Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-138).

Machine generated contents note: Prelude -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The legal nature of Palestine and the -- legal rules that govern it -- 1. International Humanitarian Law's understanding of -- belligerent occupation and its legal rules -- 1-1 Defining belligerentoccupation and its conditions -- 1-2 The rules of International Humanitarian Law -- 1-3 The legal value of the rules of International -- Humanitarian Law -- 2. The Israeli Position Concerning the Applicability of -- the Fourth Geneva Convention on the Palestinian -- territories -- 2-1 The Israeli Legal Justifications for Rejecting the -- Applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention on the -- occupied Palestinian territories -- 2-2 Discussing and Evaluatingthe Israeli Justifications -- Chapter Two: The Effects of Settlement on the -- Occupied Palestinian Territories -- Section One: Destroying the Palestinian agricultural -- sector -- Section Two: Besieging Palestinian cities and urban -- areas -- Section Three: Seizingwater resources -- Section Four: Terrorizing the people and pushing them -- to leave -- Section Five: Destroying and devastating the -- agricultural land and private properties -- Section Six: Destroying and devastating the Palestinian -- environment -- Chapter Three: The Legal Justifications for the -- SettlementActivities -- Section One: The Israeli official and juristic -- justifications forthe settlement activities -- Section Two: Discussing and evaluating the Israeli -- justifications -- Chapter Four: Evaluation of the Israeli Settlement -- Practices in Light of International Humanitarian -- Law -- Section One: The Regulation of International -- Humanitarian Law Pertaining to the Rights and -- Obligations of the Occupier towards Persons and -- Properties in Occupied Lands -- Section Two: Israeli Practices and the Level of -- Compliance with the Rules and Regulations of -- International Humanitarian Law -- Section Three: Legal Interpretation of Settlement -- Activity -- Part one: The Legal interpretation of Settlements in -- Light of the Rules and Regulations of International -- Humanitarian Law -- Part Two: The Legal Interpretation of Settlement -- Activities in Light of nternational Law -- 1. Israeli settlement activities infringe upon the -- principles of the right of nations to self-determination. -- 1.1 The concept of the right of nations to self- -- determination -- 1.2 The Right of the Palestinian People to Self- -- Determination and its Conditions -- 1.3 The Impact of Israeli Settlements on the Right of the -- Palestinian People to Self-Determination -- 2. Israeli Settlements and the Violation of the Rules and -- Principles of nternational Humanitarian Law -- 2.1. InternationalLegal Definition of Human Rights -- 2.2. The Legal Value of International Law Pertaining to -- Human Rights -- 2.3 Definition of Human Rights -- 2.4 The Legal Interpretation of Human Rights -- 2.5 The Impact of Settlement on the Rights and Liberties -- of the Palestinians -- 3. Israeli Settlements are in Violation of the United -- Nations Charter and IsraelAs Contractual Commitments -- 3.1. The Legal Nature of the United Nations Charter -- 3.2. Israeli settlements are clear violations of the -- provisions and principles of the Charter -- Chapter Five: The International Responsibility of the -- Israeli Occupying State for its Settlement Activities in -- the Occupied Palestinian Territories -- Section One: Israel's International Responsibility -- Part One: Israel's CivilResponsibility -- Part Two: srael's CriminalResponsibility -- Section Two: The Legal Implications of Israeli -- International Responsibility on Third Parties -- 1. Obligations of States in Confronting Other States' -- lVolations of theProvisions of International Law -- 1.1 The Negative Obligations of States in Response to -- Israel's Violations of the Rules and Regulations of -- International Humanitarian Law and International -- Law in General -- 1.2. States' Positive Obligations towards Israel's -- Violations of the Rules of Intetnational Humanitarian -- Law and International Law -- 1.2.1. Intervention to Stop and Confront Israeli -- Violations -- 1.2.2. Assisting and Supporting the Palestinian -- People in Confronting these Violations -- 2. The Obligatios of the United Nations in -- Confronting Israeli Violations -- 2.1. Obligations of the Security Council -- 2.2. The Obligations of the GeneralAssembly.

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