Editing Israeli settlement (section)

== Number of settlements and inhabitants ==
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: [[:List of Israeli settlements]]</div>
As of January 2023, there are 144 Israeli settlements in the [[West Bank]], including 12 in [[East Jerusalem]].<ref name=":4"/> In addition, there are at least 196 [[Israeli outpost|Israeli illegal outposts]] (not sanctioned by the Israeli government) in the West Bank.<ref name="bbceye" /> In total, over 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem,<ref>{{cite news |title=Jewish settler population in the West Bank surpasses half a million |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-02/israeli-settler-population-west-bank-surpasses-500000 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 February 2023 |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109170930/https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-02/israeli-settler-population-west-bank-surpasses-500000 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Far-right Israeli Minister Lays Groundwork for Doubling West Bank Settler Population |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-05-18/ty-article/.premium/far-right-israeli-minister-lays-groundwork-for-doubling-west-bank-settler-population/00000188-2de6-d6e4-ab9d-ede74a3e0000 |work=Haaretz |date=18 May 2023 |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609150935/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-05-18/ty-article/.premium/far-right-israeli-minister-lays-groundwork-for-doubling-west-bank-settler-population/00000188-2de6-d6e4-ab9d-ede74a3e0000 |url-status=live }}</ref> with an additional 220,000 Jewish settlers residing in East Jerusalem.<ref name=":7"/><ref name=":5"/>

Additionally, over 20,000 Israeli citizens live in settlements in the Golan Heights.<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-okays-2610-homes-for-jews-and-arabs-in-e-jerusalem/|title=Israel okays 2,610 homes for Jews and Arabs in E. Jerusalem|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=1 October 2014|archive-date=2 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002181840/http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-okays-2610-homes-for-jews-and-arabs-in-e-jerusalem/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sherwood">{{cite news |title=Population of Jewish settlements in West Bank up 15,000 in a year |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/26/jewish-population-west-bank-up |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Harriet |last=Sherwood |date=26 July 2012 |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=10 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710015149/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/26/jewish-population-west-bank-up |url-status=live }}</ref>