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: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Abduction
20251127 - Jenin, occupied West Bank - Israeli occupation forces detain a girl and her mother and assault them near the Jawwal tower
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- Parent Category: OPPRESSION
- Category: Razzias (raids)
20251127 - Tubas, occupied West Bank - Re-enforcement of occupation troops
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- Parent Category: OPPRESSION
- Category: Razzias (raids)
20251127 - The Israeli army releases a video it says shows its operations in the West Bank
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- Parent Category: OPPRESSION
- Category: Razzias (raids)
20251127 - east of Nablus, occupied West Bank - Israeli occupation forces entering a Palestinian home inside Balata Refugee Camp
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Beating, torture, other prisoner rights abuses
20251127 - Mithloun, southeast of Jenin - Israeli occupation soldiers assault a Palestinian
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Killing of occupied civilians: executions
20251127 - Two Palestinian men shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Killing of occupied civilians: executions
20251127 - Occupied West Bank raids_ Two Palestinians killed in Jenin by Israeli military
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Killing of occupied civilians: executions
20251127 - Jenin, occupied West Bank - Israeli soldiers executed two young men by shooting them, despite they formed no threat (2 videos).
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- Parent Category: WAR CRIMES
- Category: Targeting reporters & journalists
20251127 - Tubas, occupied West Bank - Al-Ghad TV cameraman Shadi Jarrar’ah and orrespondent Khaled Bdeir arrested