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An occupied territory is a region that has been taken over by a sovereign power after a military conquest (see military occupation). In most cases the period of occupation is temporary, pending the signing of a peace treaty, the resolution of specific conditions outlined in a peace treaty, or the formation of a new government. Examples of occupied territories include Germany and Japan after World War II; the Sinai Peninsula (from 1967 until 1979), Gaza Strip (until 2005), Golan Heights, and West Bank by Israel after 1967; Cambodia by Vietnam from 1979 until 1989; and Iraq after the fall of the government of Saddam Hussein.
History and definitions Most nations in the world are in some way an occupier of a previous inhabitant's land. Generally, any disputed territory can be seen as occupied by the party that lacks control over it at that moment. Thus, the Germanic tribes displaced the Celtic population of Europe; Egypt was conquered and absorbed in the 7th century by Arabs who were not its original population. This is particularly true of the region between Egypt and Turkey where repeated population movements and military conquests have occurred during the past several thousand years. See Occupation of Palestine. Additionally, occupation has two distinct meanings: Occupied territories since 1907 For a list of occupied territories since since the Hague Convention of 1907 Laws and Customs of War on Land (Hague IV); October 18, 1907 first clarified and supplemented the customary laws of belligerent military occupation see the list of military occupations and the list of territorial disputes. .. | ||||||||
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