501&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"An aerial view of Pisgat Ze&#039;ev, a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem, October 4, 2018. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf \/Anadolu Agency\/Getty Images)\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4945300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Pisgat Ze\u2019ev, an illegal Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, on October 4, 2018 [Mostafa Alkharouf\/Anadolu via Getty]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"rising-settler-attacks\">Rising pogroms<\/h2>\n<p>Israeli settlers can be broadly divided into two types.<\/p>\n<p>The first are largely drawn by economics: cheaper rents, subsidised mortgages, discounted land and government incentives that make housing in the illegal settlements far more affordable than in Israel proper.<\/p>\n<p>The second are religious-nationalists, who believe the land was promised to them by God. This group includes the \u201chilltop youth\u201d, known for establishing outposts and attacking Palestinian communities, often with the Israeli military standing by or backing them, as in the weeks-long siege of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2026\/8\/16\/timeline-the-one-week-siege-of-qusra-by-israeli-settlers-in-the-west-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qusra<\/a>, which began in August and continues under military enforcement today.<\/p>\n<p>Experts and UN officials increasingly describe these attacks as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/8\/24\/why-israeli-settler-attacks-on-palestinians-in-west-bank-are-pogroms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pogroms<\/a>, organised, often state-backed violence against a targeted minority, a term Israeli military officers themselves have used after past incidents such as the 2023 attack on Huwara.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4945306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4945306\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2283862123-1-1789292051.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"RAMALLAH, WEST BANK, PALESTINE - JULY 3, 2026: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and foreign activists in Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, as they attempt to access agricultural land. Two Palestinians and several activists were injured. (Photo by Issam Rimawi\/Anadolu via Getty Images)\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4945306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and foreign activists in Khirbet Abu Falah, north of Ramallah, as they attempt to access agricultural land on July 3, 2026 [Issam Rimawi\/Anadolu via Getty]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), settler attacks resulting in casualties and\/or property damage have risen sharply, particularly since October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, 1,836 such attacks were recorded, more than double the 852 recorded in 2022, an average of about five attacks a day.<\/p>\n<p>Since October 7, 2023, 5,131 attacks have been recorded in total. The increase has continued into 2026, with 1,418 attacks recorded between January and July, though the year is not yet complete.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4945401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/INTERACTIVE-Attacks-by-Israeli-settlers-pogrom-1789293944.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE-Attacks by Israeli settlers pogrom-1789293944\" data-interactive=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"low\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The violence and the creation of new outposts are two different aspects of settlement activity, but together they show how illegal settlement expansion is occurring not only through established communities and government planning, but also through new activity on the ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/14\/animated-map-shows-spread-of-illegal-israeli-settlements-across-palestine?traffic_source=rss\" 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