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These settlements have been declared to be illegal by the ] (Resolution 446), and Israel has been ordered by that resolution to cease further settlement activity. Israel is obliged under the ] to accept this decision, but has refused to do so. These settlements have been declared to be illegal by the ] (Resolution 446), and Israel has been ordered by that resolution to cease further settlement activity. Israel is obliged under the ] to accept this decision, but has refused to do so.


Israel claims that the territories in question are not claimed by any other nation (both ] and ] withdrawing their claims to these lands as parts of their peace agreements with Israel). Therefore Israel does not see the territories as occupied in the traditional sense, and therefore considers them not subject to the Geneva conventions. Israel claims that the territories in question are not claimed by any other country (both ] and ] withdrawing their claims to these lands as parts of their peace agreements with Israel). Therefore Israel does not see the territories as occupied in the traditional sense, and considers them not subject to the Geneva conventions.

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Israel has constructed numerous settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories under Israeli military occupation.

These settlements have been declared to be illegal by the UN Security Council (Resolution 446), and Israel has been ordered by that resolution to cease further settlement activity. Israel is obliged under the UN Charter to accept this decision, but has refused to do so.

Israel claims that the territories in question are not claimed by any other country (both Jordan and Egypt withdrawing their claims to these lands as parts of their peace agreements with Israel). Therefore Israel does not see the territories as occupied in the traditional sense, and considers them not subject to the Geneva conventions.