Proof Engine Verification: The Israeli settler population in the West Bank and East Jerusalem surpassed 700,000 by December 2023 per the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, representing more than 20 percent growth since 2010.

Automated fact-verification of the claim: "The Israeli settler population in the West Bank and East Jerusalem surpassed 700,000 by December 2023 per the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, representing more than 20 percent growth since 2010." Verdict: PROVED (with unverified citations) Key Findings West Bank settler population (end-2023): 503,732 — Peace Now, citing Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS) East Jerusalem Jewish settler population (2023): 246,000 — Wikipedia (sourced from Jerusalem Institute / ICBS data) Combined total (2023): 749,732 — exceeds the 700,000 threshold by ~49,732 Growth since 2010: 47.1% (from a combined 509,729 in 2010) — far exceeds the 20% threshold The claim's 20% growth figure is a substantial understatement; growth was actually ~47% Files proof.py — Re-runnable Python verification script proof.md — Structured proof report proof_audit.md — Full verification audit trail proof_narrative.md — Plain-language summary proof.json — Machine-readable structured data Generated by Proof Engine v0.10.0.