@JACK; these are NOT my findings and NOT unsubstantiated...

@JACK; these are NOT my findings and NOT unsubstantiated opinionated commentary.

They're the findings / decision of the United Nations International Court of Justice which has been deliberating on the matter since early 2023 and which includes:

"... The court dealt methodically with the parameters of the UN General Assembly’s request, including Israel’s policy of building and expanding Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and settlements in the West Bank.

In particular, it said “the expansion of settlements is based on the confiscation or requisition of large areas of land,” and that since this benefits the settler population “to the detriment of local [Palestinian] population,” Israel’s settlements policy violated The Hague Regulations, founding documents of international law.

It also said the settlements “are not temporary in character,” thus violating the Fourth Geneva Convention and accepted principles of international law that “belligerent occupations” are supposed to be temporary.

Critically, the ICJ asserted that Israel has annexed large parts of the West Bank, along with its formal annexation of East Jerusalem. ..."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-court-israeli-presence-in-east-jerusalem-west-bank-is-illegal-and-must-end/