"captured land" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to a piece of land that has been taken over or conquered by a military force or other group. Example: The ancient tribe expanded their territory by capturing land from neighboring clans.
Gilo, a Jewish suburb built on captured land near Jerusalem, comes under nightly fire.
Moscow severed diplomatic relations with Jerusalem 23 years ago after Israel captured land from the Soviet Union's Arab alllies during the 1967 Middle East war.
From 1948 to 1967, when Israel captured land from the surrounding Arab states, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the Palestinian problem was depicted as one of refugees, not self-determination.
He even suggested that instead of Israel relinquishing captured land to make way for a Palestinian state, neighbouring countries such as Egypt should provide the space for a future Palestine.
Upgrade your resources, upgrade your drill building, and draft soldiers to have them stationed in your newly captured land to protect them from any invaders.
Under the rules of "belligerent occupation", Israel should not have mucked about during those 20 years with the status of the captured lands.
And two, is the U.S. policy against the annexation of captured lands in the Middle East an across-the-board policy with the U.S.? A. Upsetting?
This means that those seeking to establish Jewish towns and villages in the captured lands have benefited from generous government subsidies: personal income tax breaks, grants and loans for house purchases, bonuses for teachers.
That was hardly surprising; during campaigns of conquest that spread Ottoman rule over much of Arabia, Persia, North Africa and southern and eastern Europe, commanders were under orders to find the most skilled craftsmen in captured lands and send them to the Topkapi.
Count Paskevich's army was too big to sustain on food confiscated from captured lands.
Those captured lands include the Golan Heights (previously held by Syria); the West Bank and Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem (Jordan); the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula Egyptt).
