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	Israeli-occupied territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The territories are often collectively refered to as simply "the Occupied Territories," although this term is also sometimes loosely used to refer to the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, over which Israel and the Palestinian Authority have sporadically negotiated.
		The Sinai Peninsula is a sparsely populated territory between the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba.
		Both of these territories were part of former British Mandate of Palestine, and both have populations consisting primarily of Arab Palestinians, including historic residents of the territories and refugees who lost their homes in the territory that became Israel after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Occupation_of_the_Palestinian_territories (1486 words)

	israelinsider: Views: The Disputed Territories are not Occupied
		The disputed territories are not "occupied territories", as claimed by the Arab, Islamist perpetual political propaganda.
		The territories of Gaza, Judea and Samaria (wrongfully called the "West Bank") are orphaned portions of the Palestine Mandate that, since 1948, have never been allocated to a sovereign nation (on that note, there has never ever been a sovereign Arab nation-state of Palestine) or assigned fixed boundaries.
		Arguing that these disputed territories are "occupied", or that the so-called "settlements" are illegal, is largely part of a perpetual political propaganda campaign launched by the Arab League, a la the Nazi technique that if you repeat a lie often enough, eventually people will believe it.
	web.israelinsider.com /Views/6437.htm (1728 words)

	Readings: Occupied Territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One answer was the doctrine of territorial incorporation.37 The debate asked whether Puerto Ricans were to become "Americans"38 and the answer was a compromise on citizenship that created the "other" country of Puerto Rico in American law (both an identity and a land apart).
		The lessons from Indian Reservations, the territories, and the federally administered lands of Northern New Mexico are that the formal or regulatory framework stands outside the practices of law while practices in these countries in America affirm the foreign nature of law.
		Porto Rico, the doctrine held that territories could belong to the United States without necessarily being a part of the United States for all purposes; they could be '[territories] appurtenant and belonging to the United States, but not a part of the United States within the revenue clauses of the Constitution.'" Cabranes, p.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~polsc363/page04d.html (6990 words)

	Israel/Occupied Territories: The fence/wall violates international law - news.amnesty - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It imposes unprecedented disproportionate and discriminatory restrictions on their movements within the Occupied Territories and causes other violations of their fundamental rights, including the right to work, to food, to medical care, to education and to an adequate standard of living.
		The route of the fence/wall has been designed to encompass more than 50 Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories, in which the majority of Israeli settlers live and which are illegal under international law.
		The construction of the fence/wall inside the Occupied Territories is such a measure and in its present configuration it violates Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law," said Amnesty International.
	news.amnesty.org /mav/index/ENGMDE150182004 (678 words)

	Israel and the Occupied Territories: Evictions and demolitions must stop - news.amnesty - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Israel and the Occupied Territories: Under the rubble:House demolition and destruction of land and property.
		Israel and the Occupied Territories: Under the rubble: House demolition and destruction of land and property
		In the Occupied Territories, demolitions are often carried out as collective punishments for Palestinian attacks or to facilitate the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements.
	news.amnesty.org /mav/index/ENGMDE150502004 (591 words)

	Israel and the occupied territories
		As a result of the 1967 war, Israel occupies the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights (the human rights situation in the occupied territories is discussed in the annex appended to this report).
		In October 2000, in violent incidents that coincided with the outbreak of violence in the occupied territories, police used excessive force to disperse demonstrations in the north of the country, killing 13 Arab citizens and injuring 300.
		Israel's overall human rights record in the occupied territories was poor, continuing a deterioration that began in late 2000, after the beginning of the sustained violence of the Intifada.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8262.htm (18333 words)

	1995 Human Rights Report: ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
		Freedom of Movement Within the occupied territories, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation Israeli authorities continued to issue some Palestinians green identity (ID) cards which signify that the bearer is a security risk and prohibit the bearer's travel in or through Jerusalem and abroad.
		Obstacles to travel by Palestinian residents of the occupied territories include the inability to obtain a travel permit and the fear of losing one's residency.
		The CIVAD and its successor, MATAK, usually denied permanent residency in the occupied territories to the foreign-born spouses and children of Palestinian residents, and to nonresident mothers.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_nea/OccupiedTerritories.html (12259 words)

	Occupied Territories?
		Palestinian Arabs often insist on using the term "occupied territories" to describe these areas, usually connected to the assertion that they fall under the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention.
		In fact, prior to 1967, Jordan had occupied the West Bank and Egypt had occupied the Gaza Strip; their presence in those territories was the result of their illegal invasion in 1948.
		It is important to observe that, from the time these territories were conquered by Jordan, Syria and Egypt in 1948 to the time they were gained by Israel in 1967, the territories were not refered to as "occupied" by the international community.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_1967to1991_territories_occupied_or_not.php (790 words)

	UNHCR - The Occupied Territories: Exit and Return (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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).
		In the Occupied Territories, Civil Administration offices staffed mostly by Israeli Defense Force (IDF) personnel are present in all major towns.
		Residents of the Occupied Territories have been further impoverished by the cut in transfer payments from the Gulf, fewer job opportunities in Israel, a deep drop in exports...
	www.unhcr.ch /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=RSDCOI&page=research&id=3ae6a8100 (4430 words)

	ZNet \| Mideast \| Israel And The Occupied Territories
		Palestinian residents of the Occupied Territories benefit from the protection of the Fourth Geneva Convention and are ''protected persons''.
		In a house occupied by Israeli soldiers in Balata camp between 28 February and 4 March, the IDF confined about 40 of the residents to one room and then allegedly told some of the men to stand at windows in the top floor flat, which was frequently being shot at by armed Palestinians.
		The arrests of Palestinians from the Occupied Territories carried out by Israel since 27 February were almost invariably accompanied by cruel and degrading treatment; a number of allegations of torture have been received.
	www.zmag.org /content/Mideast/amnesty_israel.cfm (8940 words)

	Israeli Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		It must safeguard the capital of these properties, and administer them in accordance with the rules of usufruct." This means that the occupying power does not become the owner of the territories and properties of the occupied country and does not use them for serving the interests of its civilians.
		The confiscated territories on which the settlements are built were confiscated illegally and in war.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /factsheet/settlement.html (1123 words)

	Israel and the occupied territories
		The report on the occupied territories is appended at the end of this Report.
		As a result of the 1967 war, Israel occupied the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights (the human rights situation in the occupied territories is discussed in the annex appended to this report).
		Israel was assigned control of certain civil functions and was responsible for all security in portions of the occupied territories categorized as Area C. Israel and the PA were assigned varying degrees of control and jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
	www.fas.org /asmp/profiles/israel/israel-ot-hr-02.htm (20017 words)

	"Occupied Territories or Disputed Territories?" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The last international legal allocation of territory that includes those strategic zones of what is today the West Bank and Gaza Strip occurred with the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine which recognized Jewish national rights in the whole of the Mandated territory.
		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."
		Describing these territories as "Palestinian" may serve the Palestinians' political agenda but prejudges the outcome of future territorial negotiations that were envisioned under UN Security Council Resolution 242.
	www.jcpa.org /art/brief1-1.htm (914 words)

	Occupied territories
		Israel's overall human rights record in the occupied territories was poor; although the situation improved slightly during the first 9 months of the year, it worsened in several areas late in the year, mainly due to the sustained violence that began in September.
		Under the complex mixture of laws and regulations that apply to the occupied territories, Palestinians are disadvantaged under Israeli law and practices compared with the treatment received by Israeli settlers.
		A majority of workers in the occupied territories are self-employed or unpaid family helpers in agriculture or commerce.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/index.cfm?docid=882 (18189 words)

	OCCUPIED TERRITORIES? - By Dr. Asher Eder
		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.
		The Turkish (Ottoman) Empire collapsed in 1917, and its former territory became independent nations: Turkey proper, Egypt, Trans-Jordan, etc,--with one exception: the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
	www.vibrani.com /occupiedterritories.htm (677 words)

	About_B'Tselem
		It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel.
		Where rights of residents of the Occupied Territories are affected, B'Tselem does not distinguish between Palestinian and Israeli victims.
		Over the years of the occupation, the Israeli authorities have been guilty of widespread and severe violation of human rights of Palestinians, while at the same time have given preferential treatment to Israeli settlers, whose settlement in occupied territory is itself a breach of international law.
	www.btselem.org /English/About_BTselem/index.asp (765 words)

	ISRAELI SETTLEMENTSIN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
		The Israeli policy of settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is claimed on the basis of historical and religious rights and ownership of the Jewish people vis a vis the land of “Eretz Israel”.
		In the Gaza Strip, for instance, whilst the settler population is estimated to be of approximately 5,000 individuals, the land controlled by the Israeli government represents almost 40 percent of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip.
		Along with the existing settlements, land is confiscated for the establishment of military installations to ‘protect’ the settlers, and for the construction of settler by-pass roads.
	www.pchrgaza.org /files/Reports/English/israelisettlement.htm (3969 words)

	The Myth of "Occupied" Territories
		One of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood definitions in the dictionary of the Arab-Israeli conflict is the term "occupied territories." The vast majority of people simply do not know the facts or misinterpret them, thus completely distorting the real picture of the land distribution between the Arabs and the Jews.
		As a side note it is worth mentioning that the 76% of the territory of Mandated Palestine known today as Jordan, were not permanently exempt from settlement by the Jews either.
		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.
	www.gamla.org.il /english/article/2001/may/b1.htm (1270 words)

	Forums - How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories
		Its fundamentals are, first, that occupied people are "protected", and that the occupier is responsible for their safety.
		As reported in Yediot Ahronot, his demand was a full withdrawal of the Israeli army from the occupied territories, back to the borders of 1967.
		Palestinian farmers whose land is being robbed sit on the ground in front of the bulldozers, accompanied by the Israeli opponents of the wall - the veterans of the Mas'ha camp.
	engforum.pravda.ru /showthread.php3?s=&threadid=69312 (1515 words)

	From "Occupied Territories" to "Disputed Territories," by Dore Gold
		The politically-loaded term "occupied territories" or "occupation" seems to apply only to Israel and is hardly ever used when other territorial disputes are discussed, especially by interested third parties.
		Thus, the current territorial dispute is allegedly the result of an Israeli decision "to occupy," rather than a result of a war imposed on Israel by a coalition of Arab states in 1967.
		Describing the territories as "Palestinian" may serve the political agenda of one side in the dispute, but it prejudges the outcome of future territorial negotiations that were envisioned under UN Security Council Resolution 242.
	www.jcpa.org /jl/vp470.htm (2688 words)

	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.
		The Commission, in its resolution of 23 March 1972, noted its grave concern at "the destruction and demolition of villages, quarters and houses" by the Israeli authorities in the Occupied Territories.
		The laws of occupation protect the rights of an occupied population, both for their benefit and in the interests of the occupying power.
	www.hrdc.net /sahrdc/hrfchr59/Issue3/occupied_territories.htm (1221 words)

	Press Release ILO/05/23: Situation of workers in occupied Arab territories continues to deteriorate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		GENEVA (ILO News) - Despite a new climate of dialogue among Israelis and Palestinians, conditions of life for workers and their families in the occupied Arab territories continue to be extremely hard, according to a report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) (Note 1).
		The findings of the report are based on missions sent to Israel and the occupied Arab territories and to the Syrian Arab Republic in order to assess the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories, including the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan.
		In 2004, 57 per cent of all wage workers in the occupied territories received monthly wages that failed to lift a family of two adults and four children above the official poverty line.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/23.htm (772 words)

	KYPROS-NET - Occupied Cyprus Project
		Occupied Greek Orthodox Monastery of Apostle Andreas (Andrew), and Occupied Ancient Greek town of Kyrenia.
		Occupied Cyprus Project aims in helping keeping the flag of struggle for return of ALL 200,000 Greek, Armenian, Latin, Maronite, and even Turkish-Cypriot refugees back in their ancestors lands, by providing detailed information about Cyprus communities (villages/towns), occupied ILLEGALLY by the Turkish army since 1974.
		These villages/towns in Cyprus are occupied ILLEGALLY by the Turkish army since 1974 after Turkey attacked and captured 40% of Cyprus territory.
	kypros.org /Occupied_Cyprus (656 words)

	Occupied Territories
		These two nations still occupy Euskadi, yet, nobody in the "free and democratic" western society and mass media says that they are "Occupied Territories", and nobody requires that Spain and France withdraw their occupation from that country!
		In fact, not all the territories they claim to be Kurdistan belongs to them: part of these lands are Assyria, and another part should be given back to Armenia.
		But, in a way, the Israeli territories of Judea and Samaria are "Occupied Territories"; yes, illegally occupied by Arabs (so-called "Palestinians"), who have obtained the right to rule on cities like Hevron, Bet-Lechem, Nablus (Samaria) and other cities that historically belong to Canaan and Israel.
	www.geocities.com /tzurmanoti (4768 words)

	FAIR ACTION ALERT: Missing from Mideast Coverage: Occupied territories no longer "occupied" on TV news
		Yet in the Israeli-occupied territories, CBS correspondents today talk of "Israeli soldiers under daily attack"; "Israel...again feeling isolated and under siege"; and, in one case where Israeli occupation troops abandoned a fortified position in the West Bank, "Israelis have surrendered territory to Palestinian violence" (CBS Evening News, 10/4/00, 10/8/00, 10/7/00).
		When Israel's internationally uncontested status as an occupying power on Palestinian lands is omitted from the media's coverage, Palestinian rock-throwing is made to look like random aggression, and Israel's use of lethal weaponry can be portrayed as a legitimate response to provocation.
		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.
	www.fair.org /activism/occupied-territories.html (656 words)

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