# Ethics of Israeli settlements

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-israeli-settlements/554116>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 17, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-israeli-settlements/554116 "2010-09-17T19:15:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-israeli-settlements/554116/156 "2010-09-20T14:18:11Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> > The occupation is illegal.
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> Could you please cite the law that was broken?

It looks like **Shamblesmaybe** made an attempt to answer this question in another thread:

> [@Diogenes, go take a nap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/51):
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> > [@Diogenes, go take a nap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-go-take-a-nap/554306/45):
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> > Really? I’ve asked twice in that other thread for the law being broken, and you have yet to respond.
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> How’s this for a quick start?
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> > [@](#):
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> > The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.
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> From
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> [http://www.btselem.org/english/settlements/international\_law.asp](http://www.btselem.org/english/settlements/international_law.asp)

But, as has also been pointed out in that thread, that particular ruling forbids the _government_ from establishing settlements, not private citizens.

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