See More Jerusalem Center Studies Complete List of Issue Briefs Institute for Contemporary Affairs founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation JERUSALEM ISSUE BRIEF Vol. 2, No. 16 19 January 2003 Diplomatic and Legal Aspects of the Settlement Issue Jeffrey Helmreich One may legitimately support or challenge Israeli settlements in the disputed territories, but they are not illegal, and they have neither the size, the population, nor the placement to seriously impact upon the future status of the disputed territories and their Palestinian population centers. The outbreak of the Al Aqsa Intifada in the fall of...