RE: International law or even a legal framework regarding what is legitimate resistance to occupation?
※→ P F Tinmore, et al,
Yes, this is the counter argument. The anti-Government militia in the US use this same argument: " I do not recognize your authority over me; or the legal authority of the court." It does not go very far.
First, the definition of a "civilian" does not rest upon whether the Settler Activity is "legal" or "Illegal." That is simply not an issue. If it is "illegal," then it is a civil police and court matter;
What if the civil police and courts are illegal too?
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In those areas of the Occupied Territories, → that have been annexed by the Knesset, → fall under the jurisdiction of the
Minister of Public Security which has oversight of the Israeli National Police (INP), with its headquarters in [wait for it] → Jerusalem (East). The INP, not so dissimilar to the State Police in America, operates throughout Israel, and Area "C" (West Bank), and where there are no Local City Police.
The Israeli Judiciary has an appeal process --- and total separate --- the Police have various types of internal reviews and oversight. If anyone, citizen or non-citizen, with the jurisdiction of the INP, have what they believe to be evidence corruption or police misconduct (
misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance) --- Israel has a very keen interest in maintaining the trust and confidence of the people --- giving faith in the competence of those professionals in the system --- that justice for the people (police and judicial) can be obtained through the legal system.
If you believe that you have such evidence --- that you can categorically make such an allegation, it is incumbent upon you (
in some cases a necessary duty or responsibility) to bring this to the attention of the Ombudsman's Office of the Israeli Judiciary through the Office of Public Inquiries.
Most Respectfully,
R