Occupation means one country conquering from another sovereign country during a time of war, when the conquering country has no rights or claims over the land it has taken... [W]e entered ... an area we have historic and legal rights to from long ago, ... with the power of international documents such as the Balfour Declaration, the San Remo Declaration, the UN charter and the mandate given to the British by the League of Nations. All these show that the Jewish people have always had rights to this area. Therefore it is not occupation according to the international definitions.
Dr. Alan Baker, former legal adviser and deputy director-general of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
