When it comes the matter of belligerent occupation, there are three key international arbiters that determine the legal reality in such matters....

"On some matters there are arbiters authorized to distinguish between opinions and established legal and political facts. When it comes the matter of belligerent occupation, there are three key international arbiters that determine the legal reality in such matters: the UN Security Council, the United Nations more broadly, and the consensus of the international community, all in that order of relevance." Hussein Ibish