United Nations: An unprecedented increase in settlement activity in the West Bank since 2017. The influence of Israeli settlements exceeds 60% of the area of the West Bank, even though the built-up area there does not exceed 1.6% of its area.
The report documented the construction of 24,300 new Israeli housing units in the occupied West Bank within one year until the end of October 2023, saying that it is the highest recorded increase ever since the start of monitoring. There has been a significant increase in the intensity, intensity and frequency of violence by Israeli settlers and the Israeli government against Palestinians.