{{Reflist|30em}}Sebagian besar negara-negara berdaulat adalah negara ''[[de jure]]'' dan ''[[de facto]]'' (yaitu, mereka yang ada baik dalam hukum maupun dalam kenyataan). Namun, suatu negara dapat diakui hanya sebagai negara'' de jure yang''dalam hal ini diakui sebagai pemerintah yang sah dari sebuah wilayah di mana ia tidak memiliki kontrol sebenarnya. Sebagai contoh, selama [[Perang Dunia II|Perang Dunia Kedua]], [[Pemerintahan dalam pengasingan|pemerintah dalam pengasingan]] dari sejumlah negara-negara Eropa kontinental terus menikmati hubungan diplomatik dengan [[Blok Sekutu (Perang Dunia II)|Sekutu]], terlepas bahwa negara mereka berada di bawah pendudukan Nazi. [[Organisasi Pembebasan Palestina|OPP]] dan [[Otoritas Nasional Palestina|Otoritas Palestina]] mengklaim bahwa [[Negara Palestina]] adalah sebuah negara berdaulat, klaim yang telah [[Pengakuan internasional terhadap Negara Palestina|diakui oleh sebagian besar negara]], meskipun wilayah yang diklaim tersebut secara ''de facto ''berada di bawah kendali [[Israel]].[./Sovereign_state#cite_note-israel-36 <span class="mw-reflink-text"><nowiki>[36]</nowiki></span>]{{#tag:ref|Israel allows the [[Palestinian National Authority|PNA]] to execute some functions in the [[Palestinian territories]], depending on [[Administrative divisions of the Oslo Accords|special area classification]]. Israel maintains [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|minimal interference]] (retaining control of borders: [[National airspace|air]],<ref name="GazaSeaAir">[[B'Tselem]] - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories: [http://www.btselem.org/english/Gaza_Strip/Control_on_Air_space_and_territorial_waters.asp Israel's control of the airspace and the territorial waters of the Gaza Strip], Retrieved 2012-03-24.</ref> sea [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea#UNCLOS III|beyond internal waters]],<ref name="GazaSeaAir"/><ref>[http://dissidentvoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Gaza-map-08s-fishing-limits-20090119.jpg Map of Gaza fishing limits, "security zones"]</ref> [[European Union Border Assistance Mission Rafah|land]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/Israels+Disengagement+Plan-+Renewing+the+Peace+Process+Apr+2005.htm Israel's Disengagement Plan: Renewing the Peace Process] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302014936/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace%20Process/Guide%20to%20the%20Peace%20Process/Israels%20Disengagement%20Plan-%20Renewing%20the%20Peace%20Process%20Apr%202005.htm |date=2007-03-02 }}: "Israel will guard the perimeter of the Gaza Strip, continue to control Gaza air space, and continue to patrol the sea off the Gaza coast. ... Israel will continue to maintain its essential military presence to prevent arms smuggling along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt ([[Philadelphi Route]]), until the security situation and cooperation with Egypt permit an alternative security arrangement."</ref>) in the [[Gaza strip]] and maximum in "[[Administrative divisions of the Oslo Accords|Area C]]".<ref>{{Cite web | last = Gold | first = Dore |author2=Institute for Contemporary Affairs | title = Legal Acrobatics: The Palestinian Claim that Gaza is Still "Occupied" Even After Israel Withdraws | work = Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 5, No. 3 | publisher = Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
| date = 26 August 2005 | url = http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief005-3.htm | accessdate = 2010-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| last = Bell | first = Abraham | title = International Law and Gaza: The Assault on Israel's Right to Self-Defense
