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Palestine papers: the settlements up for discussion listed and mapped

24 January 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/24/palestine-papers-settlements-israel-map-list?intcmp=239

The Palestine Papers identify land and settlements for potential swaps. See where they are
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Israel/Palestine negotiations graphic View larger picture Palestine papers: the settlements under discussion. Click image for full graphic

The Palestine Papers have set the news agenda for today with details emerging of how Palestinian negotiators agreed to Israel annexing all but one of the settlements built illegally in occupied East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera and the Guardian have shared access to thousands of documents in the biggest ever leak over the Middle East peace talks. You can see an interactive guide to them here.

As reported today, the Israeli negotiator Tzipi Livni is recorded as dismissing the offer out of hand because the Palestinians had refused to concede Har Homa, as well as the settlements at Ma'ale Adumim, near Jerusalem, and Ariel, deeper in the West Bank. Israel's position was fully supported by the Bush administration.

We've extracted the key data for you from this document - which outlines the places Palestinian negotiators were willing to negotiate over. Our map (shown above) is based on a background image from B'Tselem, which produces incredibly detailed maps of the area - the same map seems to have been used in the leaked document.

Fullscreen version

A Google Fusion tables map of the areas shows how they are in the most hotly-contested part of the region - although Fusion tables does not appear to have any roads or town names for Israel. There's a much more useful version produced by Al Jazeera here.

The key data appears to be that:

• Israel and Palestine would swap 119 square KM
• 56,000 settlers (12%) would be evacuated, leaving 413,000 (88%) in situ

The full data is below. What can you do with it?

Data summary

Palestine areas negotiated

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Place
Area
Settlers
Area 1, Bethlehem Area 1, Bethlehem, TOTAL 40,019
Bitar Illit Area 1, Bethlehem 31,481
Alon Shvut Area 1, Bethlehem 3,346
Neve Daniel Area 1, Bethlehem 1,836
Elazar Area 1, Bethlehem 1,498
Bat Ayin Area 1, Bethlehem 900
Kfar Etzion Area 1, Bethlehem 463
Rosh Tzurim Area 1, Bethlehem 493
Gva'ot Area 1, Bethlehem  
Area 2, South of Jerusalem Area 2, South of Jerusalem, TOTAL 41,504
East Tel Piot Area 2, South of Jerusalem 11,962
Jewish Quarter (Old City) Area 2, South of Jerusalem 2,507
Gilo Area 2, South of Jerusalem  
Area 3, North Jerusalem Area 3, North Jerusalem, TOTAL 136,204
French Hill Area 3, North Jerusalem 6,511
Ma’alot Dafne (east) Area 3, North Jerusalem 3,665
Mt. Scopus Area 3, North Jerusalem 1,157
Neve Ya’cov Area 3, North Jerusalem 20,085
Pisgat Ze’ev Area 3, North Jerusalem 42,253
Ramat Eshkol (east) Area 3, North Jerusalem 3,050
Ramal Eshkol (west) Area 3, North Jerusalem 3,368
Ramat Shlomo Area 3, North Jerusalem 15,162
Ramot Alon Area 3, North Jerusalem  
Area 4 Area 4 TOTAL 2,673
Area 5, Latroun Area 5, Latroun, TOTAL 63,206
Hashmonaim Area 5, Latroun 2,450
Kfar HaUranim Area 5, Latroun 2,220
Kfar Rut Area 5, Latroun 237
Lapid Area 5, Latroun 2,291
Macabi’im Area 5, Latroun 15,600
Matityahu Area 5, Latroun 1,349
Modi’in ‘Illit Area 5, Latroun 38,677
Shilat Area 5, Latroun 382
Area 6, Qalqilya Area 6, Qalqilya, TOTAL 18,646
Alfi Minasheh Area 6, Qalqilya 5,984
Uranit Area 6, Qalqilya 5,934
Shi’ar Tikva Area 6, Qalqilya 3,793

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DATA: download the full spreadsheet



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