The humanitarian impact on Palestinians of Israeli settlements and other infrastructure in the West Bank July 2007.

Einband leicht berieben. - ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WEST BANK Israeli settlements in the West Bank -- What is a settlement?: -- Where are settlements located?. -- Settlements: territorial and population expansion| -- Inset I The four fastest growing settlements -- Case study: The establisment and expansion of Har Homa settlement -- Who are the settlers? -- Case study: Financial incentives: housing in settlements and in Israel -- The establishment and location of outposts -- Israeli agriculture in the West Bank -- Military infrastructure in the West Bank -- Natures reserves in the West Bank -- The Barrier and the creation of 'closed areas' in the northern West Bank -- SETTLEMENTS, ROADS, CLOSURES, PALESTINIAN ENCLAVES A road network primarily for Israeli use -- Major and regional road network -- Bypass road network -- Physical components of the closure regime.' -- West Bank closures: creating a two-tier network -- Fragmenting the West Bank into Palestinian enclaves -- Connecting enclaves -- Settlements and Palestinian urban centres -- East Jerusalem -- The isolation of East Jerusalem -- Palestinian access to East Jerusalem -- Case study - Palestinian access to hospitals in East Jerusalem -- Nablus, an encircled city -- Hebron City I -- Settlements and Palestinian rural centres -- Access to jobs and markets -- Access to agricultural land -- Focus on the Jordan Valley -- Case study: Al Jiftlik village: development inhibited -- The Barrier separates Palestinian communities from their land -- Case study: Jayyus village -- Access to water -- Settlements and conflict over resources -- Case study: Southern Hebron, MasaferYatta -- Conclusion -- Annex 1 Israeli settlements under International law -- Annex 2 Israeli presence in the West Bank geo-database: feature definitions, geographical data and sources -- Annex 3 Governorate map and source of other geographical data.