Israeli Military Governorate

Israeli Military Governorate
הממשל הצבאי
Ha-Memšal Ha-Tsvaʾi
1967–1982
Flag of Military Governorate
Flag
of Military Governorate
Coat of arms
Territories following the 1967 War were subject to Israeli Military Governorate
Territories following the 1967 War were subject to Israeli Military Governorate
Common languagesHebrew (official),
Arabic
GovernmentMilitary government
Commander of the Military Governorate 
History 
• End of Six-Day War
10 June 1967
• Implementation of Egypt–Israel peace treaty
1982
CurrencyIsraeli lira
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip
North Sinai Governorate
South Sinai Governorate
Quneitra Governorate (Syria)
Israeli Civil Administration
Northern District (Israel)
North Sinai Governorate
South Sinai Governorate

The Israeli Military Governorate was a military governance system established following the Six-Day War in June 1967, in order to govern the civilian population of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula and the western part of Golan Heights. The governance was based on the Fourth Geneva Convention, which provides guidelines for military rule in occupied areas. East Jerusalem was the only exception from this order, and it was added to Jerusalem municipal area as early as 1967, and extending Israeli law to the area effectively annexing it in 1980. During this period, the UN and many sources referred to the military governed areas as Occupied Arab Territories.[1]

The Egypt–Israel peace treaty led Israel to give up the Sinai Peninsula in 1982 and transform the military rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank into the Israeli Civil Administration in 1981. The Western part of Golan Heights was unilaterally annexed by Israel from Syria the same year, thus abolishing the Military Governorate system entirely.

  1. ^ Meguid, Ahmed Esmat Abdel (1973). "Israeli Practices and Human Rights In Occupied Arab Territories" (PDF). The International Lawyer. 7 (2): 279–288. JSTOR 40704776.