1. Stopping Settlements, Building Peace www.peacenow.org.il

2. 1967 The West Bank 600,000 Palestinians (+500,000 in Gaza Strip)

3. 2008 120 Israeli Settlements 289,600 Settlers * 2,400,000 Palestinians * Another 190,000 in East Jerusalem

4. Number of Settlers In 2009 the number of settlers will cross the 300,000 East Jerusalem Excluded After Oslo

5. Illegal Outposts 99 outposts 4,000 settlers

6. On the Ground The settlers fear the upcoming Settlement Freeze, and are racing to get new structures started

7. II. Jerusalem

8. Pre-1967 Jerusalem The Old City Jordanian Jerusalem 1,500 Acres 9,000 Palestinians Israeli Jerusalem 9,500 Acres 150,000 Jews

9. Ramallah Bethlehem Palestinian Neighborhoods Jewish Neighborhoods Municipal Border 18,000 Acres Annexed to Jeursalem The New Municipal Border

10. Neve Yaacov Pisgat Ze’ev Atarot Industrial Area Ramot French Hill Ramot Eshkol Gilo Har Homa East Talpiyot East Jerusalem: 190,000 Israelis on 5,250 acres confiscated for Israeli construction Palestinian Neighborhoods Jewish Neighborhoods Municipal Border Bethlehem Ramallah

11. Possible Solution “The general principle is that Arab areas are Palestinian, and Jewish ones are Israeli.” “The Clinton Plan”, December 2000

13. B. Settlements Around the Old City

14. The Model: The City of David in Silwan “Our goal is to hold on to outposts in East Jerusalem, to create an irreversible situation around the Old City.” Adi Mintz, board member of the Elad Association

15. The Old City Wadi Hilwah (Silwan) Jerusalem

16. Stage 1: Settling Taking over houses and properties

17. Elad Association Ateret Cohanim Meyashvei ZIon Elad The settlement activity is led by private ideological associations with the support of the Israeli government. Settlements Around the Old City 350 250 900 35 125 30 50 1520

18. Stage 1: Settling Taking over houses and properties The Budget of Elad Association In 2005 – NIS 94,304,882 In 2006 – NIS 159,536,162 Palestinians: 7,000 Settlers: 350

19. Stage 2: Ideological Tourism Extensive archeological digs Creating a theme park in Silwan In 2006 Elad invested NIS 2,394,635 for tours for soldiers

20. Stage 2: Ideological Tourism Extensive archeological digs Creating a theme park in Silwan Number of Visitors Year 2000 – 10,000 Year 2008 – 400,000

21. Stage 3: Digging and Tunneling Creating an “underground park”

22. The Tunnels of Gaza The Tunnels Under Al-Aqsaa Mosque Al-Aqsaa Mosque

24. Planning for the settlers only Planned Parking Lots

25. Security & Cameras

26. The Government Plan: Theme Parks around the Old City According to a cabinet decision from July 2005, 60 Million NIS per year will be allocated for 8 years “to bolster Jerusalem's status as the capital of the State of Israel”.

27. A. Preventing a compromise in Jerusalem

28. B. Turning a National Conflict into a Religious One Mount of Olives

29. C. Incorporating Settlements in the Plan

30. For further information: www.peacenow.org.il