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[[Image:Bangladesh-demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Total population of Bangladesh, 1961-2003, in thousands. Source: [[FAO]]]]
[[Image:Ein-Pik-2005-2.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The [[Golan Heights]] plateau, formerly known as the ''Syrian Heights'', overlooking the site of the ancient city of [[Hippos]]]]
[[Bangladesh]] is [[Ethnic group|ethnically]] homogeneous. Indeed its name derives from the [[Bengali]] ethnic and linguistic group which comprises 98% of the population. Bengalis, who are also present in large number in the [[West Bengal]] province of [[India]] are one of the most populous ethnic groups in the world. Variations in Bengali culture and language do exist of course. There are many dialects of Bengali spoken throughout the country. The dialect spoken by those in [[Sylhet]] is particularly distinctive.
The '''Israeli-occupied territories''' are the territories captured by [[Israel]] during the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967 and held afterward. These originally included the [[Sinai Peninsula]], the [[Golan Heights]], the [[West Bank]] of the [[Jordan River]], and the [[Gaza Strip]]. The territories are often collectively refered to as simply "the Occupied Territories," although this term is also sometimes loosely used to refer to the [[Palestinian territories]] of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, over which Israel and the [[Palestinian Authority]] have sporadically negotiated.
The most significant minorities are the [[Urdu]] speaking [[Biharis]] around [[Dhaka]], [[Rangpur]] and elsewhere and various tribal groups such as the [[Chakma]] concentrated in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]]. The Biharis emigrated from the Indian province of [[Bihar]] during the 1947 [[partition of India]]. In the 1971 independence struggle they supported West Pakistan, and those that remained became [[Stranded Pakistanis|refugees]]. [[Refugees International]] has called them a neglected and stateless people as they are denied citizenship and much of the 300,000 of them live in refugee camps, many being born there.<ref>[http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/7828/ Refugees of Nowhere: The Stateless Biharis of Bangladesh], Refugees International, 2006-02-15</ref>
Following the capture by Israel of these territories, [[Israeli settlement|settlements]] of [[Jewish]] Israelis were established within each of them. The West Bank and the Golan Heights are strategically significant to Israel, in part because they provide a significant portion of Israel's water resources, the former from its underground [[aquifer]] and the latter for containing many of the headwaters of the [[Jordan River]]. Both of these territories also contain highlands that overlook Israel proper, and provide more readily defensible positions than does Israel's internationally recognized territory. The West Bank also contains many of the most important religious and historic sites of the [[Land of Israel]].
The [[religions]] practiced in the region have changed significantly through history. At various times in the distance past, [[Buddhism]] and [[Hinduism]] were each the dominant religions. The [[Partition of India|1947 partition]] of Bengal along religious lines augmented the existing [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] majority in the region. The most recent estimate of religious makeup from the 2001 census reported that the population was 89.58% Muslim, 9.34% Hindu, 0.62% Buddhist, 0.31% Christian and 0.15% Animist. [http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/bang_atg.pdf] .<ref name="bbs">[http://www.bbs.gov.bd/ Bangladesh Burueau of Statistics]</ref><ref name="cia_error">The CIA World Factbook's figures are apparently in error because they are incoherent. The 1990-1996 and 2001-2007 editions report 83% Muslim and 16% Hindu, but the 1997-2000 editions (as well as the 2005 Background Note from the US State Department) give Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%.</ref> About [[Demographics of Islam|5%]] of the Muslims (and most of the Biharis) are [[Shia]].
The status of these territories, including the legality of Israeli's policy of encouraging [[Israeli settlement|settlement]] in those areas, whether it is legitimate for Israel to [[annex]] portions of them, and whether Israel is legally an [[Occupied territory|occupying]] power according to the [[Fourth Geneva Convention]], are all highly contested by the [[Government of Israel]] and many of its supporters. According to the BBC, "Israel argues that the international conventions relating to occupied land do not apply to the Palestinian territories because they were not under the legitimate sovereignty of any state in the first place." {{ref|BBC}}
As in neighboring India, more than half of the population lives in [[agrarian]] rural villages. But urbanization is proceeding rapidly and the capitol [[Dhaka]] is one of the fastest growing and largest cities in the world. Other major urban centers include [[Chittagong]] and [[Khulna]].
== Specific territories ==
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=== The Sinai Peninsula ===
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The [[Sinai Peninsula]] is a sparsely populated territory between the [[Suez Canal]] and the [[Gulf of Aqaba]].<!-- Egyptian policies of blocking Israeli shipping through these waterways were important factors leading to the [[1956 Suez War]] and the 1967 [[Six-Day War]].*** Okay, there's other important factors, what is the point behind this hidden text commentarym though? We do have space limitation, and is probabkly best to pursue this balacing issue on the talk page--> Israel first captured the Sinai, along with the Gaza Strip, during the 1956 [[Suez Crisis|Suez Campaign]]. Israel's invasion of the Sinai was coordinated with [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]]'s seizure of the [[Suez Canal]]. Pressure from the [[Soviet Union]] <!--leave Soviet Union - avoid redirect(!)--> and the [[United States]] forced Israel to withdraw from both the Sinai and Gaza the next year.
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The least densely populated areas are in the [[Sundarbans]] jungle and the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Bangladesh had one of the highest rates of population growth in the world in the 1960's and 1970's. Since then however it has seen a marked reduction in its total [[fertility rate]], from 6.2 thirty years ago to 3.2 (2003 UNDP figures).
After capturing the Sinai in 1967, Israel began establishing [[Israeli settlement|settlements]] along the Gulf of Aqaba, and in the northeast portion, just below the [[Gaza Strip]], with plans to expand one settlement into the city of [[Yamit]] with a population of 200,000. {{ref|Khouri}} The Sinai Peninsula was returned to [[Egypt]] beginning in 1979 under the [[Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty]] following the 1978 [[Camp David Accords (1978)|Camp David Accords]]. Israel completed its withdrawal, including the dismantlement of its settlements, in 1982. The returned territory included Israel's only [[Petroleum|oil]] resources.<!--As with other uncommented material. *** let's quantify the scope of real and projected oil resources On the Talk Page, that is-->
===Demographic Thedata West Bank andfrom the GazaCIA StripWorld =Factbook==
[[Image:Bangladesh population pyramid 2005.png|thumb|300px|[[Population pyramid]] of Bangladesh]]
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===Population===
[[Image:Palestinian children in Jenin.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Palestinian]] children in [[Jenin]], [[West Bank]]]]
:150,448,339 (July 2007 est.)
''See also: [[Political status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip]]''
:124,355,263 (2001 Census)
Jointly often referred to as the [[Palestinian territories]], or as "Ha-Shtachim" (''The Territories'') or ''[[Yesha]]'' —an acronym for ''[[Judea|YEhuda]], [[Samaria|SHomron]], v'Aza'' ("and Gaza"), the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] names of the territories— by many Israelis. Both of these territories were part of former [[British Mandate of Palestine]], and both have populations consisting primarily of [[Arab]] [[Palestinian]]s, including historic residents of the territories and [[Palestinian refugee|refugee]]s who [[Palestinian exodus|lost]] their homes in the territory that became Israel after the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]. Both were allotted to the proposed Arab state under [[1947 UN Partition Plan|United Nations Partition Plan of 1947]], but the [[Occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan|West Bank was captured by Jordan]] and the [[Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt|Gaza Strip was captured Egypt]] after the 1948 war. In 1950, Jordan [[Rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan|annexed]] the West Bank, but this was recognized only by the [[United Kingdom]]. (''see [[1949 Armistice Agreements]], [[Green Line (Israel)|Green Line]]'')
===Age structure===
The Mountain [[Aquifer]], from which Israel draws over a third of its fresh water resources, has 83% of its recharge area located in the West Bank.{{ref|WaterGeog}} The portion of the [[Coastal]] Aquifer that lies in the Gaza Strip has been overexploited for many years, and its water —Gaza's only significant source of fresh water— has become [[Brackish water|brackish]] and of limited use due to [[Salinity|infiltration]] of [[sea water]].<!--Random factoid approach inevitably (and intentionally) produces POV and a poor article. *** Over a Third of Fresh Water Resources isn't an insignificant fact(!); it could be its own article, a leas section (though probably not here, or placed here, at least -- also, mention in the lead seems rather redudant, in that sense, too). -->
:0-14 years: 32.9% (male 24,957,997/female 23,533,894)
:15-64 years: 63.6% (male 47,862,774/female 45,917,674)
:65 years and over: 3.5% (male 2,731,578/female 2,361,435) (2006 est.)
===Median age===
From their capture in 1967 until 1993, the majority of people living in these territories —those who are not Israeli citizens — were subject to Israeli military administration without the benefits of Israeli citizenship: in particular the right to vote in Israeli [[election]]s. Israel retained the mukhtar ([[mayoral]]) system of government inherited from Jordan, and subsequent governments began developing [[infrastructure]] in Arab villages under its control. (''see [[Israeli-occupied_territories#Palestinians and Israeli law|Palestinians and Israeli law]], [[International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict|International legal issues of the conflict]], [[Palestinian economy]]'')
:Total: 22.2 years
:Male: 22.2 years
:Female: 22.2 years (2006 est.)
===Population growth rate===
Since the [[Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition|Israel-Palestine letters of recognition]] of 1993, most of the [[Demographics of Palestine|Palestinian population]] and [[List of cities in Palestinian Authority areas|cities]] have been under the [[List_of_sovereign_states#P|internal]] jurisdiction of the [[Palestinian Authority]], and only partial Israeli military control although during periods of unrest, Israel has on several occasions redeployed its [[Israel Defense Forces|troops]] and reinstated full military administration in various parts of the two territories. Israel has in recent years constructed a [[Israeli West Bank barrier|barrier]] in the West Bank, separating predominantly Palestinian cities, villages and [[List of Palestinian refugee camps|refugee camps]] from Israel and some of its [[Israeli settlement]]s. In 2005, Israel forced all settlers to leave the Gaza Strip, demolishing all settlements (save [[synagogues]] and the [[Gush_Katif#Economy|Kutif Bloc's greenhouses]], with the former destroyed afterwards by Palestinians) and [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|unilaterally withdrawing]] its forces from there. (''see [[Israeli Gaza Strip barrier|Gaza Strip barrier]]'')
:3.09% (2006 est.)
===Birth East Jerusalem rate===
:29.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
[[Image:DomeOfTheRock.jpg|right|thumb|210px|[[Dome of the Rock]], [[East Jerusalem]]]]
While [[East Jerusalem]] is considered by many to be part of the [[West Bank]], and it is and has been occasionally treated [[Oslo_Accords#Principles_of_the_Accords|separately]] in negotiations. The [[1947 UN Partition Plan]] had contemplated that all of [[Jerusalem]] would be an international city, but Israel captured and annexed West Jerusalem and [[Jordan]] captured East Jerusalem in the [[1948 Arab-Israeli war]]. Jordan annexed East Jerusalem along wth the rest of the West Bank in 1950, but no nations gave ''de jure'' recognition to this annexation {{ref|UKrec}}. [[Israel]] captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 [[Six-Day War]] and in 1980 the Israeli [[Knesset]] passed the "[[Jerusalem Law]]" annexing East Jerusalem, but [[United Nations Security Council]] [[UN Security Council Resolution 478|Resolution 478]] has declared this action to be in violation of [[international law]].
===Death The Golan Heights rate===
:8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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The [[Golan Heights]] were captured from Syria near the end of the [[Six Day War]], after the cease fire with Egypt and Jordan had been agreed upon. The status of the Golan Heights, and of the Israeli settlements established there, is seen as one of the issues preventing the signing of a [[Peace process|peace treaty]] between Israel and Syria.
===Net migration rate===
Israel passed the "Golan Heights Law" in 1981, extending its laws and jurisdicions to the territory and according Israeli citizenship to the resident population. Israel has, however, avoided using the term "[[annexation]]" to this action. The [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] rejected the provisions of this law with [[UN Security Council Resolution 497|Resolution 497]].
:-0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
===Sex ratio===
Israeli governments have been reluctant to discuss returning the Golan Heights to Syria as part of a peace deal. Many of the headwaters of the [[Jordan River]], from which Israel draws much of its fresh water resources, lie in the Golan Heights. <!--Random factoid approach inevitably (and intentionally *** or inadvertantly, intention is not releavnt, but, if the impact is the same thing, then that is the bottom line***) produces POV and a poor article. *** is significant nonetheless; still, see my comments above on the dispersal of water-related issues--> Also, possession of the Golan Heights is considered strategically important to Israel in terms of defense from Syrian harassment or invasion, particularly given that the Heights had been used to shell the territory below prior to the Six-Day War.
:At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
:Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
:15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
:65 years and over: 1.16 male(s)/female
:Total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
===Infant mortality rate===
== Applicability of the term "occupied" ==
:Total: 60.83 deaths/1,000 live births
:''See article [[Status of territories captured by Israel]]''
:Male: 61.87 deaths/1,000 live births
:''See article [[International_law_and_the_Arab-Israeli_conflict#.22Occupied.22_vs._.22Disputed.22_territories|International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict]]''
:Female: 59.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
===Life expectancy at birth===
<!-- List of authoritative decisions. Any rulings in favor of Israel's position should go in this paragraph, also. *** actually, I think as a summarym this is enough at this particular juncture-->
:Total population: 62.46 years
[[Image:Palestine occupation33.jpg|thumb|270px|right|The Israeli-constructed [[West Bank Barrier]]]]
:Male: 62.47 years
The [[United Nations Security Council]] (in [[UN Security Council Resolution 465|Resolution 465]] and [[UN Security Council Resolution 484|Resolution 484]], among others), the [[High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention]]{{ref|HCP}}, and the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]]{{ref|ICRC}}, have each resolved that the territories discussed in this article are occupied and that the [[Fourth Geneva Convention]] provisions regarding occupied territories apply. In its decision on the [[Israeli West Bank barrier|separation barrier]], the [[International Court of Justice]] ruled that the West Bank is occupied.{{ref|ICJ}}<!--{{ref|UPIBrilliant}}-->
:Female: 62.45 years (2006 est.)
===Total fertility rate===
The [[Government of Israel]] in its public statements and many of Israel's citizens and supporters [[Military_occupation#Disputed_to_be_a_military_occupation_by_nation_of_dominant_military_forces_in_area|dispute]] that the territories are occupied and claim that use of the term "occupied" in relation to [[Israel]]'s control of the areas has no basis in [[international law]] or [[Land_of_Israel#The_Land_of_Israel_and_the_State_of_Israel|history]], and that it prejudges the outcome of any future or ongoing [[Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict|negotiations]]. They argue it is more accurate to refer to the territories as "[[International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict#"Occupied" vs. "Disputed" territories|disputed]]" rather than "[[Occupied territory|occupied]]" although they agree to apply the humanitarian provisions of the [[Fourth Geneva Convention]] pending resolution of the dispute. However, the government of Israel has always argued before the Supreme Court of Israel that its authority in the territories is based on the international law of "belligerent occupation", in particular the [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)|Hague Conventions]]. The court has confirmed this interprettation many times, for example in its 2004 and 2005 rulings on the [[Israeli West Bank barrier|separation fence]]. {{ref|HCJ2004}}{{ref|HCJ2005}}
:3.11 children born/woman (2006 est.)
===HIV/AIDS===
<!--Soon after the 1967 war, Israel issued a military order stating that the Geneva Conventions applied to the recently-occupied territories, but this order was withdrawn a few months later. Since then, Israel has argued on various grounds that the Geneva Conventions do not apply. One such argument is that conventional international law only applies when supported by domestic legislation. This argument is contrary to the [[Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties]], but Israel has not ratified that Convention. Another argument is that the Geneva Conventions only apply to the territory of a High Contracting Party, which does not apply in this case. The Supreme Court of Israel has several times acknowledged the existence of this debate but has so far declined to make a definitive ruling on it. [The preceding paragraph was added without any references and may violate [[WP:OR]]]-->
:Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
:People living with HIV/AIDS: 13,000 (2001 est.)
:Deaths: 650 (2001 est.)
===Major infectious diseases===
== Palestinians and Israeli law ==
:Degree of risk: high
Unlike [[Israeli Arabs]], the [[Palestinian]] inhabitants of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] are not citizens of Israel, and are not afforded the same [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights|political rights]] and freedoms or protections under [[Israel#Judiciary|Israeli law]] as Israeli citizens who live in the same areas. This includes restraints on freedom of movement, no right to vote in Israel (i.e. in any independent country), and other measures at odds with conditions in Israel and other [[liberal democracy|liberal democracies]]. Palestinians can, however, [[Elections in the Palestinian National Authority|vote]] for candidates in the [[Palestinian National Authority]] (the [[Palestinian presidential election, 2005|2005 presidential election]]), enjoy access to its judicial system and are allowed to issue appeals to the [[Supreme Court of Israel]].
:Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
:Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations
:Water contact disease: leptospirosis
:Animal contact disease: rabies (2005)
==See also=Nationality===
:Noun: Bangladeshi(s)
* [[Arab-Israeli Conflict]]
:Adjective: Bangladeshi
* [[Arab Nationalism]]
* [[Balfour Declaration]]
===Ethnic groups===
* [[British Mandate of Palestine]]
:Bengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims (1998)
* [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]
* [[Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt]]
===Religions===
* [[Occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan]]
* [[Palestine (disambiguation)]]
:Muslim - 89.58%, Hindu - 9.34%, Boudhists - 0.62%, Christian - 0.31% and Animists - 0.15% (2001 Census) [http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/bang_atg.pdf]
* [[Palestine]] (region)
* [[Palestinian territories]]
:Muslim - 88.31%, Hindu 10.52%, Boudhists - 0.58%, Christian - 0.33% and Animist - 0.26% (1991 census)
* [[Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian]]
* [[Palestinian Declaration of Independence]]
:Muslim - 86.65%, Hindu - 12.13%, Boudhists - 0.62%, Christian - 0.31%, Animist - 0.29% (1981 Census)
* [[State of Palestine]]
* [[Palestinian National Council]]
===Languages===
* [[Proposals for a Palestinian State]]
:Bangla (official, also known as Bengali)
* [[Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]
* [[International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict]]
===Literacy===
* [[Beirut Summit]]
:Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
* [[Zionism]]
:Total population: 43.1%
* [[Land of Israel]]
:Male: 53.9%
:Female: 31.8% (2003 est.)
==Other demographic data==
Naturally there is some degree of uncertainty about the population, especially in a developing country such as Bangladesh with a high level of illiteracy and rural population. Thus the margin of error is such that in 2005 it was unknown which of Bangladesh and [[Russia]] has the larger population. For example the UN's ESA ranked Russia 7th and Bangladesh 8th, whereas the CIA World Factbook ranked Bangladesh 7th and Russia 8th. At any rate, the population of Russia is in decline while that of Bangladesh is growing. Most rankings in 2007 now show Bangladesh to be larger. The following table lists various recent estimates of the population.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
| Source
| align="center" | Year
| align="center" | Population (millions)
|-
| National Census<ref name="bbs"/>
| align="center" | 1991
| align="center" | 112
|-
| National Census<ref name="bbs"/>
| align="center" | 2001
| align="center" | 129
|-
| UN Population Fund<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.unfpa.org/profile/bangladesh.cfm | publisher = [[United Nations Population Fund]] | title = Indicators: Bangladesh | accessdate = 2006-07-28}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2003
| align="center" | 150
|-
| UN Dept Economic and Social Affairs<ref>Medium fertility variant, {{cite web | url = http://esa.un.org/unpp/ | title = World Population Prospects: 2004 Revision | publisher = UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2005
| align="center" | 142
|-
| US State Dept<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm | publisher = [[U.S. Department of State]] | title = Background Note: Bangladesh | date = 2005-08}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2005
| align="center" | 144
|-
| Population Reference Bureau<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.prb.org/TemplateTop.cfm?Section=PRB_Country_Profiles&template=/customsource/countryprofile/countryprofiledisplay.cfm&Country=395 | publisher = Population Reference Bureau | title = Country Profiles: Bangladesh | accessdate = 2006-07-28}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2005
| align="center" | 144
|-
| CIA World FactBook<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2006/geos/bg.html#People | publisher = CIA | title = CIA World Factbook 2006 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 2006
| align="center" | 147
|-
| UN Population Fund<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/english/notes/indicators/e_indicator2.pdf | publisher = United Nations Population Fund | title = State of World Population 2006 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 2006
| align="center" | 144
|-
| CIA World FactBook<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html#People | publisher = CIA | title = CIA World Factbook 2007 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 2007
| align="center" | 150
|-
| UN<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/wpp2006_highlights.pdf | publisher = UN | title = World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2007
| align="center" | 159
|}
==References==
*{{CIA WFB 2006}}
#{{note|BBC}} [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/israel_and_the_palestinians/key_documents/1682640.stm "The Geneva Convention"], Israel and the Palestinians, BBC News
*{{StateDept}}
#{{note|Khouri}} ''The Arab-Israeli Dilemma (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)'', Syracuse University Press; 3rd edition (August, 1985 ISBN 0815623402
#{{note|WaterGeog}} [http://www.wws.princeton.edu/wws401c/geography.html "Geography of Water Resources"], Princeton University. Retrieved October 7, 2005.<!--Random factoid approach inevitably (and intentionally) produces POV and a poor article.-->
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#{{note|HCP}} [http://www.fmep.org/reports/vol12/no1/07-conference_of_high_contracting.html "Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: Declaration"] "Foundation for Middle East Peace" website. Retrieved October 5, 2005
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#{{note|ICRC}} [http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList247/D86C9E662022D64E41256C6800366D55#2 "Annexe 2 - Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross"] ICRC website. Retrieved October 5, 2005
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#{{note|ICJ}} [http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/imwp/imwp_advisory_opinion/imwp_advisory_opinion_20040709.htm "Legal Consequence of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory"] International Court of Justice, July 9, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2005
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#{{note|HCJ2004}} [http://www.haaretz.com/hasite/images/iht_daily/D010704/hcfen0604.rtf 2004 Israeli Supreme Court ruling] (RTF format)
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#{{note|HCJ2005}} [http://www.zionism-israel.com/hdoc/High_Court_Fence.htm 2005 Israeli Supreme Court ruling]
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#{{note|DGold1}} [http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp470.htm "Occupied Territories" to "Disputed Territories"] by [[Dore Gold]], ''Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs'', January 16, 2002. Retrieved September 29, 2005.
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* [http://www.geocities.com/alabasters_archive/occupied_water.html "Israeli Water Interests in the Occupied Territories"], from [http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=85 Security for Peace: Israel's Minimal Security Requirements in Negotiations with the Palestinians], by Ze'ev Schiff, 1989. Retrieved October 8, 2005.
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