borders, as enshrined in Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter,21 reinforces the Palestinian people’s legitimate claims to exert their right to self-determination on the entirety of Mandatory Palestine. The contemporary existence of a Palestinian people on the totality of the Palestinian territory qualifies them to exert their social, economic, cultural and political right to self-determination on this very territory.22 21 Per Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, “[a]ll Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” UN, Charter of the United Nations, 24 October 1945, 1 UNTS XVI, Article 2(4), available at: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/fulltext [accessed 1 November 2021]. 22 BADIL, Creeping Annexation: A Pillar of the Zionist-Israeli Colonization on Mandatory Palestine, working paper no. 25 (Bethlehem: BADIL, December 2020), p. 17-22, available at: https://www.badil.org/ phocadownloadpap/badil-new/publications/research/working-papers/WP25-CreepingAnnexation. pdf 8