RE:
Israel's war crimes
※→ "Mindful," et al,
In the purest sense of the meaning → "Occupation" is neither good nor evil; it is not legal or illegal.
As for Israel and the territories. How can one occupy something that doesn't exist?.
(COMMENT)
Q: How can one occupy something that doesn't exist?
✪ All that is needed for an "Occupation is "ground" (AKA: Land, Territory, Area) to be effectively control by a governmental power.
✪ In the case of the West Bank (including Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip, for the thousand years prior to Israel, the Arab Palestinians DID NOT effectively control any of the territory under discussion.
Q: The unspoken question is about the relationship between the 2012 State of Palestine and the Israeli Occupation.
✪ Since the time of the Roman Empire, there has been a category of territory
(that I'm sure you've heard of) called "no mans land" or "nobody's land. " You've probably noticed that the study of western law has an affinity for Latin terminology. In this very case, the modern Latin term which is applicable descrbes that territory that has never been under sovereign control - OR - the government of a territory once sovereign, has relinquished their sovereignty
(abandon the control). That term is "
terra nullius."
Terra Nullius --- Wikipedia said:
Terra nullius (/ˈtɛrə.nʌˈlaɪəs/, plural terrae
nullius) is a Latin expression meaning "nobody's land", and is a principle sometimes used in
international law to describe territory that may be acquired by a state's occupation of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_nullius
I realize it sounds complicated, but it really is not. It is shrouded in a mist pro-Arab Palestinian propaganda which has the intended impact of casting doubt and question on the legitimacy of the Allied Power to have decided on the future of the territory. It is made even more complicated by the fact that the Arab Palestinians have insisted, for nearly a hundred years, that the Mandate, the Treaties, and Covenants, of which they were never a party to, associated with the establishment Jewish National Home, and later an independent and self-governing Jewish State, owed an obligation to the Arab Palestinians.
Most Respectfully,
R
