OoooH Kevin, how sneaky of you.

The question was - "Tell me again about the Jewish settlements PRIOR to 1948 on the West Bank.... "

NOT - "the total numbers for people living in West Bank settlements IN 1948"

Now if a simple sailor like me can pick that up I'm sure lots of people reading this can too. Take it all the way back to 1920, take a look at Hebron in 1929, those Jews had lived in this predominantly Jewish town for over 800 years as far back as records go.