OK, but sovereignty cannot be acquired by force.RE: Palestine Today
※→ P F Tinmore, et al,
You keep the issue that "military control" ≠ "sovereignty." True, and no one is arguing that point. Sovereignty is about exercising "decision making power and authority." IF a territory is "exclusively" under the "power and authority" of country "A" → THEN no other country can claim sovereignty.
(COMMENT)Your islamo-tap dancing around the question is not surprising.Israel holds military control. Military control does not equate to sovereignty. It is usually related to occupation.Who holds sovereignty over the geographical territory commonly referred to as Palestine?
There are all manner in levels of 'control." Yes, to be an occupation power, the occupation force must have "effective control." But that is only one aspect of control; military, police or otherwise.
Sovereignty can be acquired and maintained by military control or in which constitutional provisions for government remanded into the hands of the military and civilian control is suspended [eg military dictatorship - Egypt (Middle East) or Ethiopia (Africa)].
Most Respectfully,
R
OK, so what's all this fuss with the islamic gee-had at the border riots?