Forced or Development Induced Displacement? Occupied Palestinian Territories and International Conscience

Abstract

A massive number of displacements in the eastern part of the city occurred by Israel’s annexation of occupied East Jerusalem as a means to solidify the unification of Jerusalem. This paper delineates that the forceful annexation of an occupied territory is ‘illegal’ and that Israel failed to unite the eastern and western parts of Jerusalem due partly to the lack sovereign control over occupied East Jerusalem. Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem is clearly a disregard for international laws and Conventions to which they are party. There are renewed debates about how Palestinian and Israeli societies will deal with the legacy of human rights abuse.