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This page needs a bit of work, since it explains the motivation without explaining the justification. For example, "occupied Palestinian territories": the lands are occupied under a international legal standard, correct? Israel doesn't claim the territories as part of the country, but what? What is the legal status of the territories?
Darn good questions, mate, but dash it all, I haven't the foggiest notion. The deuce of it is that for a land to be "occupied" it's supposed to belong to someone else, but those dratted Arabs refused the West Bank and so on when it was offered to them on a silver platter. It seems a bit of a sticky wicket. Could be an attempt to put the cart before the horse by asserting that the territories belong to the Palestinian people and that Israel thus should "return" what it "took from them" -- after all, they _are_ Palestinian territories, aren't they?
That's why I defined Palestinian territories as "lands sought by ... nationalists" rather than "lands taken from X". Really, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are no-man's-lands until either:
- some country, like Israel annexes them (and enough other countries recognize this act -- fat chance!), or
- a credible government emerges in some or all of the territories.
But there's the precedent of Taiwan to reckon with. It's one of the oldest, most stable democracies in the Far East, but it hasn't gotten the recognition it wanted (like Rodney Dangerfield, "I don't get no respect") -- even though it has a constitution, elections, a thriving economy, allies, a modern army, etc.
See: Taiwan independence, One China policy, Political status of Taiwan
- It is not surprising that at the United Nations, the U.S. has opposed the phraseology of "occupied Palestinian territories." In March 1994, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright stated: "We simply do not support the description of the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 War as occupied Palestinian territory."
Has anything changed since 1994? --Ed Poor
The following sentence is vague:
- Since the early 1990s, Israel has negotiated with the Palestinians concerning the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on these territories.
Which "Palestinians" did Israel negotiate with? Leaders of the Palestinian Authority? Other Arabs living in Palestine? --Ed Poor