Two outpost dismantled
One outpost dismantled and rebuilt
Three new outposts erected
12 outposts were expanded significantly
Permanent construction is being carried out in 15 outposts
Up to today there are 99 outposts in the West Bank

Outposts dismantled during 2004
1. Ginot Arye
2. Tal Bimyamin Synagogue

Outposts dismantled and rebuilt
1. Mitzpe Yitzhar

New outposts erected during 2004
1. Migron South
2. Ofra North East
3. Ofra South East

Expansion of existing outposts in 2004
1. Nofei Nehemia
2. Eli 762 – Haro’e
3. Givat Hatamar (Efrat)
4. Kida (Adei Ad North)
5. Esh Kodesh
6. Gva’ot Olam (Avri Ran Farm)
7. Alt. 468 (Nofei Prat)
8. Gilad Farm
9. Ma’ale Rehav’am
10. Givat Asaf
11. Rechelim South
12. Tzur Shalem

Settlements in which permanent construction is being carried out
1. Amona
2. Shalhevet Yitzhar
3. Palgei Mayim
4. Hayovel Section
5. Nof Harim
6. Bruchin
7. Givat Harel
8. Ahiya
9. Tko’a D
10. Itamar Hill 777
11. Itamar Hill 782
12. Yair Farm
13. Derech Ha’avot
14. Adei Ad
15. Haresha

Summary
The surge in new outposts during the first two years of the Intifada (2001-2002) and the first half of 2003 (until the line was drawn in July 2003) decelerated during 2004.  This year saw a minor increase in the over-all number of outposts.
The outposts called Ginot Arye (south of Ofra) was dismantled.  Its dismantlement by the settlers themselves, which was carried out despite all the threats and promises that it would be hotly contested, did not signal the beginning of a new trend regarding the government’s attitude towards the outposts, but rather was the continuation of its old policy, which could be described as “sleight of hand”.  The dismantlement of Ginot Arye, which, from the very beginning, was established on land which even the State of Israel recognized as being private Palestinian land, was intended to alleviate immediate legal pressures, without attempting to deal with the depth and breadth of the all-inclusive problem of the outposts.  Therefore, as this outpost has been dismantled, the caravans were transferred to two sites located east of Ofra, thereby establishing two new outposts, one of which (Ofra North East) was quickly populated.  At the same time, that very week, permanent construction of 10 buildings in the veteran outpost of Amona, also located east of Ofra, has begun.  There is no doubt that these events (the dismantling of the outpost –the transfer of the caravans to two eastward locations – the construction of permanent buildings in Amona) are part of an unwritten agreement between the settlers and the Ministry of Defense.
Lately Peace Now had received an official letter from the Civil Administration of the West Bank, stating that the construction activity in Amona is considered by the Israeli authorities as illegal.

Read the Settlements Report for 2004.