Question

What did the settlements in the Golan Heights and the Sinai do to Israel defence policy?

Answer 1

Israeli settlements are colonies built by Israel from 1967 on territories conquered during the Six Day War. Colonies were raised on land granted to the Arab State of Palestine in United Nations resolution 181, subsequently occupied by Egypt and Jordan as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, as well as on land belonging to Syria and Egypt. Although Israel withdrew from some of these territories in 1981 (the Sinai Peninsula) and in 2005 (the Gaza Strip), the reality is that the colonies have increased their number and their population, often with the displacement of the original inhabitants. and with demolitions and expropriations without compensation for their land