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The proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank, or parts thereof, has been considered by Israeli politicians since the area was captured and occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. East Jerusalem was the first part of the West Bank to be annexed; it was de facto annexed following its occupation by Israel in 1967, and de jure annexed ...
[5] [a] In 1950, Jordan annexed East Jerusalem as part of its larger annexation of the West Bank. Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War; since then, the entire city has been under Israeli control. In Israel, the reunification of Jerusalem is commemorated as Jerusalem Day, an annual holiday.
From 1967 to 1981, the four areas were administered under the Israeli Military Governorate, and after the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt after the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel effectively annexed the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem in 1980, and brought the rest of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip under the Israeli Civil ...
The INSS said annexing West Bank territory would make it harder for future Israeli governments to give up that land as part of any deal to create a Palestinian state.
Location of the Golan Heights, between Israel and Syria (under Israeli control since the 1967 Arab–Israeli War) During the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria. In 1981, the Israeli government effectively annexed the territory through the Golan Heights Law, in a move that was not internationally recognized. [6]
Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move not recognized internationally and considers the entire city its capital. It withdrew soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005 but, along with Egypt, imposed ...
Israel annexed East Jerusalem in a move not recognised internationally, and launched settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. In the mid-1990s, Israel and the Palestinians reached interim peace ...
Israel therefore may not annex the Palestinian territories, nor may it continue the occupation because of desire to incorporate these territories. [32] Israel states that the occupation is justified as self-defense, but there has been little legal analysis of the occupation in relation to laws governing the use of force. [33]