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A pro-Palestinian protester holds a ‘From the river to the sea’ sign in Columbus, Ohio. (Paul Becker)

Donald Trump, Kamala Harris must define Israel's 'occupation' of West Bank

By ERIC R. MANDEL

FORMER PRIME MINISTERS Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak attend a memorial ceremony, marking the 26th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2021.

How the West Bank became an ‘occupied Palestinian territory’

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall, in London, Britain November 13, 2023.

Archbishop of Canterbury urges nations to respect ICJ opinion on Israeli 'occupation'

A man with a child are silhouetted against sunset sky as they walk past the graves of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia, Cyprus July 19, 2024.

One part mourns, another celebrates as Cyprus marks 50 years since split

By REUTERS

Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

ICJ: Settlements in West Bank, east Jerusalem are illegal

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Washington, DC – November 04, 2023: A view of the massive Gaza Protest March at Freedom Plaza and the White House calling for a cease fire and an end to US aid to Israel and in ending the occupation.

What came first – terrorism or ‘occupation’?

By WALTER BINGHAM

A construction site for new housing in the Jewish settlement of Shiloh, in the West Bank, on June 21, 2023.

Apartheid or no Jewish majority: Israel's settlement dilemma

By TOVA HERZL

Prof. Yisrael Aumann in his Baka home in Jerusalem.

Nobel Prize laureate: Israel must reoccupy Gaza Strip

By ERICA SCHACHNE , MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's 'occupation' of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024.

Turkey tells World Court occupation is root cause of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By REUTERS

A ruined building in Trostyanets, which was seized by the Kremlin for over a month before being liberated in March 2022.

Ukrainian wounds from Russian occupation and attacks slow to heal after 2 years

By MICHAEL STARR

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Israel must start talking about Gaza's postwar future - opinion

By URI HALPERIN

UPDATED PRIORITIES: The papered-over bulletin board outside the Knesset reflects the shift in focus.

Israel-Hamas war: Did Oct. 7 change Israeli left-wing views on peace?

By ARIELLA MARSDEN

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the village of Beita, in the West Bank on September 13, 2023,

The real 'conceptzia' is endless occupation - opinion

By AVI GIL

An Israeli APC and a military vehicle drive along a road, near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023

Israel does not intend to 'reoccupy' Gaza or control it for long, official says

By REUTERS

A satellite image shows northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, October 28, 2023

Gaza should be occupied by the US, UK, France, Germany - opinion

By RUTH WASSERMAN LANDE

Young Israelis line up as they arrive to an Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2018

Israeli teens to refuse IDF service due to 'occupation,' judicial reform

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kyiv, on July 28, 2023.

Qatar: We don’t have a war with Israel, the issue is the 'occupation'

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Russian national flag flies with backdrop of the Kerch bridge after an explosion destroyed part of it, in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022

Ukraine launches 'special operation' in Russian-occupied Crimea

By REUTERS