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 An activist is arrested as he challenges policies that prevent Palestinians from riding Israeli buses in the West Bank." November 15, 2011 (Active Stills)
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 Multimedia
 Settlers attack Palestinians and their property
July 16, 2011 10:36 AM (EST+7)
WATCH: Israeli settlers set cars on fire in Qusra
Oct. 31, 2010 12:00 PM (EST+7)
PM Benjamin Netanyahu in secretly-recorded video, 2001
July 19, 2010 9:54 AM (EST+7)
Green light for Jerusalem settlers
April 28, 2010 4:43 PM (EST+7)
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Background
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Camp David II
Ariel
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Documents
The Establishment and Expansion Plans of Maale Adumim Settlement
Map of Maale Adumim and Jerusalem Settlement Expansion
Press Conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Barack Obama - March 21, 2013
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Publications
Poll No. 68, June 2009 - Palestinian opinions towards the national dialogue in Cairo between Fateh and Hamas Movements
Poll No. 36 Part I, March 2000 - On Palestinian Attitudes Towards Final Status Issues and Women and Legislation in Palestine
Poll No. 37, June 2000 - On Palestinian Attitudes Towards Final Status Negotiations and the declaration of the State
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Resources
"Ariel College upgrades status," Haaretz, Aug. 2, 2007
"Israel to keep major settlement," BBC, March 14, 2006
"The Big Freeze", interview with Dov Weisglass, Oct. 8, 2004
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As with other Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the existence of this community violates international law, which prohibits an occupying power from "transferring its civilians" to territory that it occupies and territory that is disputed.
STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
The strategic importance of this community to Israel is based on Maale Adumim’s placement between Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and its role in bridging other Israeli settlement communities to East Jerusalem. Maale Adumim is connected to Jerusalem through a bypass road (open exclusively for Israeli drivers) that connects it to French Hill and Mt. Scopus.
GREATER JERUSALEM AND THE E-1 PLAN
The E-1 plan was originally conceived by former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 to create a contiguous link between the Maale Adumim settlement bloc and Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem comprising Pisgat Zeev, Pisgat Omer, Neve Yaacov, and French Hill. This makes the settlement an even larger threat to the territory of an independent Palestinian state as the bloc would create a barrier between the West Bank and Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem. The construction of the Wall has further aided Israeli government efforts in isolating the West Bank from East Jerusalem communities and expanding westwards into Palestinian territories beyond the Green Line inside the occupied West Bank.
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