Shusha
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Sure, the rule of nationality and state succession.
What this means is that when a territory changes hands, all of the inhabitants of that territory will become citizens of that new state. We see this regularly in treaties and legal documents.
Sure. So in 1925 all citizens formerly Turkish citizens became citizens of the geographical territory referred to as Palestine, under the control and tutelage of the British Government. But where do you go from there?
What happened next was that the Arab Palestinians opted out of the State which was legally formed and engaged in hostilities with the legal government. Further a number of other sovereign States became belligerents and occupied parts of the territory.
States are not obligated to maintain a hostile population during a conflict. Neither are they obligated to return a hostile population during a conflict.
Even if you concede (and you do not) that the entire territory transferred from British government control to Israeli sovereignty, there is no obligation on Israel to take in a hostile population.
So, walk me through your thinking here. It almost seems to me that you are claiming that the Palestinians can NOT secede from Israel.