SYMPOSIUM on REVISITING Israel'S SETTLEMENTS the MISSING ARGUMENT: The ARTICLE THAT CHANGED the COURSE of HISTORY?
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jats:pIn July 1967, one month after Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and Golan Heights, Israel's Military Advocate General (MAG), Colonel Meir Shamgar, appeared before a Knesset committee to discuss the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)’s duties in the areas under its control. Col. Shamgar had led the MAG Corps in the preparations in the event that a future war would find the army occupying beyond Israel's borders. Col. Shamgar began his <jats:uri xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://akevot.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MAG-Briefing-Eng.pdf">presentation</jats:uri> by stating: jats:disp-quotejats:pIn terms of the legal background, our point of departure is that we have to respect both the fundamental pursuits of the State of Israel as its military forces begin to control an area that has been liberated by the IDF, and the rules of public international law that apply to the actions of any military in control of an area that was, until its entry, subject to the sovereignty of a foreign political entity.</jats:p>jats:pThe guiding rules in this realm are the rules of public international law, which are reflected in The Hague Regulations of 1907 … and in the … Fourth Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians in Times of War.</jats:p></jats:disp-quote></jats:p>
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2398-7723