Israeli occupation of West Bank

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The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is the long-term military and administrative control exerted by Israel over this Palestinian territory, shaping the region’s political conflict, settlement expansion, and human rights situation since 1967.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military occupation
political conflict
territorial dispute
administeredBy Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
Israeli Military Governorate
surface form: Israeli Civil Administration
appliesToPopulation Palestinian
surface form: Palestinians
appliesToTerritory East Jerusalem
West Bank
criticizedBy United Nations General Assembly resolutions
United Nations Human Rights Council
numerous human rights organizations
dividesTerritoryInto Area A (West Bank)
surface form: Area A

Area B (West Bank)
surface form: Area B

Area C
enforcedBy Israel Defense Forces
Israel Border Police
surface form: Israeli Border Police
hasCause Six-Day War
hasConsequence Israeli settlement expansion
economic dependency of Palestinian territories on Israel
fragmentation of Palestinian territory
human rights concerns
land confiscation
restrictions on Palestinian movement
hasDemographicEffect displacement of Palestinians
growth of Israeli settler population
hasHumanRightsIssue administrative detention of Palestinians
home demolitions
restrictions on access to land and resources
settler violence against Palestinians
hasLegalStatus considered illegal under international law by most states
disputed by Government of Israel
hasNegotiationTrack final status negotiations between Israel and Palestinians
hasSecurityJustificationClaimedBy government of Israel
surface form: Government of Israel
includesPolicy checkpoints and roadblocks
civil law applied to Israeli settlers
military law applied to Palestinians
permit regime for Palestinian movement
separation barrier construction in and around West Bank
legalFrameworkForDivision Oslo Accords
occupyingPower Israel
opposedBy Hamas
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestinian Authority
partOf Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
regulatedBy Geneva Convention IV of 12 August 1949
surface form: Fourth Geneva Convention

international humanitarian law
relatedTo question of Palestinian statehood
status of Jerusalem
startTime 1967

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Six-Day War consequence Israeli occupation of West Bank