Israel/Palestine

The doctrine applies as between states. So between Jordan and Israel, Israel has the legal claim to the West Bank, and Jordan's was always illegitimate. It applies when there is a single sovereign that establishes itself in a colonial territory. But in the West Bank and Gaza there are two (three if Hamas is separate) entities claiming sovereignty. As between the Palestinians and the Israelis, the doctrine isn't very helpful.

And if Israel is the legal sovereign of the West Bank, and has been in possession since 1967, then isn't the Israeli government wrongfully denying citizenship to the Palestinians? Israel can't have it both ways. It can't claim legal sovereignty over a territory and at the same time ignore its responsibilities as the sovereign.