Annexation files

מאגר מדיניות הסיפוח של ישראל בגדה המערבית

International law prohibits the annexation of territory captured during armed conflict. Yet Israel is annexing the West Bank by restructuring the legal and bureaucratic framework of its control and taking a wide range of practical measures on the ground. It is doing so without a formal declaration, deliberately blurring the distinction between temporary military administration exercised as a trusteeship and permanent civilian sovereign rule, while gradually dismantling the legal framework governing the administration of occupied territory.

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"Since 1967, there has never been a transformation of this magnitude in Judea and Samaria."
Bezalel Smotrich

"This is our land and our home. The Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people. In 1967, the occupation did not begin—it ended."
Amir Ohana

"We will not uproot a single settlement. We will apply Israeli law to Gush Etzion, Ma'ale Adumim, Ariel, and the other settlements."
Benjamin Netanyahu

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