International law dictates that military occupation is an inherently temporary situation, and its prolonged, indefinite duration raises significant legal concerns, potentially leading to its classification as unlawful. While no specific maximum time limit is universally defined, the core principles of international law, especially international humanitarian law (IHL) and the right to self-determination, treat a long-overdue occupation as a violation of fundamental norms.
A key principle is that the occupying power does not acquire sovereignty over the territory, but merely exercises temporary administrative control. The purpose is to act as a de facto administrator until control can be returned to the sovereign power, ideally as soon as possible, but that has never been the intention of the Israeli belligerent. However, the role the Israeli belligerent is resorting to is that of taking the sovereignty that the Palestinian Authority has over the West Bank.
Therefore, the acquisition of territory by force is strictly prohibited under the UN Charter and customary international law. A prolonged occupation that seeks to make permanent changes to the territory or effectively annex it (de jure or de facto) is a serious breach of international law.
- Please take note that dates refer to the day when a video or photo was published on the account of a social media user, where it was found.
- Credit: photographers, videographers, reporters, and journalists in the West Bank, news agencies, and other sources.
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- Parent Category: OPPRESSION
- Category: Razzias (raids)
20251129 - Tubas, occupied West Bank - Fourth day of the Israeli razzia
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Collective punishment
20251128 - Tammun, south of Tubas - Traces of the destruction of infrastructure by the occupation during its assault on the town
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Abduction
20251128 - Al-Fari‘a camp, south of Tubas - Occupation forces arrested three young men
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- Parent Category: OPPRESSION
- Category: Razzias (raids)
20251128 - Al-Fara’a refugee camp, south of Tubas - Israeli occupation forces continue their razzia in the town
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Killing of occupied civilians: executions
20251128 - Jabal Abu Dhahir, Jenin - No justification for Israeli extrajudicial killings in Jenin_ Palestinian politician
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- Parent Category: OPPRESSION
- Category: Depriving the freedom of movement
20251128 - north of Ramallah - Israeli road block in front of the wedding venue of former prisoner Salama Al-Qatawi
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Collective punishment
20251127 - Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank - Israeli occupation forces deploy heavy equipment
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Vandalism
20251127 - Kafr Malik village, northeast of Ramallah - Colonizing terrorists ransacked a Palestinian house
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- Parent Category: ARMED ANNEXING BELLIGERENT
- Category: Targeting religion
20251127 - west of Salfit, occupied West Bank - Colonizing terrorists set fire inside the al-Falah Mosque in the Abu Zain area north of Bidya