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| ALL OF PALESTINE IS OCCUPIED - NOT JUST THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. | |||
| {{mergeto|Occupation of the Palestinian territories}} | |||
| The term '''Occupied Territories''', especially when capitalized, is commonly used to refer to the territories occupied by ] after the ] in 1967. These originally included the ], the ], the ] of the ], and the ]. Following the conquest by Israel of these territories, ] of ] Israelis were established within each of them. The West Bank and the Golan Heights provide a significant portion of Israel's water resources, the former from its underground ] and the latter for containing many of the headwaters of the ]. | |||
| Because the West Bank (along with the Gaza Strip, prior to 2005) is subject to sporadically active negotiations between Israel and the ] while the other territories are not currently being negotiated over, the term "Occupied Territories" is sometimes loosely used to refer the ] occupied by Israel. | |||
| == Status Changes == | |||
| The Sinai Peninsula was returned to ] in 1979 under the ] following the 1978 ], and Israel unilaterally withdrew its occupying forces from the Gaza Strip in 2005. In both of these instances, the Jewish settlers in the relinquished territories were also forced by the Israeli government to leave. | |||
| The Israeli ] passed the "Jerusalem Law," annexing ] in the West Bank in 1980, but ] ] ] declared this action to be a violation of international law. Israel also passed the "Golan Heights Law" in 1981, which quasi-annexed the Golan Heights, as by extending Israel's law and jurisdicion to the territory and allowing Israeli citizenship for the resident population, but it has avoided using the term "annex" with regard to the action. The Security Council rejected the provisions of this law with ]. | |||
| == Contentious Term == | |||
| Supporters of Israel sometimes object to using the term "Occupied Territories" to describe them, prefering "Disputed Territories" or sometimes (with reference to the West Bank) the biblical names "]." Among the reasons that the term is objected to are that it tends to preclude Israel from claiming parts of the territories as its ], and that being an "occupying power" invokes the provisions of the ] regarding the protection of civilians during war and occupation. Israel holds that the Convention does not apply to the Territories. Significantly, most interpretations of the Convention hold that it forbids settlement of occupied territory by citizens of the occupying power, although Israel contends that only forced settlement is prohibited. | |||
| Opponents of Israel sometimes insist that the term refers to all of Israel as well, claiming that the State of Israel was illegally formed and is therefore illegitimate. | |||
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Revision as of 13:40, 28 September 2005
ALL OF PALESTINE IS OCCUPIED - NOT JUST THE WEST BANK AND GAZA.