P F Tinmore, et al,
Well again you have a half-truth.
Israel has undertaken this effort to protect and secure its citizens and their sovereignty; from a people that cannot refrain from the use of force to violate the existing international boundaries of Israel or as a means of solving international disputes, including territorial disputes and problems concerning frontiers of the State of Israel and the State of Palestine (alla 1988).
Israel is defending against a faction of government which by designed conducts such operations that provoke or encourage and threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act
committed with the aim of:
- seriously intimidating a population, or
- unduly compelling a Government to perform or abstain from performing any act, or
- seriously destabilizing or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organization.
Israel is defending its belligerent occupation. That is aggression.
(PRELUDE)
On May 16, Egyptian President Nasser asking the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) to withdraw its forces from Sinai.
On May 22, The Egyptian President closed the Straits of Tiran; done at the suggestion of King Hussein of Jordan.
On May 30, Egyptian-Jordanian conclude a Mutual Defense Treaty.
On May 30, Egyptian-Iraqi concluded a Mutual Defense Treaty.
The Syrians denounced Mutual Defense Treaty and refused to sign.
In May, Egyptian General Abdul Moneim Riad had moved over 100,000 troops into the Sinai opposite Israeli forces.
On 5 June, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol sent a message to King Hussein saying Israel would not attack Jordan unless he initiated hostilities.
That same morning, Jordanian Air Defense RADAR detects a large flight of fast moving aircraft on route from Egypt to Israel. Believing that these aircraft were Egyptian Fighter Bombers on the attack, King Hussein orders his west bank artillery to open-up a barrage on West Jerusalem. The aircraft were, in fact, Israeli on their return from their mission over enemy air fields.
The Jordanian Artillery triggered the Israeli forces to enter the West Bank and silence all Jordanian forces.
(COMMENT)
In that regard, the Israeli Forces occupied the Jordanian West Bank (not Palestinian Territory). Similarly, Israeli Forces occupied the Egyptian Military Governorship of the Gaza Strip (not Palestinian Territory).
Since 1995, and the adoption of the Oslo Accords, Area "C" and possibly Area "B" were the only areas in the West Bank under occupation (except for Israeli Jerusalem). Since 2005, the Gaza Strip has not been Occupied. The "territory is occupied only when it is actually under the control and administration of an occupant and extends only to those areas in which he is actually able to exercise such control. There must be no authority exercised other than that imposed or allowed by the occupier, that local forces are no longer effective in the area, that the population is disarmed, and that the Occupying Power is ‘effectively maintaining law and order with the troops available or easily secured to assist in the task if needed. In this respect, ‘while invasion represents mere penetration of hostile territory, occupation implies the existence of definite control over the area involved."
It is important to remember that:
In respect of the law governing occupation, the recognition that an Occupying Power may enact penal provisions and take measures ‘to ensure the security of the Occupying Power, of the members and property of the occupying forces or administration, and likewise of the establishments and lines of communication’ reflects the unlawful nature of most resistance activities. (Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 64(2); and Articles 65–68.)
SOURCE: –
Use of force during occupation: law enforcement and conduct of hostilities
Finally, the establishment of a Belligerent Occupation is not an Act of Aggression. In the case of the State of Palestine, the state was formed under the occupation, not placed under occupation.
Most Respectfully,
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