Israel and the Occupied Territories

In the conflict between Israel and the Arab states, the ICRC considers that the conditions for the application of the Fourth Convention, which prohibits an occupying power from settling its civilians in the occupied territory, destroying the homes of the people living there or expelling them from it, are fulfilled in all of the occupied territories (the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Golan and East Jerusalem). The principles that the rights of persons who are in occupied territory are inviolable is expressed in Article 47 of the Fourth Convention.

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Western Sahara Conflict author:

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Regional Delegations author:

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Relief supplies dispatched by the ICRC and Inventoried in the Field in 1990 author:

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Contributions in kind received and purchases made by the ICRC and Inventoried in the Field in 1990 author:

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Promotion of the Conventions and Protocols author:

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Respect for international humanitarian law author:

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Development of international humanitarian law author:

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