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The settlers in the West Bank are a significant issue for Palestinians because their presence is seen as an obstacle to the establishment of a future Palestinian state. The settlements are considered illegal under international law and are often built on land that Palestinians claim as their own. This leads to tensions, conflicts, and challenges for Palestinians in terms of their rights, resources, and aspirations for self-determination.

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Who are Jewish settlers?

AnswerJewish settlers are Jewish people from different world countries who migrated to the Palestinian lands and settled there through installing settlements for their own residence on behalf of the Palestinians. They built settlements even in the West Bank that Israel promised to be given back to the Palestinians to establish their independent state.


Why do Palestinians live in the West Bank?

Palestinians having been living in the West Bank for the last 800 years at least, so it should not surprise us that they currently live there. Additionally, numerous Palestinians fled Israel during the Jewish-Arab Engagement in 1947-1949 and many of those Palestinians ended up in the West Bank. As a result, they began to create lives for themselves in the West Bank.


Where do Palestinians live?

mostly the West Bank and Gaza Strip


What was a source of conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians?

The West Bank


What happened to Palestinian Arabs as Jewish settlers were allowed to build houses in the occupied territories?

It depends on the particular settlement being discussed. In a number of settlements, especially those in and around the cities of Jerusalem and Hebron, Palestinian Arabs were displaced from their original areas of residence. In other settlements, such as Ariel and Ma'ale Adumim, Jewish Settlers built in areas of the West Bank where the land was relatively unused. This resulted in no Palestinians being evicted, but increased tensions between the Jewish Settlers and the Palestinians in neighboring villages.


What problems do Palestinians in the West Bank Face?

Palestinians in the West Bank have a number of major problems. Some of these include:Aggressive Israeli Settlers who are allowed to brandish weaponry and intimidate Palestinians with no permitted recourse.An inability to refuse the directives of an Israeli Soldier concerning quartering soldiers in his house, examination of his property, his person at a checkpoint, or his person concerning a court summons.Numerous vehicular checkpoints constraining free Palestinian movementPalestinian "Liberation" Militant Groups which function like thugs and harass both Palestinians and Israeli Settlers and Soldiers.Ineffective and corrupt government under Mahmoud Abbas and his supportersConfiscation of certain parts of their property for Israeli Security reasonsBeing subject to Israeli Law and Israeli Military Courts even though they have no representation in the Israeli electorate.


What ethnic group wants their own country on the West Bank?

Palestinians.


The debate over the first bank of the US was significant because it raised the issue of?

How strictly the. Constitution should be interpreted


What do the Palestinians think of Jewish settlements in the West Bank?

The Palestinians think of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories as the theft of land and a continued humiliation of their people.


Are Israeli settlements slowing the peace process?

Yes. They are a major sticking point between the Israelis and the Palestinians. To read about why they are such a problem, please read below. Close to 500,000 Israelis live in the West Bank or East Jerusalem in several major cities like Ariel, Modiin Illit, East Jerusalem, Pisgat Zeev, Ma'ale Adumim, and Efrat. Entire neighborhoods, schools, universities, companies, and livelihoods have been built up in the West Bank, not to mention voters in Israeli elections. The removal of settlements is a difficult political and social issue within Israel as it would be very costly both monetarily and socially to uproot 500,000 people and resettle them. The Settlers believe that they have the right to live closer to the various holy sites in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. For many of them, this is part of why God allowed Israel to conquer the West Bank in the first place. They want to raise their children and build a life near where Jewish civilization actually began, in the hills of Judea and Samaria which form the West Bank. In order to build to these settlements, land in the West Bank is confiscated according to a variety of arcane, inane, and relatively unjust laws (depending on your perspective). In addition to the lands taken in order for the Settlers to live, Settlers have also taken sufficient lands to build highways and other infrastructure to connect the Settlements to 1949 Israel, bypassing Palestinian cities and making it more difficult for Palestinians to move between different Palestinian cities in the territories. Several Israeli Settler Highways even prohibit Palestinian usage. Finally, the Settlers live under Israeli Civil Law even though their Palestinian Neighbors live under Israeli Martial Law. This creates a weird dynamic where Settlers who commit crimes are judged in 1949 Israel in front a judge and Israeli jury. Palestinians who commit crimes are judged in the West Bank at a military tribunal presided over by an Israeli Army Judge. It creates incentives for Israeli Settler recklessness since Palestinians are likelier to face worse treatment for counterattacks than the Settlers for the original attacks. This is not to say that Palestinians are innocent in the bloody Settler-Palestinian clashes, but that the legal structure makes it easier for Israeli Settlers to provoke Palestinians without worrying about the consequences. Given all of the above, the Palestinians abjectly refuse to allow the Settlements to remain in an independent Palestine. Israel, however, cannot justify uprooting so many settled Israelis. Several two-state solution plans accord as many "border" settlements as possible to the Israeli government while giving Palestinians extra territory in the areas around the Gaza Strip and southern West Bank as land swaps. However, some cities, like Ariel are too deep in the West Bank to seriously exchanged.


Palestinians are angry at the Israelis for building what?

Settlements in the West Bank and the Separation Fence.


Who lives in the Gaza strip and west bank?

All are Palestinians in both sides.