What Israel does, but doesn’t announce, is its ACTIONS. We and they are what we DO and not just what we say we will!
All Israeli settlements violate Article 49, paragraph six, of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. They are, therefore, considered to be war crimes, according to Article 84, paragraph four of the additional first protocol of 1977; an annex to the 1949 Geneva Convention; and Article 8 of the 1998 Rome Statute.
Source: Heard the Phrase ‘Illegal Israeli Settlements?’ *All* such Squatter-Settlements are Illegal