The Palestinian Authority

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The Palestinian Authority (PA) was established based on the Oslo Agreements. The PA acquired some control over the areas A and B of the West Bank as well as on the Gaza Strip.

To Wikipedia and more information about the Palestinian Authority

Read more about the Oslo Agreement and areas A, B and C

Legal discussions on the status of the occupied Palestinian territory, which followed the establishment of the PA, focused on the PA’s level of control. Some argued that in these areas controlled by the PA, Israel was not obliged to follow the laws of occupation since it no longer had effective control over them.

The re-invasion by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) of these areas during the second intifada (uprising) of 2000 reinforced the fact that Israel continues to have effective control over the oPt and therefore, according to international law, the areas are still occupied.

Read more about the laws of occupation and the term effective control

 

The Oslo Agreements

The Oslo Agreements - map

Map of the West Bank according to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on West Bank and the Gaza Strip, 28 September 1995.

Read more

To PASSIA (Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, Jerusalem) where you find the map in a larger format

 

 

Revised: 17/10/2006 Ingela Karlsson ingela.karlsson@diakonia.se

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