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Israeli occupied territories change
The Israeli Occupied Territories are areas of which their current borders originate from the Six-Day-War in 1967, when Israel took control over the West Bank from Jordan, the Gaza Strip from Egypt[1] and the Golan Heights from Syria.[2]
West Bank change
The West Bank is the area west of the Jordan River between Palestine and Jordan and is the most prominent Palestinian area of the Israeli Occupied territories. The Palestinian National Authority (PA) and the Israeli government rule the different areas of the West Bank.[3]
The West Bank is divided into three distinct areas between the PA and Israel, resulting from the Oslo Accords in 1993. An agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to resolve tension. They agreed upon the Israeli withdrawal from the A areas, keeping the Israeli military for shared security in B areas, including Israeli control of the Palestinian borders. After turbulent times between Palestinians and Israelis, for security reasons, Israel started building a wall surrounding the West Bank in 2002, consisting of concrete walls and fences.[4]
The PA exercises civil and security control over the A areas (18%), while the B areas (22%) are under the PA's civil authority and have a shared security authority with Israel. The C areas (60%)(including settlements and the non-inhabited regions) are under complete Israeli authority. Despite these divisions, Israeli Checkpoints are scattered throughout the different areas of the West Bank for Israeli security reasons, further complicating the governance structure.[3]
Gaza change
The area of the Gaza Strip borders the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, and Israel. Different than the West Bank, the Gaza Strip is ruled by Hamas, a separate organization from the PA, which won elections in 2006. The Gaza Strip has its own full authority; since 2005, all Israeli settlers have withdrawn from Gaza due to security reasons. But the Israeli-sided borders are controlled by Israel, surrounded by a wall.[5]
The Golan Heights change
The Golan Heights passed from Syrian to Israeli control during the the Six-Day War (June 1967).[6] This former southern region of Syria was home to the original community that mostly identifies as Druze. A religious sect that finds its origin in Shia Islam.[7]
East Jerusalem change
Shebaa farms change
Inhabitants of the territories change
The inhabitants of these regions that fall under Israeli occupation share the Arab language and are considered a minority.[8] However there are some differences between the Palestinians and the Druze. The residents in the Golan hills see themselves as different from the Palestinians.[9] The Golan community hold on to their (Druze) Syrian identity.[10] Given that the Golan Heights previously belonged to Syria, the people don't share the Palestinian identity. While the residents in the West Bank and Gaza, identify as Palestinians.[9]
- ↑ Efrat, Elisha (2006). The West Bank and Gaza Strip: a geography of occupation and disengagement. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-38544-2.
- ↑ Davis, U. (1983-01-01). "The Golan Heights under Israeli occupation 1967-1981".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Singer, Joel (2021-06-03). "West Bank Areas A, B and C – How Did They Come into Being?". International Negotiation. 26 (3): 391–401. doi:10.1163/15718069-bja10030. ISSN 1382-340X.
- ↑ Works, Palestine (2015). "Occupied East Jerusalem : International Law Framework Governing East Jerusalem". Journal of Palestinian Refugee Studies. 5 (2): 49–58. doi:10.12816/0028383. ISSN 2046-7060.
- ↑ Anderson, Betty S. (2020-06-30). "A History of the Modern Middle East". doi:10.1515/9780804798754.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Mason, Michael, Munir Fakher Eldin, and Muna Dajani. (2022). The Untold Story of the Golan Heights : Occupation, Colonization and Jawlani Resistance. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 6–8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Kennedy, R. Scott (1984-01-01). "The Druze of the Golan: A Case of Non-violent Resistance". Journal of Palestine Studies. 13 (2): 48. doi:10.2307/2536896. ISSN 0377-919X.
- ↑ Hajjar, Lisa (1996). "Making Identity Policy: Israel's Interventions among the Druze". Middle East Report, Minorities in the Middle East: Power and the Politics of Difference (200). Middle East Research and Information Project, Inc. (MERIP): 2. doi:10.2307/3013259. ISSN 0899-2851 – via JSTOR.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|journal=at position 51 (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kheir, Eve A. (2023-02-27). Codeswitching as an Index and Construct of Sociopolitical Identity: The Case of the Druze and Arabs in Israel. BRILL. p. 28. doi:10.1163/9789004534803_002. ISBN 978-90-04-53480-3.
- ↑ Eldin, Munir Fakher (2019-11-01). "Power, Politics, and Community: Resistance Dynamics in the Occupied Golan". Journal of Palestine Studies. 49 (1): 78. doi:10.1525/jps.2019.49.1.77. ISSN 0377-919X.