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Originally Posted by Bagor
Sorry. What?
So, you're saying the settlements are legal then?
That the International Court of Justice is a nothing?
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Even the law around the settlements is very murky. Law forbids transferring a population into an area you've gained via military conflict. Transferring is entirely different than a population choosing to move over time. There's certainly nothing illegal about a population naturally growing over time, and no international laws support removing a half million people who are already there for being the wrong ethnicity.
And why is 1948, immediately after Jordan expelled all the Jews, the starting point?
Next, the land was taken from Jordan, who had annexed it. Israel signed a peace treaty with Jordan who didn't ask for it back.
Countries are also allowed to redefine their borders in the midst of armed conflict. Israel has no obligation to unilaterally withdraw to a less defensible border, when there are constantly armed men knocking on their door and trying to push them into the sea.
What other countries just gave all the land back after the countries that invaded them lost and refused to recognize them or sue for peace?
I 100% agree that settlements are an obstacle to peace and an act of aggression. However are they "illegal". Who has jurisdiction there?