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2024-03-08 09:44:49 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 61831C1744C8DEBD32FB97B2CB5FD212CB8D0223F4BB60F380D6715A6D79DBC9
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Under international law, occupation occurs when a country takes over the sovereign territory of another country. But the West Bank was never part of Jordan, nor was it ever the site of an Arab Palestinian state: https://www.law.gmu.edu/news/2019/israeli_settlements_do_not_violate_international_law_according_to_eugene_kontorovich https://jcpa.org/why-israeli-rule-in-the-west-bank-is-legal-under-international-law/ https://www.justsecurity.org/35741/israels-settlement-regulations-bill-international-law/
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