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The result of the move request was: Moved to Occupied Palestinian territories. We're in a bit of a WP:NOGOODOPTIONS situation here. There is strong - unanimous in fact - consensus that a move is advisable, but no clear consensus on exactly where to move. The main points of debate are (a) whether to capitalise the whole thing as a proper name, and (b) whether to use singular or plural for territory. Everyone agrees that the word Occupied should be prepended, however, so in closing this I'm taking the path of least change and simply adding that word on to the front of the existing title. As there isn't a definite consensus for the specific title, editors are welcome to start a fresh RM in the future to explore a different variant if anyone feels strongly about that. — Amakuru (talk) 10:38, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly support for adding "Occupied". No strong opinion on details, but a slight preference for "occupied Palestinian territory" (singular territory with a lowercase "t") as used by the WHO and ICRC. FourPi (talk) 12:27, 21 August 2024 (UTC) + support for singular "Territory" with a capital T (updated based on conversation below). FourPi (talk) 07:48, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @FourPi, like the ICJ, the ICRC uses "Occupied Palestinian Territory". The UN and ISO used that name until 2012, when Palestine was admitted to the UN as a non-member observer state. Misha Wolf (talk) 22:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've now discovered that the UN and some or all of its agencies still use the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory" when referring to the relevant portion of the Earth's surface, even though they switched in 2012 to "State of Palestine" when referring to the political entity. See, for example, here and here. Misha Wolf (talk) 23:02, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
@Misha Wolf, I picked plural because the plural is used by the UK and Australian governments. But Australia's page includes, "Australia does not recognise a Palestinian state. We are committed to a two-state solution…" and I have nothing polite to say about that contradiction, so they might not be good to copy? FourPi (talk) 12:18, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The WHO and ICRC both say "occupied Palestinian territory", singular "territory" but only Palestine has a capital "P".
Singular lowercase "occupied Palestinian territory" is the established term used by the WHO, e.g. in January 2020
The proper noun in what @Selfstudier links is the name of the legal opinion, "Opinion to the Occupied Palestinian Territory" but the way that legal document uses capitals has me very confused, "…as an occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…" and "…in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are contrary to international law, the Court indicates…" and "By virtue of its status as an occupying Power, a State assumes a set of powers and duties…" e.g. why "O" in "Occupied Territory" but "o" in "occupying Power"? whereas the ICRC say "Occupying Power" and "occupied Palestinian territory"?
Currently, singular lowercase "territory" like the WHO and ICRC use seems best to me? but if the ICJ ruling somehow added a capital T that is now used elsewhere, then I do not object to us using that here. FourPi (talk) 03:46, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The UN has consistently used the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory" since October 1999 to describe the territory, as opposed to the legal entity. That's coming up to 25 years. I consider the position of the UN, with its 193 member states, to be authoritative. Misha Wolf (talk) 12:25, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Resolution A/RES/77/247 adopted by the UN General Assembly on 30 December 2022, which requested that the ICJ renders an advisory opinion regarding the occupation, repeatedly uses the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory".
Note also the title of the ICJ's advisory opinion of July 2004, "Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". Misha Wolf (talk) 12:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC) (Amended to remove an excess word 12:57, 22 August 2024 (UTC))[reply]
The important bit is adding the word "occupied". We should also be pointing out that it applies to the Gaza Strip – including from 2007 to September 2023 – on any pages where that is relevant, possibly the page Gaza Strip should move as well? FourPi (talk) 03:46, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Without the excess capitalization, I support – News typically has "occupied Palestinian territory" (or territories). It's not a name. The fact that the UN caps it does not make it a proper name. Dicklyon (talk) 23:32, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Relist comment - Based strictly on the above there is consensus to move. However, there has been a bit of discussion around capitalisation and pluralisation that could be better explored. I also strongly suspect that once this move is carried out it will be more controversial than it presently appears, though obviously I could be wrong about that. FOARP (talk) 15:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Because every single I-P related move discussion I've seen lately has been so. It would be a pleasant surprise if this one is not so. FOARP (talk) 19:16, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom, would also support Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory (based on Kowal2701's comment, singular form per the ICJ) - Ïvana (talk) 02:22, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Below, I've pasted in some of my earlier contributions which are now included in collapsed regions of this Talk page.Misha Wolf (talk) 12:07, 2 September 2024 (UTC) (Tidied up the indentation of my text below 16:36, 4 September 2024 (UTC))[reply]
... like the ICJ, the ICRC uses "Occupied Palestinian Territory". The UN and ISO used that name until 2012, when Palestine was admitted to the UN as a non-member observer state. Misha Wolf (talk) 22:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've now discovered that the UN and some or all of its agencies still use the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory" when referring to the relevant portion of the Earth's surface, even though they switched in 2012 to "State of Palestine" when referring to the political entity. See, for example, here and here. Misha Wolf (talk) 23:02, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... see the ICRC's "Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The law of occupation must be respected" of 2024-07-19.
The UN has consistently used the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory" since October 1999 to describe the territory, as opposed to the legal entity. That's coming up to 25 years. I consider the position of the UN, with its 193 member states, to be authoritative. Misha Wolf (talk) 12:25, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Resolution A/RES/77/247 adopted by the UN General Assembly on 30 December 2022, which requested that the ICJ renders an advisory opinion regarding the occupation, repeatedly uses the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory".
Note also the title of the ICJ's advisory opinion of July 2004, "Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". Misha Wolf (talk) 12:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC) (Amended to remove an excess word 12:57, 22 August 2024 (UTC))[reply]
In response to the relisting comment about singular/plural and capitalization, I give (20 August 2024) Le Monde "Not only does the ICJ declare the Israeli occupation "unlawful," but it also considers "the Occupied Palestinian Territory constitutes a single territorial unit," regardless of the different statuses that Israel has imposed on it since 1967. The reversal of perspective implied by the use of the singular, rather than the usual plural, by the highest body of international law is particularly significant for Gaza." and (2024) Oxfam America and an interesting discussion in 2023 of the Australian parliament "On 8 August 2023, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, noted in Parliament that 'Australia is proposing to adopt or will be adopting or returning to the term "Occupied Palestinian Territories"'." (also includes a brief review of what "peer nations" are doing wrt terminology, their example for the EU is correct except that the EU does usually capitalize). Maybe editors have other examples we could look at? Selfstudier (talk) 22:03, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The phrase "that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967" needs to be expanded upon to "that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967 upon their annexation from Jordan and Egypt, respectively". A cursory reading makes it appear as if these areas were either otherwise unincorporated territories or were somehow their own separate state prior to Israel's expansion into the area as a result of the 1967 war. It is not until after a full paragraph later that any mention of this is made yet opening paragraphs should be a concise summary of the articles they lead. 66.249.231.78 (talk) 21:03, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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