Israeli occupation
Palestinian territory control
Israeli occupation refers to Israel's military control over Palestinian territories—the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem—captured in the 1967 war.
The term is standard in international law and journalism: The Israeli occupation has lasted over fifty years.
Supporters of Israel sometimes reject the framing, preferring "disputed territories" or emphasizing security concerns.
Critics view it as illegal under international law.
The phrase carries strong political connotations depending on speaker and context.
- Six-Day WarWeek-minus-one combat, 1967
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- refugee campsTemporary housing for displaced persons
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- Middle East peace processDiplomatic efforts toward regional stability
checkpoints · Balfour Declaration · displacement · annexation · green line · stone · curfew · human rights violations · border · economic sanctions · Palestinian Authority · tank · wound · Oslo Accords · fear · arrest · search · peace negotiations
- SinaiMount Sinai, Gulf of Suez, Bedouin, Bedouins, Saint Catherine
- Intifadastone throwing, Gaza Strip, West Bank, PLO, Yasser Arafat
Israeli occupationtwo-state solution
Parallel sovereignties in disputed land
decolonization · national liberation · liberation · right of return
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