Since 1967 the Israeli settlement policy in the West Bank 1 has resulted in the creation of 249 settlements, allowing the establishment of more than 640,000 Israeli settlers. Does this settlement policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory come under any of the offenses covered by the Rome Statute (hereinafter "the Statute") of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ? This is the question which the present study attempts to answer, a question which is currently being examined by the ICC Prosecutor 2 and may be at the heart of a forthcoming investigation and possible prosecution. In January 2015, the State of Palestine 3 filed a declaration, under Art. 12 (3) of the Statute 4 , recognizing the jurisdiction of the ICC with respect to alleged crimes committed "in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, since June 13, 2014 5 ". On 2 January 2015, Palestine acceded to the Statute by depositing its official demand for accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) 6. In accordance with Art. 126 (2) of the Statute, this entered into force with regard to Palestine on 1 April 2015. Following the accession of Palestine to the Statute, the court Prosecutor decided on 16 January 2015 to open a preliminary examination of the situation in Palestine 7 , in order to verify whether there was a reasonable basis for investigation of the crimes alleged by Palestine and if these appeared to come under the jurisdiction of the court 8. Israeli Settlements in the West Bank, a War Crime ? La Revue des droits de l'homme, 17 | 2020 Israeli Settlements in the West Bank, a War Crime ? La Revue des droits de l'homme, 17 | 2020