New World Bank Report on the Occupation of Palestine

Here are some 'highlights' of a recent report on the effects of the occupation on the West Bank and Gaza. The report is called, "MOVEMENT AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS IN THE WEST BANK"

"Israeli restrictions have divided the occupied West Bank into 10 economically isolated enclaves, severing financial links and denying Palestinians access to some 50 percent of the land."

"The report notes that the number of physical barriers, including checkpoints, roadblocks and gates, in the West Bank continues to rise. Based on data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Territories (OCHA), the number of such impediments as of March stood at 546, or 44 percent higher than at the signing of the Agreement on Movement and Access in November 2005."

"About 270,000 Jewish settlers live in the occupied West Bank among some 2.5 million Palestinians. The World Court has ruled that settlements built on land captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War are illegal."

Now how do that many settlers impact the "safety concerns" of Israelis?