International law, specifically the 1907 Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV), mandates that a belligerent occupant has the obligation to restore and ensure public order and safety in the occupied territory. This includes maintaining existing local police forces (= Palestinian security forces), and does not permit the establishment of a new, permanent, and separate police force that fundamentally alters the (Palestinian) territory's institutions or government.

• When acts and or activities by the Israeli annexing belligerent targeting the colonized people are systematic, and or are on a large scale, we consider these acts and activities as shown in the 'breadcrumbs'. This does not include violations, as they refer to resorting to breaches of rules and international law.

  • You are viewing a selection from our huge archives, but it is representative of the situation, which has been in the West Bank for years, but currently in an escalated form of exploiting the "war" in Gaza. 
  • Dates refer to the day when a video or photo was posted on the account of a social media user, or published by a source in the public domain, when it concerns a publication.
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