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Palestinian territories -> Occupied areas of Palestine, Moved, 12 April 2006, "No discussion"
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Shows a clear preference for the singular over the plural. Onceinawhile (talk) 18:29, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure the cap version is most common but it can wait for a while. Selfstudier (talk) 16:46, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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First paragraph references the number of recognising states. But the hyperlink takes you to 147 states recognised. Original "recognized by 146 out of 193 UN member states." 2407:E400:9003:4800:9013:9087:862B:B9F8 (talk) 09:55, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The opening paragraph is lacking in a key detail. [Edit request]

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]

Requested move 23 April 2025

It has been proposed in this section that Occupied Palestinian territories be renamed and moved to Israeli occupation of Palestine.

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Occupied Palestinian territories → Israeli occupation of Palestine – After the article about the State of Palestine was moved to Palestine, I believe that moving this article to Israeli occupation of Palestine would clarify its scope and reduce duplication. Moreover, it would be WP:CONSISTENT with articles such as Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon, Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights, Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and the parent article Israeli-occupied territories. Hassan697 (talk) 19:35, 23 April 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 22:16, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per the article and many comments at the last requested move, it's the WP:COMMONNAME. Some sources from the last RM include the Red Cross, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera, PBS, the WHO. From the article itself:

Since 2012, when Palestine was admitted as one of its non-member observer state, the United Nations has been using the name "State of Palestine" to describe the political entity^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] but continues to use Occupied Palestinian Territory to describe the physical territory.^[5]^[6]^[7] The European Union (EU) also uses the term Occupied Palestinian Territory.^[8]^[9]

References

^ Le More, Anne (2008). International assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo: political guilt, wasted money. Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Vol. 1. London and New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-415-45385-1.
^ "December Overview" (PDF). UNOCHA. December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^ "Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem: Report of the Secretary-General (UN Doc. A/71/364)". United Nations. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ Le More, Anne (2008). International assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo: political guilt, wasted money. Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Vol. 1. London and New York: Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-415-45385-1.
^ "Settlement Expansion in Occupied Palestinian Territory Violates International Law, Must Cease, Many Delegates Tell Security Council | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
^ "Occupied Palestinian Territory | OCHA". www.unocha.org. 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
^ "United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Home Page". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
^ "European Union, Trade in goods with Occupied Palestinian Territory" (PDF). European Commission / Directorate-General for Trade. 4 November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "Council conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process". Council of the European Union. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016. The Council highlights the importance of unhindered work of civil society both in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and follows recent developments in this regard with concern.

Chess (talk) (please mention me on reply) 20:47, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chess, I see your point that the current title reflects the common name for the article’s present scope, and I agree that "Occupied Palestinian territories" fits. However, my proposal is more than a simple renaming—it’s essentially a requested scope change, which I should have emphasized more clearly. The current article largely overlaps with Palestine, which now covers not only the political entity but also the country as a whole, including its territories. I suggest refocusing this article specifically on Israeli occupation, rather than on the territories as a geographic concept. Hassan697 (talk) 19:17, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would that not be redundant to Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and Israeli occupation of the West Bank? CMD (talk) 02:14, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This entire article seems somewhat redundant, but Wikipedia is okay with articles that are Frankensteins of other articles so the propose move would not be redundant. Easternsahara (talk) 22:01, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, there is information specifically about the occupation of Palestine as a whole, not just the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The article should not be very big, but it can cover overarching aspects, while detailed content remains in the articles about Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Hassan697 (talk) 13:42, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree. Easternsahara (talk) 15:46, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support- I support this move and the scope change because this article largely synonymous with the Palestine article. Easternsahara (talk) 22:03, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Occupied Palestinians Territories is a neutral UN designation. changing it to "Israeli occupation of Palestine" is non-neutral. Arab Extremists, the Houthis, Hezbollah and the Iranian Regime calls the Land that consists out of the State of Israel as "Occupied by the Zionist Regime". changing it to what's proposed fuels indirectly those sentiments. I source the ICJ case that calls them "Occupied Palestinian Territories". the wording "israeli occupation of palestine" comes nowhere in this case. ^[1] CViB (talk) 22:34, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The "Occupied Palestinian Territories" are occupied by whom? Easternsahara (talk) 22:57, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The ICJ, UN and the EU calls them "Occupied Palestinian Territories". who calls them "israeli occupation of palestine"? Houthis, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood, Iran Regime and Arab Extremists. hard to call it "Occupation of Palestine" if Palestine isn't a country with a unified government. you have Hamas controlling Gaza and the PLO controlling the West Bank, Furthermore i question your neutrality, as you blatantly claim on your user page to support a "one state solution" with Palestine as the Country. CViB (talk) 00:17, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These organizations use "Occupied Palestinian Territories" to refer to Palestine, but Hassan697 wants to rescope the page as a parent article of both the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank because this article is just a duplicate of the Palestine article right now. I think you misunderstand his request. We can turn "Occupied Palestinian territories" into a redirect for the Palestine page if you want, since the organizations you mention use them for this purpose. Easternsahara (talk) 00:32, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

its unnecessary. "Occupation of Palestine" means in an Arab point of view that the area that Israel is part of today is part of Palestine. which it is not and never will be.

The WP: COMMONNAME is "Occupied Palestininan Territories". cause thats what they are. Territories. if they were connected by land, it'd be considered Occupied Palestine. but its not. CViB (talk) 02:02, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

^ https://www.icj-cij.org/case/186

[1] Le More, Anne (2008). International assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo: political guilt, wasted money. Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Vol. 1. London and New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-415-45385-1.

[UNOCHADec2009-2] "December Overview" (PDF). UNOCHA. December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

[3] "Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem: Report of the Secretary-General (UN Doc. A/71/364)". United Nations. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[4] Le More, Anne (2008). International assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo: political guilt, wasted money. Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Vol. 1. London and New York: Routledge. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-415-45385-1.

[5] "Settlement Expansion in Occupied Palestinian Territory Violates International Law, Must Cease, Many Delegates Tell Security Council | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2024-08-22.

[6] "Occupied Palestinian Territory | OCHA". www.unocha.org. 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2024-08-22.

[7] "United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Home Page". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory. Retrieved 2024-08-22.

[8] "European Union, Trade in goods with Occupied Palestinian Territory" (PDF). European Commission / Directorate-General for Trade. 4 November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[9] "Council conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process". Council of the European Union. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016. The Council highlights the importance of unhindered work of civil society both in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and follows recent developments in this regard with concern.

[10] ttps://www.icj-cij.org/case/186

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