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May 14, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=163479&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Only 1/7% of the West Bank is Built-up Settlement Area

(Ha'aretz) - The built-up areas of Israeli settlements cover only 1.7 percent of the territory of the West Bank, according to a new report by B'Tselem. If the area covered by settlements is measured by their municipal boundaries -- beyond the built-up area -- the geographic size of the settlements reaches 6.8 percent of the West Bank.

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