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Israel - Is it time to stop US support of this country?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave RP" data-source="post: 70076795" data-attributes="member: 377637"><p>It seems the International Community considers them illegal and Israel alone doesn't......</p><p></p><p>"The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_community" target="_blank">international community</a> considers the establishment of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlements" target="_blank">Israeli settlements</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories" target="_blank">Israeli-occupied territories</a> illegal under international law. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> maintains that they are consistent with international law because it does not agree that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention" target="_blank">Fourth Geneva Convention</a> applies to the territories occupied in the 1967 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War" target="_blank">Six-Day War</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" target="_blank">United Nations Security Council</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" target="_blank">United Nations General Assembly</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross" target="_blank">International Committee of the Red Cross</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" target="_blank">International Court of Justice</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_contracting_party" target="_blank">High Contracting Parties</a> to the Convention have all affirmed that the Fourth Geneva Convention does apply.</p><p></p><p>Numerous UN resolutions have stated that the building and existence of Israeli settlements in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Jerusalem" target="_blank">East Jerusalem</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights" target="_blank">Golan Heights</a> are a violation of international law, including UN Security Council resolutions in 1979 and 1980.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_446" target="_blank">UN Security Council Resolution 446</a> refers to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention" target="_blank">Fourth Geneva Convention</a> as the applicable international legal instrument, and calls upon Israel to desist from transferring its own population into the territories or changing their demographic makeup. The reconvened Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions has declared the settlements illegal as has the primary judicial organ of the UN, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" target="_blank">International Court of Justice</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements#cite_note-icj-cij.org-14" target="_blank">[14]</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross" target="_blank">International Committee of the Red Cross</a>."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave RP, post: 70076795, member: 377637"] It seems the International Community considers them illegal and Israel alone doesn't...... "The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_community']international community[/URL] considers the establishment of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlements']Israeli settlements[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories']Israeli-occupied territories[/URL] illegal under international law. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] maintains that they are consistent with international law because it does not agree that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention']Fourth Geneva Convention[/URL] applies to the territories occupied in the 1967 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War']Six-Day War[/URL]. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council']United Nations Security Council[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly']United Nations General Assembly[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross']International Committee of the Red Cross[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice']International Court of Justice[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_contracting_party']High Contracting Parties[/URL] to the Convention have all affirmed that the Fourth Geneva Convention does apply. Numerous UN resolutions have stated that the building and existence of Israeli settlements in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank']West Bank[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Jerusalem']East Jerusalem[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights']Golan Heights[/URL] are a violation of international law, including UN Security Council resolutions in 1979 and 1980.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_446']UN Security Council Resolution 446[/URL] refers to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention']Fourth Geneva Convention[/URL] as the applicable international legal instrument, and calls upon Israel to desist from transferring its own population into the territories or changing their demographic makeup. The reconvened Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions has declared the settlements illegal as has the primary judicial organ of the UN, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice']International Court of Justice[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements#cite_note-icj-cij.org-14'][14][/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross']International Committee of the Red Cross[/URL]." [/QUOTE]
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