Israeli law in the West Bank settlements information
Application of Israeli state law to Israeli settlements in Area C of the West Bank
"Enclave law" redirects here. For the law of United States federal enclaves, see Federal enclave.
An Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
Israeli law is enforced in Israeli settlements and among Israeli civilians in Area C of the West Bank, a Palestinian territory under military occupation and therefore otherwise subject to military law. Some provisions are applied on a personal basis, such that it applies to Israeli residents rather than territory. Application of the laws has created "enclaves" of Israeli law in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,[1][2] and the terms "enclave law" and "enclave-based justice" describe the resulting legal system.[3]
In parallel, other portions of Israeli law, including Israeli criminal law, are applied to Israelis on a personal basis in the West Bank.[1] Since January 2018, all laws proposed in the Knesset are actively considered vis à vis their application to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.[4][5][6]
The existence of a dual system of laws for Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank has been used as evidence by those who claim that Israel practices apartheid in the region.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
^ abOrna Ben-Naftali; Michael Sfard; Hedi Viterbo (10 May 2018). The ABC of the OPT: A Legal Lexicon of the Israeli Control over the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-1-107-15652-4.
^Gilead Sher, The Application of Israeli Law to the West Bank: De Facto Annexation?, INSS Insight No. 638, December 4, 2014
^ACRI 2014, p. 21.
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^A Threshold Crossed, Human Rights Watch, April 27, 2021, "The application of dual bodies of laws has created a reality where two people live in the same territory, but only one enjoys robust rights protection.... Discrimination also pervades every aspect of the criminal law and detention system."
^Ziad AbuZayyad, The Dual Legal System: Apartheid Regime or Two-State Solution, Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2016
^The Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and the Crime of Apartheid: Legal Opinion, Yesh Din, 2020: "2.6.3 Dual Legal System"
^John Dugard, John Reynolds, Apartheid, International Law, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, European Journal of International Law, Volume 24, Issue 3, August 2013, Pages 867–913, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/cht045
^Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid, Executive Summary, 19 June 2017; https://doi.org/10.1111/mepo.12265
^Falk & Tilley (ECSWA), (2020), Israel Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid, The Palestine Yearbook of International Law Online, 20(1), 201-263. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22116141_020010010
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