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| | israelinsider: Views: The Disputed Territories are not Occupied |
 | | The disputed territories of Judea, Samaria and Gaza were occupied by Egypt and Jordan illegally for nineteen years, from May 1948 through June 1967. | | | The territories are disputed land because they are unallocated portions of the British Mandate. | | | Israeli control over its territories was never an "illegal occupation" and its so-called "settlements" do not violate international law. |
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http://web.israelinsider.com/Views/6437.htm
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| | Readings: Occupied Territories |
| | While the law in these cases was changed shortly after by the Foraker Act, the reasoning of the justices is rich in historical reference to precedential material on the legal nature of territorial status. | | | As a matter of representation, the issue of people failing to identify with the law is an old one in jurisprudence. | | | Their status has been ameliorated, to the extent that the law is able to explain its position, by the grant of citizenship. |
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http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~polsc363/page04d.html
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| | Israel and the occupied territories |
| | The imposition by Israel of internal closure in the occupied territories during the year obstructed courts from holding sessions or issuing rulings during most of the year. | | | Employers must receive a government permit to hire nonresident workers from the occupied territories, certifying that no citizen is available for the job. | | | Newspaper licenses were valid only for Israel; separate licenses were required to distribute publications in areas in the occupied territories still under the Government's authority. |
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http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/israel/israel-ot-hr-02.htm
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| | Israel/Occupied Territories: The fence/wall violates international law - news.amnesty - Amnesty International |
| | Therefore, it is appropriate that a court of law examines this matter," said Amnesty International. | | | On 8 December 2003 the United Nations General Assembly, exercising its power under Article 96 of the Charter of the United Nations (UN), passed a resolution requesting the ICJ to issue an Advisory Opinion on the legal consequences of the construction by Israel of the fence/wall inside the Occupied Territories. | | | "Any measure Israel undertakes in the Occupied Territories in the name of security must comply with its obligations under international law," said Amnesty International. |
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http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGMDE150182004
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| | The Myth of "Occupied" Territories |
| | In order to resolve the puzzle of the "occupied" territories, one must clearly distinguish between the different types of resolutions passed by the United Nations. | | | That means that not a single enforceable internationally valid document exists that prevents or prohibits the Jews from settling anywhere in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and all the rest of Eretz Yisrael. | | | When in 1946 the United Nations was created in place of the League of Nations, its Charter included Article 80 specifically to allow the continuation of existing Mandates (including the British Mandate). |
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http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/2001/may/b1.htm
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| | UNHCR - The Occupied Territories: Exit and Return |
| | The lack of "a permanent population; a defined territory; government; and the capacity to enter into relations with other States" has rendered the Palestinians stateless, a status applicable to "a person who is not considered a national by any State under the operation of its law" (Goodwin-Gill Dec. 1990, 5, 11, 12). | | | A fee is charged for such a document and it is issued only pursuant to a security check (Palestine Human Rights Information Centre 9 Sept. 1991). | | | Identity cards are issued to Palestinians once they reach the age of sixteen. |
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http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=RSDCOI&page=research&id=3ae6a8100
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| | ISRAELI SETTLEMENTSIN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES |
| | However, under international law, there is no distinction, as all settlements in occupied territories are illegal, and no endorsement by the Israeli government can affect that status. | | | In order to fulfill their legal obligations, the High Contracting Parties ought to monitor, assess and communicate violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention by the State of Israel in the Occupied territory, in particular the breaches of Articles 49 and 147 of the Convention: | | | The law of belligerent occupation finds its source in customary international law, which has evolved from the Hague Convention of 1907. |
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http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/Reports/English/israelisettlement.htm
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| | KYPROS-NET - Occupied Cyprus Project |
| | Below are the leading cases decided at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which set the legal authoritative precedent that makes it easier for ALL 200,000 Greek Cypriot Refugees to sue Turkey and claim back their homes and legal properties. | | | The order by the Council of Europe followed the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Loizidou v Turkey. | | | Note: Kypros-Net Inc. reserves the right to delete without notice, and reassign to other webmasters, any accounts that do not fulfill the purposes and objectives of Occupied Cyprus Project. |
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http://kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus
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| | The "Occupied Territories": A Primer |
| | The Armistice Agreement specifically stated: "no provision of this Agreement shall in any way prejudice the rights, claims, and positions of either Party hereto in the peaceful settlement of the Palestine questions, the provisions of this Agreement being dictated exclusively by military considerations" (emphasis added) (Article II.2). | | | Yet in the case of the West Bank and Gaza, where no internationally recognized sovereign control previously existed, the stigma of Israel as an "occupier" has gained currency. | | | For example, the U.S. Department of State refers to Kashmir as "disputed areas." |
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http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeast/The_-Occupied_Territories-_A_Primer.asp
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| | Occupied territories |
| | Israel has occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967 and is thus bound, as an Occupying Power, by the laws of occupation as set out in the 1907 Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. | | | Israel is also duty-bound to respect those norms of international human rights law set out in the various treaties to which it is a party. | | | The United Nations Human Rights Committee has made it clear that actions taken by Israel in the Occupied Territories must be in accordance with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. |
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http://www.hrdc.net/sahrdc/hrfchr59/Issue3/occupied_territories.htm
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| | Israeli-occupied territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Israel has, however, avoided using the term "annexation" to this action. | | | Also, in their decisions on the separation barrier, the International Court of Justice and Supreme Court of Israel have both ruled that the West Bank is occupied. | | | "Legal Consequence of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" International Court of Justice, July 9, 2004. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Palestinian_territories
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| | Israel and the Occupied Territories: Evictions and demolitions must stop - news.amnesty - Amnesty International |
| | Most cases of house demolition and destruction of land are not subject to legal supervision or appeal. | | | Both practices contravene international law and some of these acts are war crimes. | | | Amnesty International is also pressing for other States, particularly the US, to stop the sale or transfer of weaponry and equipment that are used to commit unlawful destruction of homes and other human rights violations.. |
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http://news.amnesty.org/mav/index/ENGMDE150502004
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| | Essential Background: Overview of human rights issues in Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (Human Rights Watch, ... |
| | The court wrote that Israel should cease construction of the barrier on Palestinian territory, dismantle those portions already constructed on Palestinian territory, and pay reparations for damage caused by its construction there. | | | The following month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in an advisory opinion responding to a request from the U.N. General Assembly, held that the barrier is in violation of international humanitarian law. | | | This system of collective punishment is also in direct violation of Israel’s obligation, as the occupying power, to provide to the extent possible for the welfare of the population it controls. |
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http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/01/13/isrlpa9806.htm
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| | OCCUPIED TERRITORIES? - By Dr. Asher Eder |
| | In 1922 the League of Nations granted Great Britain a "Mandate" to pursue the "Balfour Declaration" of l917 and to administer that land accordingly. | | | It is common parlance to refer to the so-called West Bank as "occupied territories." Mr. | | | In contrast, the term occupied territory (or territories) is generally applied to the occupied part, or the whole of, another nation. Since 1967, Arab propaganda, and in its wake the media of the world, have applied it to the West Bank, without justification. |
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http://www.vibrani.com/occupiedterritories.htm
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| | Center for Economic and Social Rights Occupied Palestinian Territories |
| | As such, these policies may well be in violation of Israel’s legal obligations as an occupying power, as laid out in the Fourth Geneva Convention. | | | CESR staff spoke frequently at these events, including at Columbia University Law School and School of International and Public Affairs, the New School, Rutgers Medical School and the Brecht Forum. | | | In the spring of 2003, CESR partnered with Palestinian environmental NGOs to document violations of the human right to water in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza and presented a report to the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. |
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http://cesr.org/palestine
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| | FAIR ACTION ALERT: Missing from Mideast Coverage: Occupied territories no longer "occupied" on TV news |
| | This page is available for archival purposes only and has not been updated since January 2005. | | | Virtually the entire world, including the United States and the UN Security Council, regards Israel's continued occupation of Palestinian land seized in the 1967 war as a violation of international law. | | | The real status of Israel's presence was explained by the United Nations Security Council last month, when it unanimously called upon "Israel, the occupying power, to abide scrupulously by its legal obligations" under the Geneva Conventions to protect human rights in the occupied territories. |
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http://www.fair.org/activism/occupied-territories.html
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| | Israel and the Occupied Territories - Amnesty International |
| | Most were released without charge, but more than 3,000 remained in military jails. | | | In August the Israeli government informed the UN Secretary-General of the nullification of its signature of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. | | | At least 158 Jewish Israelis who refused to perform military service or to serve in the Occupied Territories were sentenced to terms of imprisonment of up to six months. |
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http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Isr-summary-eng
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| | Israel 2000: Country Report |
| | After another interrogation, he was released on bail of 15,000 shekels (US$3750). | | | He refused and was eventually released on 5000 shekels (US$1250) bail, but the soldiers confiscated his footage of the aftermath of Israel's bombing of Palestinian National Authority offices in Gaza the night before. | | | The soldiers told al-Shafei that he was violating an order prohibiting Israeli citizens from entering the occupied territories. |
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http://www.cpj.org/attacks00/mideast00/Israel.html
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| | The ICRC in Israel, the Occupied Territories and the Autonomous Territories |
| | List of statements made by the ICRC between 2000 and 2002 regarding the humanitarian situation in this region. | | | It works towards ensuring the faithful application of and respect for IHL, in particular the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilians in times of war and occupation. | | | It is also helping the MDA play a broader role in the Movement's work. |
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http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList74/EB1E231EBEC095E6C1256B6600601F46
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| | Land and Settlement Issues- Israel and Palestine - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council |
| | Yet the ruling represented only a partial victory for Palestinians because the court “did give approval to the idea of the fence.” (New York Times) | | | The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel's West Bank barrier violates international law, but the unequal struggle over the land of Palestine continues. | | | The Supreme Court of Israel has heard a petition from two Israeli human rights groups against the barrier Israel is building in the West Bank. |
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http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/israel-palestine/occupindex.htm
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| | ei: Palestinian rights still violated in occupied territories, UN official says |
| | Human Rights: Lawsuit filed against Israeli General in U.S. Court for war crimes (15 December 2005) | | | Palestinian rights still violated in Occupied Territories, UN official saysDespite Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, major violations of human rights continue to result from its occupation of Palestinian territories, construction of barriers and expansion of settlements, according to the United Nations official monitoring that situation in his latest report to the General Assembly. | | | The format of the yearly report was set out by resolutions 1993/2 A and 2005/7 of the Commission of Human Rights. |
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http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4207.shtml
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| | Forums - How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories |
| | The convention distinguishes between war and a state of occupation. | | | But the question of justice has hardly been raised. | | | According to international law, the execution of any person in an occupied territory is not allowed. |
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http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=69312
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| | Israeli Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Territories |
| | Article 46 of the Hague Convention prohibits the confiscation of private property in occupied territory. | | | The confiscated territories on which the settlements are built were confiscated illegally and in war. | | | Article 55 of the Hague Convention stipulates that "the occupying state shall be regarded only as administrator and usufructuary of public buildings, real estate, forests, and agricultural estates belonging to the hostile State, and situated in the occupied country. |
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http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/settlement.html
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| | ZNet Mideast Israel And The Occupied Territories |
| | The rules of an Occupying Power are set out in the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 1949, to which Israel is a High Contracting Party. | | | The ICRC tried to coordinate the movement of ambulances by contacting the Civil Administration (the Israeli military government in the Occupied Territories) and obtaining IDF authorization first. | | | Even in ''time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation'' a state is never allowed to torture or allow anyone for any reason whatsoever to suffer cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
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http://www.zmag.org/content/Mideast/amnesty_israel.cfm
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