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Israel/Palestine

Beastly Boy

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1. It's a bit of a misnomer to call the West Bank "disputed territory"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Aug 8, 2023, 09:56 AM

Aug 2023

It is the status of the territory that is being disputed, not the territory itself. The territory is being occupied by Israel pending the resolution of the dispute.

So the the term that the Australian government is adopting is a more accurate one.

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Australia to Refer to West Bank, East Jerusalem as 'Occupied Territory,' Israeli Settlements as 'Ill [View all] Eugene Aug 2023 OP

It's a bit of a misnomer to call the West Bank "disputed territory" Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #1

Good . Israeli Aug 2023 #2