# PALESTINE /// Focus on one settlement: Ma’ale Adummim

Published December 23, 2010

Ma’ale Adummim is an illegal Israeli settlement near the Palestinian town of Abu Dis (in the East Jerusalem’s region). It is one of the largest settlement of the West Bank and hosts around 34000 settlers. The settlement like a lot of others is situated on the top of a hill in order to gain geographical and topographical advantages against the Palestinians.