Secondly, it is only intended to cover "forcible" transfers and to protect the local population from displacement. Article 49(1)of the Convention specifically covers "or mass "forcible" transfers" whereas the Israelis who live in the settlements have moved there voluntarily, and argue that settlements are not intended to, nor have ever resulted in, the displacement of Palestinians from the area. However, Article 49(6) also prohibits Israel to 'transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies', which would cover the Israeli settlements.