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If you have something official that I could read, I would appreciate it. I have been researching this for quite some time. But a blog post, but official declara

If you have something official that I could read, I would appreciate it. I have been researching this for quite some time. But a blog post, but official declaration or regulation. Thank you.

defrost 2y ago
There's the most recent Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem-and-in-the-occupied-syrian-golan/ https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-t... Legal Framework, 11: According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, construction began for approximately 1,280 housing units in the first half of 2023 in Area C. All of these Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, because they amount to the transfer by Israel of its population into an occupied territory. They discuss settlers moving of their own accord and then the later "legalizing" of such moves by the State of Israel.
- dotancohen 2y ago
  For one thing, that is only documentation of Israeli building, not a statement of what law is being broken. For another, that document specifically mentions that the new buildings are in Area C, which has been recinded by the PA (for purpose of discussion, the details are far more complicated than that).
  - defrost 2y ago
    I'm not making any case here. You asked for "something official", "[not] a blog post", "an official declaration". I took up the challenge and found for you an official document of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights declaring " All of these Israeli settlements are illegal under international law". > not a statement of what law is being broken. From the linked document: International human rights law and international humanitarian law apply concurrently in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan. This includes the obligations contained in the international human rights treaties to which Israel is a State party,[4] as well as the Regulations respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907 (Hague Regulations) and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Fourth Geneva Convention), which are binding upon Israel as the occupying Power under international humanitarian law as stated in an above comment by another party. I have no stance on the matter. You're welcome.
    - dotancohen 2y ago
      You'll notice that those documents just repeat "Illegal under international law" and mention some laws that are to be applied in the area. There is no mention of any specific law being broken. That is the problem. What specific law is being broken?
      - skyyler 2y ago
        >International human rights law and international humanitarian law apply concurrently in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan. This includes the obligations contained in the international human rights treaties to which Israel is a State party,[4] as well as the Regulations respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907 (!_Hague Regulations_!) and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (!_Fourth Geneva Convention_!), which are binding upon Israel as the occupying Power under international humanitarian law I added emphasis to the quote in the comment you're replying to since you missed it the first time.
        dotancohen 2y ago
        Yes, exactly, these laws protect people (from forcible transfer), not land (from people settling it) nor political entities (e.g. ambition to establish a state). I've read the documents in full, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention's 49th Article. It clearly protects people from forced transfer - both the residents of the occupied territory and the citizens of the occupying power. But it does not prevent people from moving of their own free will.
      - 8372049 2y ago
        > What specific law is being broken? This has been pointed out multiple times now. I'll repeat it once more: "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies." ▶Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49, last paragraph.◀ https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/article-49 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/art... https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule130 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule130

If you have something official that I could read, I would appreciate it. I have been researching this for quite some time. But a blog post, but official declaration or regulation. Thank you.

defrost 2y ago

There's the most recent Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem-and-in-the-occupied-syrian-golan/ https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-t... Legal Framework, 11: According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, construction began for approximately 1,280 housing units in the first half of 2023 in Area C. All of these Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, because they amount to the transfer by Israel of its population into an occupied territory. They discuss settlers moving of their own accord and then the later "legalizing" of such moves by the State of Israel.

dotancohen 2y ago
For one thing, that is only documentation of Israeli building, not a statement of what law is being broken. For another, that document specifically mentions that the new buildings are in Area C, which has been recinded by the PA (for purpose of discussion, the details are far more complicated than that).
- defrost 2y ago
  I'm not making any case here. You asked for "something official", "[not] a blog post", "an official declaration". I took up the challenge and found for you an official document of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights declaring " All of these Israeli settlements are illegal under international law". > not a statement of what law is being broken. From the linked document: International human rights law and international humanitarian law apply concurrently in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan. This includes the obligations contained in the international human rights treaties to which Israel is a State party,[4] as well as the Regulations respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907 (Hague Regulations) and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Fourth Geneva Convention), which are binding upon Israel as the occupying Power under international humanitarian law as stated in an above comment by another party. I have no stance on the matter. You're welcome.
  - dotancohen 2y ago
    You'll notice that those documents just repeat "Illegal under international law" and mention some laws that are to be applied in the area. There is no mention of any specific law being broken. That is the problem. What specific law is being broken?
    - skyyler 2y ago
      >International human rights law and international humanitarian law apply concurrently in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan. This includes the obligations contained in the international human rights treaties to which Israel is a State party,[4] as well as the Regulations respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907 (!_Hague Regulations_!) and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (!_Fourth Geneva Convention_!), which are binding upon Israel as the occupying Power under international humanitarian law I added emphasis to the quote in the comment you're replying to since you missed it the first time.
      - dotancohen 2y ago
        Yes, exactly, these laws protect people (from forcible transfer), not land (from people settling it) nor political entities (e.g. ambition to establish a state). I've read the documents in full, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention's 49th Article. It clearly protects people from forced transfer - both the residents of the occupied territory and the citizens of the occupying power. But it does not prevent people from moving of their own free will.
    - 8372049 2y ago
      > What specific law is being broken? This has been pointed out multiple times now. I'll repeat it once more: "The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies." ▶Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49, last paragraph.◀ https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/article-49 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciv-1949/art... https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule130 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule130