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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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.

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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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