 The Golan Heights plateau, formerly known as the Syrian Heights, overlooking the site of the ancient city of Hippos The Israeli-occupied territories are the territories captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967 and held afterward. These originally included the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, the West Bank of the Jordan River, and the Gaza Strip. 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. ImageMetadata File history File links Ein-Pik-2005-2. ...
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Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ...
For the Israeli car, see Susita. ...
The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת ×”×™×ž×™× transliteration: Milhemet Sheshet Hayamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days War, or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 Sinai redirects here. ...
Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ...
Northern part of the Great Rift Valley as seen from space (NASA) The Jordan River today The Jordan River (Hebrew: × ×”×¨ הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. ...
The West Bank The Gaza Strip The term Palestinian territories is used by many journalists as a collective name for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — two territories in Palestine. ...
The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...
Following the conquest by Israel of these territories, settlements of Jewish Israelis were established within each of them. The West Bank and the Golan Heights are strategically significant to Israel, in part because they provide a significant portion of Israel's water resources, the former from its underground aquifer and the latter for containing many of the headwaters of the Jordan River. Both of these territories also contain highlands that overlook Israel proper, and provide more readily defensible positions than does Israel's internationally recognized territory. The West Bank also contains many of the most important religious and historic sites of the Land of Israel. For Israeli settlements in Israel proper, see Settlements in Israel Israeli settlements are communities built for Israeli Jewish settlers in areas that it captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. ...
The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, or permeable mixtures of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) (see also groundwater). ...
Northern part of the Great Rift Valley as seen from space (NASA) The Jordan River today The Jordan River (Hebrew: × ×”×¨ הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. ...
The Land of Israel (Hebrew: ×רץ ישר×ל Eretz Yisrael) is the land that made up the ancient Jewish Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. ...
The status of these territories, including the legality of Israeli's policy of encouraging settlement in those areas, whether it is legitimate for Israel to annex portions of them, and whether Israel is legally an occupying power according to the Fourth Geneva Convention, are all highly contested by the Government of Israel and many of its supporters. For Israeli settlements in Israel proper, see Settlements in Israel Israeli settlements are communities built for Israeli Jewish settlers in areas that it captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. ...
Annexation is the legal merging of some territory into another body. ...
An occupied territory is a region that has been taken over by a sovereign power after a military intervention, see belligerent occupation. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Fourth Geneva Convention The Fourth Geneva Convention (GCIV) relates to the protection of civilians during times of war in the hands of an enemy and under any occupation by a foreign power. ...
Israels governmental system is based on several basic laws enacted by its unicameral parliament, the Knesset. ...
Specific territories
The Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula is a sparsely populated territory between the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel first captured the Sinai, along with the Gaza Strip, during the 1956 Suez Campaign. Israel's invasion of the Sinai was coordinated with France and the United Kingdom's seizure of the Suez Canal. Pressure from the Soviet Union and the United States forced Israel to withdraw from both the Sinai and Gaza the next year. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 151 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Saint Catherines Monastery, Mount Sinai ...
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Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 Sinai redirects here. ...
1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic, QanÄ al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163 km maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (BÅ«r SaÄ«d) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ...
Sinai Peninsula, with the Gulf of Aqaba (east) and the Gulf of Suez (west), as viewed from the Space Shuttle STS-40. ...
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Israel, France, United Kingdom Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan (CoS of the IDF) General Sir Charles Keightley (C-in-C), Vice-Admiral Pierre Barjot (Deputy) Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 45,000 British, 34,000 French, 175,000 Israeli 300,000 Egyptians Casualties 200 Israelis, 107 British, 43 French dead or...
1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic, QanÄ al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163 km maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (BÅ«r SaÄ«d) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ...
After capturing the Sinai in 1967, Israel began establishing settlements along the Gulf of Aqaba, and in the northeast portion, just below the Gaza Strip, with plans to expand one settlement into the city of Yamit with a population of 200,000. [1] The Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt beginning in 1979 under the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty following the 1978 Camp David Accords. Israel completed its withdrawal, including the dismantlement of its settlements, in 1982. The returned territory included Israel's only oil resources. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For Israeli settlements in Israel proper, see Settlements in Israel Israeli settlements are communities built for Israeli Jewish settlers in areas that it captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. ...
Yamit (ימית) was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula established during Israels occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six Day War until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. ...
The Israel-Egypt peace treaty was signed in Washington on March 26, 1979 as the first of the Camp David Accords (1978). ...
Anwar Sadat (left), Jimmy Carter (center), and Menachem Begin (right) shake hands in celebration of the success of the Camp David Accords The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ...
The West Bank and the Gaza Strip See also: Political status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip Image File history File links Stop_hand. ...
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The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...
Jenin (Arabic: جنين â–¶(?), Hebrew: ×’× ×™×Ÿ), a city on the West Bank, is a major Palestinian agricultural center. ...
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Jointly often referred to as the Palestinian territories, or as "Ha-Shtachim" (The Territories) or Yesha —an acronym for YEhuda, SHomron, v'Aza ("and Gaza"), the Hebrew names of the territories— by many Israelis. 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. Both were allotted to the proposed Arab state under United Nations Partition Plan of 1947, but the West Bank was captured by Jordan and the Gaza Strip was captured Egypt after the 1948 war. In 1950, Jordan annexed the West Bank, but this was recognized only by the United Kingdom. (see 1949 Armistice Agreements, Green Line) The West Bank The Gaza Strip The term Palestinian territories is used by many journalists as a collective name for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — two territories in Palestine. ...
Yesha (ישע) is a Hebrew acronym for Judea Samaria Gaza (the West Bank and Gaza Strip), areas Israel gained control over in the Six-Day War of June 1967. ...
Desert hills in southern Judea, looking east from the town of Arad Judea or Judaea (יהודה Praise, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew , Greek: Ιουδαία, Russian: ИудеÑ) is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel (Hebrew: ×רץ ישר×ל Eretz Yisrael), an area now divided between Israel and the West Bank...
Samaria, Sumaria or Shomron (Hebrew ש×ֹמְרוֹן, Standard Hebrew Å omÉ™ron, Tiberian Hebrew Å ÅmÉ™rôn, Arabic سامريّون SÄmariyyÅ«n (but commonly called in Arabic جبال نابلس Jibal Nablus), in the New Testament Greek ΣαμαÏεία) is a term used for the mountainous northern part of the area on the west bank of the Jordan River. ...
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 6 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ...
Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ...
The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large ethnic group widespread in the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ...
The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...
The Palestinian Exodus (Arabic: الهجرة الÙلسطينية al-Hijra al-Filasteeniya) is the refugee flight of some 711,000 Palestinian Arabs (UN estimate[1]) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and is called the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة), meaning disaster or cataclysm, by Palestinians. ...
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמ×ות) or as the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. ...
On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine, was approved by the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN World Headquarters in New York. ...
Map of the West Bank today Occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan occurred following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War for a period of nearly two decades (1948 - 1967). ...
Map of the Gaza Strip from The World Factbook. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Map of the West Bank today Rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan. ...
The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. ...
The term Green Line is often used to refer to the 1949 Armistice lines established between Israel and its opponents (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt) at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. ...
The Mountain Aquifer, from which Israel draws over a third of its fresh water resources, has 83% of its recharge area located in the West Bank.[2] The portion of the Coastal Aquifer that lies in the Gaza Strip has been overexploited for many years, and its water —Gaza's only significant source of fresh water— has become brackish and of limited use due to infiltration of sea water. Image File history File links Yad_Leahim_baby. ...
Map of the Gaza Strip, showing the settlements of Gush Katif Gush Katif (also Gush Katiff, Hebrew: גוש קטיף, English: Harvest Belt) was a bloc of Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza Strip. ...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: ×¦×‘× ×”×”×’× ×” לישר×ל â–¶(?) ([Army] Force for the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces, comprising the Israeli army, Israeli air force and Israeli navy. ...
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, or permeable mixtures of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) (see also groundwater). ...
A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ...
Brackish water is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as sea water. ...
Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water. ...
Sea water is water from a sea or ocean. ...
From their capture in 1967 until 1993, the majority of people living in these territories —those who are not Israeli citizens — were subject to Israeli military administration without the benefits of Israeli citizenship: in particular the right to vote in Israeli elections. Israel retained the mukhtar (mayoral) system of government inherited from Jordan, and subsequent governments began developing infrastructure in Arab villages under its control. (see Palestinians and Israeli law, International legal issues of the conflict, Palestinian economy) 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ...
A mayor (Latin maīor better) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...
The Golan Heights plateau, formerly known as the Syrian Heights, overlooking the site of the ancient city of Hippos The Israeli-occupied territories are the territories captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967 and held afterward. ...
Arguments about the applicability of various elements of international law underlie the debate around the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
Economic overview: Real per capita GDP for the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) declined by about one-third between 1992 and 1996 due to the combined effect of falling aggregate incomes and rapid population growth. ...
Since the Israel-Palestine letters of recognition of 1993, most of the Palestinian population and cities have been under the internal jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, and only partial Israeli military control although during periods of unrest, Israel has on several occasions redeployed its troops and reinstated full military administration in various parts of the two territories. Israel has in recent years constructed a barrier in the West Bank, separating predominantly Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps from Israel and some of its Israeli settlements. In 2005, Israel forced all settlers to leave the Gaza Strip, demolishing all settlements and unilaterally withdrawing its forces from there. (see Gaza Strip barrier) Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition (or Israel-PLO Recognition or Letters of Mutual Recognition) were a series of official letters of recognition between the government of Israel and its Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestine Liberation Organizations Chairman Yasser Arafat dated September 9, 1993. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Demographics of Palestine may refer to one or more of the following: Demographics of the West Bank Demographics of the Gaza Strip Demographics of Israel This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...
This is a list of cities in on the territory of the Palestinian National Authority (yet not necessarily under its jurisdiction). ...
This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ...
The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: ×¦×‘× ×”×”×’× ×” לישר×ל â–¶(?) ([Army] Force for the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces, comprising the Israeli army, Israeli air force and Israeli navy. ...
The barrier route as of May 2005 The Israeli West Bank barrier (commonly referred to as a fence by its supporters and a wall by its opponents) is a physical barrier consisting of a network of fences, walls, and trenches, which is being constructed by Israel. ...
List of Palestinian refugee camps with current population and year they were established: Gaza, 8 camps, 478,854 refugees 1948, Beach camp (Shati), 76,109 1949, Bureij, 30,059 1948, Deir el-Balah, 20,188 1948, Jabalia (Jabalyia, Abalyia), 103,646 1949, Khan Yunis, 60,662 1949, Maghazi, 22,536...
For Israeli settlements in Israel proper, see Settlements in Israel Israeli settlements are communities built for Israeli Jewish settlers in areas that it captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A map illustrating the four phases of the Gaza disengagement plan. ...
Gaza Strip Barrier near the Karni Crossing The Israeli Gaza Strip barrier is a separation barrier along the armistice line of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between the Gaza Strip and Israel. ...
East Jerusalem While East Jerusalem is considered by many to be part of the West Bank, and it is and has been occasionally treated separately in negotiations. The 1947 UN Partition Plan had contemplated that all of Jerusalem would be an international city, but Israel captured and annexed West Jerusalem and Jordan captured East Jerusalem in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Jordan annexed East Jerusalem in 1950, although no other country recognized this annexation. Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War and in 1980 the Israeli Knesset passed the "Jerusalem Law" annexing East Jerusalem, but United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 has declared this action to be in violation of international law. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (533x800, 168 KB) Dome of the rock in Jerusalem. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (533x800, 168 KB) Dome of the rock in Jerusalem. ...
Dome of the Rock in center of Temple Mount The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة Qubbat As-Sakhrah) is a famous Islamic shrine in Jerusalem. ...
East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ...
East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ...
The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (DOP), finalized in Oslo, Norway on August 20, 1993, and subsequently officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington D.C. on September 13, 1993 with Yasser Arafat signing for the Palestine...
On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine, was approved by the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN World Headquarters in New York. ...
Jerusalem and the Old City. ...
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמ×ות) or as the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת ×”×™×ž×™× transliteration: Milhemet Sheshet Hayamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days War, or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Knesset (×›× ×¡×ª, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ...
The Jerusalem Law is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Israeli Knesset on July 30, 1980 (17th Av, 5740). ...
The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, declared that the 1980 Knesset law (the Jerusalem Law) declaring Jerusalem as Israels eternal and indivisible capital was null and void and must be rescinded forthwith. The resolution instructed member states to withdraw their diplomatic representation from the city as a punitive measure...
International law, is the body of law that regulates the activities of entities possessing international personality. Traditionally, that meant the conduct and relationships of states. ...
The Golan Heights The Golan Heights were captured from Syria near the end of the Six Day War, after the cease fire with Egypt and Jordan had been agreed upon. The status of the Golan Heights, and of the Israeli settlements established there, is seen as one of the issues preventing the signing of a peace treaty between Israel and Syria. Image File history File links Stop_hand. ...
Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ...
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Six-Day War or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ...
The peace process describes efforts by interested parties to effect a lasting solution to long-running conflicts, such as in Northern Ireland (see Belfast Agreement) or the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
Israel passed the "Golan Heights Law" in 1981, extending its laws and jurisdicions to the territory and according Israeli citizenship to the resident population. Israel has, however, avoided using the term "annexation" to this action. The UN Security Council rejected the provisions of this law with Resolution 497. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 497 calls on Israel to withdraw from Golan Heights. ...
Israeli governments have been reluctant to discuss returning the Golan Heights to Syria as part of a peace deal. Many of the headwaters of the Jordan River, from which Israel draws much of its fresh water resources, lie in the Golan Heights. Also, possession of the Golan Heights is considered strategically important to Israel in terms of defense from Syrian harassment or invasion, particularly given that the Heights had been used to shell the territory below prior to the Six-Day War. Northern part of the Great Rift Valley as seen from space (NASA) The Jordan River today The Jordan River (Hebrew: × ×”×¨ הירדן nehar hayarden, Arabic: nahr al-urdun) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. ...
Applicability of the term "occupied" - Main article: Status of territories captured by Israel
The United Nations Security Council (in Resolution 465 and Resolution 484, among others), the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention[3], and the International Committee of the Red Cross[4], have each resolved that the territories discussed in this article are occupied and that the Fourth Geneva Convention provisions regarding occupied territories apply. 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.[5][6] This article examines the legal dispute over whether the Palestinian Territories and Golan Heights should be deemed occupied, as viewed by the international community at large, or disputed, as held by the Government of Israel and its supporters. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 1417 KB) Life in occupied Palestine. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 1417 KB) Life in occupied Palestine. ...
The barrier near Jenin, northern West Bank, July 2003 The barrier at Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, June 2004 The Israeli West Bank barrier (also called the West Bank Security Fence or the West Bank wall) is a physical barrier consisting of a network of fences, walls, and trenches, which...
The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 465 was on the issue of the Israeli settlements and administration in the Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights. ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a committee of Swiss nationals and probably will be so as long as the ICRC exists. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: Fourth Geneva Convention The Fourth Geneva Convention (GCIV) relates to the protection of civilians during times of war in the hands of an enemy and under any occupation by a foreign power. ...
The barrier route as of May 2005 The Israeli West Bank barrier (commonly referred to as a fence by its supporters and a wall by its opponents) is a physical barrier consisting of a network of fences, walls, and trenches, which is being constructed by Israel. ...
Peace Palace, seat of the ICJ. The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ...
Model of the Israel Supreme Court Building. ...
The executive branch of the Government of Israel and many of Israel's citizens and supporters dispute the view that the territories are occupied. They argue that use of the term "occupied" in relation to Israel's control of the areas has no basis in international law or history, and that it prejudges the outcome of any future or ongoing negotiations. They argue it is more accurate to refer to the territories as "disputed" rather than "occupied." Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law and running the day-to-day affairs of the government or state. ...
Israels governmental system is based on several basic laws enacted by its unicameral parliament, the Knesset. ...
Belligerent military occupation, occurs when one nations military garrisons occupy all or part of the territory of another nation or recognized belligerent during an invasion (during or after a war). ...
International law, is the body of law that regulates the activities of entities possessing international personality. Traditionally, that meant the conduct and relationships of states. ...
The Land of Israel (Hebrew: ×רץ ישר×ל Eretz Yisrael) is the land that made up the ancient Jewish Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. ...
The Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has taken shape over the years, despite the ongoing violence in the Middle East. ...
Arguments about the applicability of various elements of international law underlie the debate around the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
An occupied territory is a region that has been taken over by a sovereign power after a military intervention, see belligerent occupation. ...
Palestinians and Israeli law Unlike Israeli Arabs, the Palestinian inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are not citizens of Israel, and are not afforded the same political rights and freedoms or protections under Israeli law as Israeli citizens who live in the same areas. This includes restraints on freedom of movement, no right to vote in Israel (i.e. in any independent country), and other measures at odds with conditions in Israel and other liberal democracies. Palestinians can, however, vote for candidates in the Palestinian National Authority (the 2005 presidential election), enjoy access to its judicial system and are allowed to issue appeals to the Supreme Court of Israel. The Israeli Arabs, or 1948 Palestinians, are those Arabs who remained inside the borders of what would become Israel after 1948, when most Arabs fled the country in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War (see also Nakba). They make up roughly 20% of Israels population. ...
The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a United Nations treaty based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created in 1966. ...
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Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy where the ability of elected representatives to exercise decision-making power is subject to the rule of law and moderated by a constitution which emphasizes the protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals and minorities (also called constitutional democracy and constitutional...
Elections in the Palestinian National Authority gives information on election and election results in the PNA. Palestine elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. ...
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The 2005 Palestinian presidential election — the first to be held since 1996 — took place on January 9, 2005 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ...
Model of the Israel Supreme Court Building. ...
See also It has been suggested that History of Arab-Israeli Conflict be merged into this article or section. ...
Arab nationalism refers to a common nationalist ideology in wider Arab world. ...
The name Balfour Declaration is applied to two key British government policy statements associated with Conservative statesman Arthur Balfour. ...
Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ...
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
Map of the Gaza Strip from The World Factbook. ...
Map of the West Bank today Occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan occurred following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War for a period of nearly two decades (1948 - 1967). ...
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Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ...
The West Bank The Gaza Strip The term Palestinian territories is used by many journalists as a collective name for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — two territories in Palestine. ...
The term Palestine and the related term Palestinian have several overlapping (and occasionally contradictory) definitions. ...
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), in Algiers on 15 November 1988. ...
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The Palestinian National Council (PNC) is the parliament in exile of the Palestinian people. ...
Proposals for a Palestinian state vary depending on ones views of Palestinian statehood, as well as various definitions of Palestine and Palestinian (see also State of Palestine). ...
The Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has taken shape over the years, despite the ongoing violence in the Middle East. ...
Arguments about the applicability of various elements of international law underlie the debate around the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
Israel and the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
For other meanings, please see Zionism (disambiguation) Poster promoting a film about Jewish settlement in Palestine, 1930s: Toward a New Life (in Romanian),The Promised Land (in Hungarian) 1844 Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews by Mordecai Noah, page one. ...
The Land of Israel (Hebrew: ×רץ ישר×ל Eretz Yisrael) is the land that made up the ancient Jewish Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. ...
References - ^ The Arab-Israeli Dilemma (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East), Syracuse University Press; 3rd edition (August, 1985 ISBN 0815623402
- ^ "Geography of Water Resources", Princeton University. Retrieved October 7, 2005.
- ^ "Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: Declaration" "Foundation for Middle East Peace" website. Retrieved October 5, 2005
- ^ "Annexe 2 - Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross" ICRC website. Retrieved October 5, 2005
- ^ "Legal Consequence of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" International Court of Justice, July 9, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2005
- ^ Israeli court rules barrier wall is legal, Joshua Brilliant, United Press International, September 15, 2002. Retrieved from the World Peace Herald website, October 2, 2002.
- ^ "Occupied Territories" to "Disputed Territories" by Dore Gold, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, January 16, 2002. Retrieved September 29, 2005.
Front of UPI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. United Press International (UPI) is a global news agency headquartered in the United States filing news in English, Spanish and Arabic. ...
Ambassador Dore Gold (born 1954) is a former Israeli diplomat. ...
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