CASES IN THE OPT The Israeli policy of land confiscation and denial of use in the oPt contains many sub-policies that detrimentally affect the rights of Palestinians, in disregard of their status as ‘protected persons’, violating their rights to life, adequate standards of living and housing, freedom of movement, nondiscrimination and property rights. Similar to the situation inside Israel, the confiscation and denial of use of Palestinian land in the oPt was justified through the adoption of laws from previous foreign administrations, and the construction of additional laws as a needed basis to provide bogus legality to the process. In other words, policies and processes in the oPt also occurred through the roll-out of law in the form of Israeli military orders. After the 1967 occupation, legislation similar to the Israeli Absentee Property Law was extended to the West Bank vis-à-vis the properties of Palestinians Photo of the Efrat colony (background), taken from the Palestinian village of al-Khader, Bethlehem. 2017 (©BADIL). 53