CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoIsraeli settlements in Palestinian territories amount to ‘war crime’: UNwww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down116
arrow-up1278arrow-down1external-linkIsraeli settlements in Palestinian territories amount to ‘war crime’: UNwww.scmp.comCaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoSettlements is not the same as occupation. Quoth the fourth Geneva convention, Article 49: The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies. Israeli settlements are exactly that: Transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory.
Settlements is not the same as occupation. Quoth the fourth Geneva convention, Article 49:
Israeli settlements are exactly that: Transfer of Israeli civilian population into occupied territory.