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if you wish to discuss international law, then we can, but UN resolutions are not law. Under international law, the "occupied" territory is not even occupied. It was not taken in war from a recognized and sovereign state. It is, at best, disputed. Thus, legally, Israel is not an occupier, and force used in resistance to a non-occupier is purely terroristic. But hey, that's just law. We can go back to non-binding resolutions if you'd like.
I realize that Israel has spent its whole life denying the existence of Palestine. Let's look at some facts on this issue.
The 1949 UN armistice agreements took place after UN resolution 181, after Israel declared itself to be a state, after the end of the British Palestine Mandate, and after the end of the 1948 war.
The agreements mentioned Palestine many times. There was no mention of a place called Israel.
Palestine's international borders were mentioned but no changes were mentioned from when they were defined in 1922. There was no mention of any borders for Israel.
Israel claims that the "Arabs" lost the 1948 war and Israel won land.
That is not true. The UN security Council passed a resolution calling for an armistice. Nobody won and nobody lost that war. No land was transferred and no borders were changed. All land and borders remained the same as they were in 1922.