What legal justification does Israel have for keeping UN inspectors from the West Bank?

Israel keeps insisting the West Bank is not occupied. The inspectors are not allowed even in area "A" where the Palestinian Authority is supposedly in charge. I'm quite certain they're not claiming they're terrorists, so they can't claim security risk.

2012-05-03T19:47:18Z

@alliance, never said they were, this is about denying the UN access to territory that by their own admission is not occupied by them, I wish to not what legal justification they are using to accomplish this.

2012-05-03T19:47:19Z

@alliance, never said they were, this is about denying the UN access to territory that by their own admission is not occupied by them, I wish to not what legal justification they are using to accomplish this.

2012-05-05T11:12:46Z

@liam, not sure where you're getting this. The Palestinian Authority is ASKING the UN to come in. It is the Israeli who are denying access.

Anonymous2012-05-04T18:53:48Z

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None.Quite simple.

Reuben ✡2012-05-04T02:56:08Z

They don't. Under the 1974 Disengagement Agreement, the U.N Truce Organisation carry out fortnightly inspections within the statute area of limitations, they have every right to inspect the administrive district A, it is the Palestinian Authority whom have autonomy to decline inspection, not Israel.

The United Nations have also carried out inspections within district A in co-ordination with the U.N Relief and Works Agency, such as at the Balata Refugee Camp, adjacent to Nablus, part of the A district under the Oslo Accords.