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25 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 915 (2009-2010)
Is Gaza Occupied?: Redefining the Status of Gaza under International Law

handle is hein.journals/amuilr25 and id is 929 raw text is: Is GAZA OCCUPIED?: REDEFINING THE STATUS OF GAZA UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW ELIZABETH SAMSON* IN TR O D U CTIO N ........................................................................... 916 I. A BRIEF POLITICAL AND TERRITORIAL HISTORY OF G A Z A ........................................................................................ 9 19 II. INTERNATIONAL LAW RELATIVE TO THE RELATIONSHIP OF ISRAEL AND GAZA ............................ 923 A. SOURCES OF OCCUPATION LAW AND EFFECTIVE C ON TROL ................................. .......................................... 923 B. LEGALITY OF THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS ............................................................... 926 III. OCCUPATION OF GAZA AND THE ARGUMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE CONTROL ...................................................... 931 IV. DISMANTLING THE ARGUMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE C O N T R O L ................................................................................ 935 A. AUTHORITY OVER GAZA'S TERRITORIAL WATERS AND A IR SPA CE ............................................................................. 935 1. Territorial W aters ............................................................ 936 2 . A irspace ........................................................................... 937 B. THE BORDER BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GAZA .......................... 940 1. Borders and International Law ........................................ 940 2. The C rossings .................................................................. 942 C. GAZA'S INFRASTRUCTURE ..................................................... 947 1. Electricity, Fuel, and Telecommunications ................... 947 * Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute. J.D. Fordham Law School; LL.M. International and European Law, University of Amsterdam. The research for this article was made possible through the support of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel where the author served as Research Associate during the writing of this article. The author would like to thank Professor Efraim Inbar of Bar-Ilan University for his guidance and Isaac Glovinsky of Fordham Law School for his invaluable research assistance. 915

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