The number of these outposts has risen rapidly in recent years, new BBC analysis shows. There are currently at least 196 across the West Bank, and 29 were set up last year - more than in any previous year.

The outposts - which can be farms, clusters of houses, or even groups of caravans - often lack defined boundaries and are illegal under both Israeli and international law.

But the BBC World Service has seen documents showing that organisations with close ties to the Israeli government have provided money and land used to establish new illegal outposts.

The BBC has also analysed open source intelligence to examine their proliferation, and has investigated the settler who Ayesha Shtayyeh says threatened her.

Experts say outposts are able to seize large swathes of land more rapidly than settlements, and are increasingly linked to violence and harassment towards Palestinian communities.

scott61 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:51 am There isn't a country called Palestine. The West Bank was part of Jordan siezed by the Israelis when they defended their own country against an arab coalition that included Jordan. If you were an Israeli you woud feel the same.

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 10:34 am

scott61 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:51 am There isn't a country called Palestine. The West Bank was part of Jordan siezed by the Israelis when they defended their own country against an arab coalition that included Jordan. If you were an Israeli you woud feel the same.

Really?

enjoying the status that allows it to participate in all of the Organization’s proceedings, except for voting on draft resolutions and decisions in its main organs and bodies, from the Security Council to the General Assembly and its six main committees.

On 2 April 2024, Palestine sent the UN Secretary-General a letter requesting renewed consideration be given to the application of Palestine for admission to membership in the UN, a request originally submitted in 2011. Upon receipt of the request, the UN chief forwarded it to the Security Council, which on 8 April took up the matter in an open meeting.

The process is a continuation of what happened in September 2011, when the Palestinian President sent a letter with the application request for UN membership to the UN chief, who promptly sent the application to the Security Council and the General Assembly. In accordance with the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, the Security Council referred the matter to its Committee on Admission of New Members, where members deliberated but were not unanimous on approving the request.

scott61 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:51 am There isn't a country called Palestine. The West Bank was part of Jordan siezed by the Israelis when they defended their own country against an arab coalition that included Jordan. If you were an Israeli you woud feel the same.

scott61 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:51 am There isn't a country called Palestine. The West Bank was part of Jordan siezed by the Israelis when they defended their own country against an arab coalition that included Jordan. If you were an Israeli you woud feel the same.