Territorial Disputes and the Palestine & Israel War seen from an International Law Perspective

Abstract

Theologically, the Zionists consider Palestine as their land in the Old Testament which stated that the area was 'God's promised land' for the Israeli people, whereas historically, the Palestinian people stated that we, the Palestinian people, have been in this country since the time of Umar bin Khatab. . However, after the occupation implemented by Israel in 1948 by expelling the Arabs from Palestine. Any Arab village or settlement that did not surrender to Jewish power was destroyed and its people expelled. In this way 400 Palestinian villages were wiped off the map during 1948-1949. The property rights left by the Palestinians were controlled by the Jews on the basis of the law of unoccupied property rights. The Zionist organization used pressure and force to expel the Palestinian people from the land they had occupied for centuries, so that now the Palestinians are only given a place in the Gaza Strip. This was made worse by the war which claimed many victims, especially the Palestinian people, even children and the elderly. This research aims to provide an overview and input on how to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from an international legal perspective. The research method used is normative research. The results of this research prove that the logic of international law that might not make right, but right made might, is difficult to refute. Many countries have offered to resolve this dispute. Apart from pushing for recognition of Palestine as a state, Indonesia also supports the UN initiative to revive Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations based on a "two state solution".