In 2011 according to CBS there were 327,750 Israelis living in the west bank and an additional 190,000 living in East Jerusalem.
The combined growth rate for the Jewish population in these areas was 5.2% and has been stable for the past 20 years, whereas the Arab population of the west bank grows at the rate of 2.0%.
By these projections the Jewish population is set to become the majority in the West Bank within 45 years
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
Too Many!
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.
Israel expanded its West Bank settlements.
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 Israel has not withdrawn in any way from the West Bank.
West Bank
The main "event" in the West Bank is that there is a struggle between the Israeli Military Authority, the Israeli civilian settlers, the Palestinian Municipal Government, and the Palestinian civilian population as to how the West Bank will be run and who gets to enforce their will on the remaining three groups.
Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.
Iraq
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.
Ma'ale Adumim is an Israeli Settlement in the West Bank, beyond the edge of East Jerusalem. As an Israeli Settlement in the West Bank, Ma'ale Adumim is not technically in Israel, but in the lands officially belonging to the State of Palestine.