Israeli Arabs have the same rights as Israeli Jews and therefore can choose to live wherever they want within Israel or Area C in the West Bank.
Unlike Jews however they can also settle in Areas B and A where Jews are prohibited to enter by law.
However few Arabs choose to live in settlements, except for Ariel where many Arabs study in the Shomron Academic Center, and few Jews in Judea and Samaria would like to have Arabs for neighbors.
The Palestinians think of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories as the theft of land and a continued humiliation of their people.
Not every Israeli thinks the same way and you can find a wide variety of opinions across the Israeli political and social spectrum. Some Israelis think that the Palestinians are to blame and that the Palestinians as a group and Arabs as a whole cannot imagine the possibility that someone other than them has a right to govern any area in the Southern Levant. There are other Israelis who think that the entire conflict would end if Israel would only retreat from the Occupied Territories in the West Bank and withdraw all of the settlements. Most Israeli opinion, though, is somewhere in the middle, faulting both Palestinian Militants and Israeli Government Intransigence.
The Israelis unilaterally withdrew their settlements from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Israeli military incursions into the region happen occasionally, but the last large Israeli military presence in Gaza was as a result of Operation Cast Lead in late 2008 and early 2009. Israel has not withdrawn in any way from the West Bank.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict started as early as the 1920s between the New Yishuv (proto-Israel) and the Levantine Arabs (proto-Palestinians). Even the Intifada, which is the most clearly Israeli-Palestinian confrontation since the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, began in 1987. The Intifada began as an organized violent resistance to the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with the intent of forcing Israel to end the Occupation (and hopefully, in their view, bequeath all of Israel to the Palestinians).
The West Bank is partially controlled by Israel and partially controlled by the Palestinian Authority (which calls itself the State of Palestine). The West Bank is divided in regions called Zone A, Zone B, and Zone C. Zone A regions are primarily ruled by the Palestinian Authority, but with assistance from the Israeli Military. More recently, Zone A regions have become more independent, especially with the debut of the Palestinian Authority Police Department. Zone B regions are under mixed Israeli and Palestinian control, but with Israeli military presence being dominant. Zone C regions are almost completely under direct Israeli military occupation or are parts of Israeli Settlements, all of which are illegal under international law and many of which are illegal under Israeli law as well. Most of the West Bank, in terms of Palestinian population, is in Zone A, while most of the land is part of Zone C.
The Palestinians think of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories as the theft of land and a continued humiliation of their people.
increasing Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
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Not every Israeli thinks the same way and you can find a wide variety of opinions across the Israeli political and social spectrum. Some Israelis think that the Palestinians are to blame and that the Palestinians as a group and Arabs as a whole cannot imagine the possibility that someone other than them has a right to govern any area in the Southern Levant. There are other Israelis who think that the entire conflict would end if Israel would only retreat from the Occupied Territories in the West Bank and withdraw all of the settlements. Most Israeli opinion, though, is somewhere in the middle, faulting both Palestinian Militants and Israeli Government Intransigence.
Meron Benvenisti has written: 'The Jerusalem question' 'Son of the Cypresses' '1986 report' -- subject(s): Economic conditions, Ethnic relations, Government policy, Jewish-Arab relations, Palestinian Arabs, Politics and government, West Bank Data Base Project 'Jerusalem' -- subject(s): Politics and government 'Israeli censorship of Arab publications' 'The West Bank data project' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Arab-Israeli conflict 'Demographic, economic, legal, social, and political developments in the West Bank' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Human settlements, Government policy, Palestinian Arabs, Ethnic relations, Israelis, Social conditions, Economic conditions
Bank for International Settlements was created on 1930-05-17.
First, it is worth clarifying what you have asked. If by "Palestinian in Israel" you are referring to Israeli Arabs, i.e. Israeli citizens who are ethnically Palestinian, then the question is nonsensical. Israeli Arabs live, overwhelmingly on the land (or close to it) where their families lived for generations. The Israeli government has not taken it from them. If you are referring to Palestinians who are not Israeli citizens in the West Bank, for example, please continue.Palestinian non-Israeli citizens have sued in Israeli courts, for example to have land returned to them, and to have the route of the security wall changed so as not to isolate them from their land, and have won their suits, from Israeli judges. These verdicts have actually been implemented. Israel's Supreme Court operates in a unique fashion as a civil court for both Israeli citizens (both Jews and Arabs) and for Palestinians in the West Bank without Israeli citizenship. It is worth noting, however, that most Palestinians who engage in these lawsuits actually have some of their land, just not all of it. Those who are wholly bereft of their land do not often engage in these suits (since their legal cases are harder to make).Now, if you would, bring me a reverse case, where a Jewish non-citizen has filed suit for anything in an Arab country, and won or lost but kept his neck. I know for a fact that to sell land to a Jew in the West Bank is (according to Palestinian practice) a crime punishable by death for an Arab.
The Israelis unilaterally withdrew their settlements from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Israeli military incursions into the region happen occasionally, but the last large Israeli military presence in Gaza was as a result of Operation Cast Lead in late 2008 and early 2009. Israel has not withdrawn in any way from the West Bank.
Which Israeli conflict is the question referring to? Is it the Arab-Israeli Conflict? -- referring to the wars that Israel has fought with different Arab States like Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, inter alia. Is it the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? -- referring to the Israeli problems with endemic Palestinian Arabs who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Is it Internal Israeli Political Conflicts? -- referring to political wrangling between different parts of the Israeli electorate (most often Secular Jews vs. Religious Jews) that causes disagreements in Israeli policy. See the Related Questions below for information on the different Israeli Conflicts.
No. Judaism is the primary religion of the state of Israel, and Islam is the second religion. (On the West Bank, Islam is the primary religion and in the settlements, Judaism). Christians are in third place in Israel (and in on the West Bank). There are villages in both Israel and the West Bank where Christian Arabs are in the majority.
Which Israeli conflict is the question referring to? Is it the Arab-Israeli Conflict? -- referring to the wars that Israel has fought with different Arab States like Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, inter alia. Is it the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? -- referring to the Israeli problems with endemic Palestinian Arabs who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Is it Internal Israeli Political Conflicts? -- referring to political wrangling between different parts of the Israeli electorate (most often Secular Jews vs. Religious Jews) that causes disagreements in Israeli policy. See the Related Questions below for information on the different Israeli Conflicts.
There are several and include: The Arab-Israeli Conflict -- referring to the wars that Israel has fought with different Arab States like Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, inter alia. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- referring to the Israeli problems with endemic Palestinian Arabs who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Internal Israeli Political Conflicts -- referring to political wrangling between different parts of the Israeli electorate (most often Secular Jews vs. Religious Jews) that causes disagreements in Israeli policy.