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===Settlement activity===
[[File: Shalomnow protest.jpg|thumb|right|2007 Peace Now demonstration in Hebron]]

Peace Now's Settlement Watch project monitors and protests against the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. [[Dror Aktes]] headed this committee until 2007 when he was replaced by [[Hagit Ofran]]. The project focuses on the following issues with regards to the settlements:-

Peace Now's Settlement Watch project has resulted in the following developments:-

* [[Amona, Mateh Binyamin|Amona]] (2005) – Peace Now motioned to the Supreme Court demanding the evacuation of the settlement in Amona. Their motion was accepted and the settlement was evacuated by security forces several months later.<ref name="knes"/>
* A decision, never implemented, to remove of all illegal [[West Bank]] settlements (March 2011) – Following a petition submitted by Peace Now to the [[Israeli Supreme Court]], [[Benyamin Netanyahu]]'s government ordered that the state dismantle all illegal West Bank outposts built on private Palestinian land by the end of 2011.<ref>{{cite news
 | title = Cabinet: All West Bank outposts on private Palestinian land to go by year's end
 | url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/cabinet-all-west-bank-outposts-on-private-palestinian-land-to-go-by-year-s-end-1.347693
 | work = Haaretz
| date = 7 March 2011
 | access-date =24 November 2011
}}</ref>

* [[Migron, Mateh Binyamin|Migron]] (ongoing)- Following a petition to the [[Israeli Supreme Court]] by Peace Now, the state was ordered to dismantle Migron, the largest illegal settlement outpost in the West Bank, by April 2012. This was key as this was the first time the Supreme Court had ordered the Israeli state to dismantle an outpost in the West Bank.<ref>{{cite news
 | title = Israel's Supreme Court orders state to dismantle largest West Bank outpost
 | url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-s-supreme-court-orders-state-to-dismantle-largest-west-bank-outpost-1.376583
 | work = Haaretz
| date = 2 August 2011
 | access-date =24 November 2011
}}</ref>

Similarly, the movement continues activity on the ground in support of evacuation through demonstrations, vigils and other campaign activity. Activities include:

*Updates on settlement expansion by means of aerial photography/ground surveys
*Publication of figures to the public and decision makers in Israel as well as around the world (American government officials often rely on data presented by Peace Now to assess the nature of Israel's various settlement programs)<ref>{{cite news
 | title = Haaretz WikiLeaks exclusive / Israel's Peace Now updates U.S. on West Bank construction
 | url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/haaretz-wikileaks-exclusive-israel-s-peace-now-updates-u-s-on-west-bank-construction-1.354656
 | work = Haaretz
| date = 7 April 2011
 | access-date =27 November 2011
}}</ref>