P F Tinmore
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Occupations do not acquire sovereignty. The sovereignty remains with the people.(1) Occupation
Occupation is an original mode of acquisition by a State of a title to a territory. It implies the establishment of sovereignty over a territory not under the authority of any other State (terra nullius) whether newly discovered or abandoned by the State formerly in control (unlikely to occur).
The Palestinians never abandoned their territory.