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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Israel is party to the UN Treaty, which forbids annexing territory. Promethius (and perhaps Black Baron, no sure) I can see no real argument that Israel has rights to Gaza -- other than those based on conquest, which as I said Israel agreed to eschew.
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except there is a difference between annexing territory and assuming it by conquest in a defensive war. essentially, if palestine had left israel alone then israel would not have any valid claim to taking the gaza strip, but by attacking they changed the situation such that for israel to take the gaza strip it could no longer be considered simple annexation of territory.