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2024-03-07 16:40:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 71748410962ABB867DEB0A40EA5B5430C629BFF0AC3387D7E6C7C2552D67554D
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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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