المركز القانوني للأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة
The legal status of the occupied Palestinian territory
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https://doi.org/10.53840/alirsyad.v3i1.10Keywords:
Legal Status, Palestinian Territories, Occupation, International ResponsibilityAbstract
The legal status of The Occupied Palestinian Territories is a very complicated issue. Therefore, defining the legal status is considered an introduction that helps determine the legal liability, the legal and political obligations, and the consequences of such obligations. This study answers some sub-questions besides the following main question: What is the legal status of The Palestinian Territories? This study adopts a mixed-method design: the first is the historical approach which helps to highlight the roots of the historical Palestinian Question and follow the political developments in Palestinian territories. The second approach is the descriptive analytical approach which helps analyze the Legislation and International Conventions and the UN reports. The study aims at defining and clarifying the legal status of the Palestinian territories and the legal and political obligations and consequences during three periods of time: time prior to Oslo Convention, post establishing Palestinian Authority, and the time after Palestine became a non-member observer of the United Nations. The study's main findings can be summarized as follows: First, the different legal descriptions of the Palestinian territories do not affect the legal status and the direct responsibility of Israeli occupation on the occupied territories, considering them as occupied territories. Second, there is no legal value or effect to Israel's refusal to implement the provisions of the Geneva Conventions because Israel is a member of these conventions, and it is obliged to apply them. Third, violating conventions is a reason for the international responsibility against Israel. This is apart from the fragility of the Israeli position on the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention on the occupied Palestinian territories according to the legal charters established by international law. This is also the international community's opinion in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations and various international organizations.
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