@JosephJewell13 @nadinecarroll @AdinHaykin1 This is false. It would be an awful rule to create, as it would take away a major disincentive to aggressive war - which is the potential loss of land. The Allies who created the UN were not so stupid. They understood & deliberately kept it legal... @JosephJewell13 @nadinecarroll @AdinHaykin1 Aside from that, neither the "West Bank" nor Gaza were "taken" by Israel. From 1947 onward, those territories were disputed & Israel had as much claim to them as anyone else. Israel never signed a treaty recognizing anyone else's ownership of that land.

Imagine you are Peter Aaby. You devote decades to vaccinating poor children in Africa. And you are a scientist, so you use the opportunity to study measles and the effects of vaccination... Along the way, you produce mountains of wonderful research that illuminates not just how measles spreads, but all respiratory viruses. You discover the non-specific effects of measles vaccination by analyzing the data you collect...