Middle East Issues - The Israeli Occupation

Bob's Definition:
The Israeli Army occupies the Palestinian Territories. The Palestinians are not the "occupiers", although it is their home. The occupiers are the folks who are there uninvited.

A Better Definition from Americans for Middle East Understanding:
Occupied Territories: Territories occupied by Israel in 1967, specifically Gaza (which had been governed by Egypt), the West Bank and East Jerusalem (which had been under Jordanian jurisdiction), the Golan Heights (which had been part of Syria), and the Sinai (which was later returned to Egypt). Under terms of the Fourth Geneva Convention, no occupying power may legally seize territory by war nor transplant its own population into the occupied territories. As part of the Oslo Accords, Israel accepted U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 that called for its withdrawal from these territories. [www.LawSociety.org; www.gush-shalom.org]