Can you look at this map and say Israel does not systemically appropriate land?

At least Indians aren't boxed in prisons like the Palestinians.

So what would be an proportional response to Israel taking more and more land ahead of any Palestinian state deal? Just sit back and take the crumbs they might be lucky enough to be left with?

Main rules of occupation

Once a States become an occupying power, several fundamental rules should be respected in the treatment of prisoners, civilians and their properties. The main rules of occupation are summarised below.

Civilians shall be treated as protected persons (article 4 IVGC and article 47 IVGC). They are entitled to respect for their person, their honour, their family rights, religious convictions, and traditions. They shall be treated humanely and never be discriminated against (article 27 IVGC

Forcible transfers and deportations of civilians into the territory of the occupying power or any other country are prohibited. Nevertheless, civilians may be evacuated from a given area if the security of the population or imperative military reasons so demand. Civilians who have been evacuated shall be transferred back to their homes as soon as hostilities in the area have stopped (article 49 IVGC).


The occupying power shall not deport or transfer members of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies (article 49 IVGC). This means that settlements are prohibited. The occupying power cannot confiscate land in the occupied territory for the sole purpose of establishing settlements for its nationals. The occupying power also has the responsibility to preserve and maintain the demographic and social configuration of the occupied territory, which may entail restricting even voluntary migrations.

A referendum on political status was held in the Falkland Islands on 10–11 March 2013. The Falkland Islanders were asked whether or not they supported the continuation of their status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom in view of Argentina's call for negotiations on the islands' sovereignty.

On a turnout of 92%, 99.8% voted overwhelmingly to remain a British territory, with only three votes against. Had the islanders rejected the continuation of their current status, a second referendum on possible alternatives would have been held. Brad Smith, the leader of the international observer group, announced that the referendum was free and fair and executed in accordance with international standards and international laws.

A team of 8 independent, experienced international observers deployed to monitor the Falkland Islands Referendum. The independent Referendum International Observation Mission – Misión Internacional de Observación del Referendo (RIOM/MIOR) included current and retired legislators, civil society leaders, journalists and international observation experts from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, Uruguay and the United States of America. The team was led by Brad Smith and Juan Manuel Henao.

@izzythepush,

Palestinians aren't indigenous to the West Bank even. Let alone Israel

You have a country of Israel with equal rights for all its citizens.

You are really dumb, aren't you? How many sources must we post about the unequal rights of Palestinians in Israel for you to understand the facts?

You're like talking to a stone wall; it absorbs nothing that you wish to ignore.
You've been brainwashed like a parrot; don't know what you're saying, just repeating **** without any concept of what you're saying.

UK was populated by vikings at some point and taken over by the Romans and the French. So what?

Being over picky again.