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| '''Occupied Palestinian Territory''' (also known as the '''occupied Palestinian territories''', '''oPt''', '''OPT''' or '''Palestine''') comprises the ] and the ], including ] - territories that have been under ]i ] since the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Le More|first=Anne|title=International assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo: political guilt, wasted money|volume=1|series=Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict|publisher=Routledge|year=2008|p=27}}</ref><ref name=Amideast>{{cite web|url=http://www.amideast.org/westbank/country_info.htm|title=West Bank/Gaza (Occupied Palestinian Territories) Information|publisher=America-Mideast Educational and Training Services Inc. (AMIDEAST)|accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref><ref name=UNOCHADec2009>{{cite web|url=http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_the_humanitarian_monitor_2010_01_18_english.pdf|format=PDF|title=December Overview|publication=The Humanitarian Monitor|date=December 2009|accessdate=2010-01-03|publisher=]}}</ref> Though East Jerusalem was annexed to Israel under its domestic laws in 1980, the legality of that annexation lacks international recognition.<ref name=Amideast/> | |||
| ] are generally prevented from traveling between the different areas of the occupied Palestinian territories.<ref name=Amideast/> Cities, towns, villages, and ] are divided into isolated enclaves by ], fences and barriers (including the ] and the ]), ], and closed military areas, effected by ] or in areas such as the ].<ref name=Amideast/> | |||
| The Occupied Palestinian Territories ranked 110th out of 182 countries in the ] (HDI) survey conducted by the ] for 2009.<ref name=HDI2009>{{cite web|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_PSE.html|title=Human Development Report 2009: Occupied Palestinian Territories|publisher=]|accessdate=2010-01-03}}</ref> | |||
| ===ICJ ruling=== | |||
| In July 2004, The ] delivered an Advisory Opinion on the . The Court observed that under customary international law as reflected in Article 42 of the Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land annexed to the ] of 18 October 1907, territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army, and the occupation extends only to the territory where such authority has been established and can be exercised. | |||
| The ] raised a number of exceptions and objections,<ref></ref> but the Court found them unpersuasive. The Court ruled that territories had been occupied by the Israeli armed forces in 1967, during the conflict between Israel and Jordan, and that subsequent events in those territories, had done nothing to alter the situation. | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * , resource provided by the ] (UNOHCHR) | |||
| * , resource provided by the ] (COHRE) | |||
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