INTRODUCTION

PART  I

* SETTLEMENT IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: AN OVERVIEW

* OBJECTIVES AND RATIONALE FOR ISRAEL’S

* SETTLEMENT PROGRAMME

* HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

* THE LABOUR ADMINISTRATION: 1992-1996

* THE NETANYAHU ADMINISTRATION: 1996 – PRESENT

* FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENT

* LAND CONFISCATION

* WATER DIVERSION

* INTEGRATION

* CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTIVATIONS OF JEWISH SETTLERS

* SETTLER VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIANS

PART  II

* SETTLEMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

* SETTLEMENTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

* THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW PRIOR TO THE INTERIM PERIOD

* THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD

* SETTLEMENTS AND THE PEACE PROCESS

PART  III

* ISRAELI SETTLEMENT IN THE GAZA STRIP

* SETTLEMENT IN THE GAZA STRIP: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

* LAND CONFISCATION

* WATER DIVERSION

* SETTLER AND SOLDIER VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIANS

* RECENT EXPANSION

* IDEOLOGY AND GOALS

* LOCAL AFFAIRS

* ECONOMY

* HOUSING AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES

* EDUCATION

* DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

* SECURITY

* THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE GAZA STRIP:

* SUMMARY INFORMATION

* The Northern Bloc

* The Central Settlements: Netzarim and Kfar Darom

* Gush Katif (Southern Bloc)

CONCLUSION

TABLES

* TABLE 1: Israeli Settlements in the Gaza Strip

* Summary Information Part I

* TABLE 2: Israeli Settlements in the Gaza Strip

* Summary Information Part II

* TABLE 3: Population Growth in Israeli Settlements in The Gaza Strip

* TABLE 4:Land Use for Agricultural Production by the Israeli Settlements in the Gaza Strip

* TABLE 5: Settler Population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip