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🇵🇸 Israel to take full control of land registry in West Bank's Area C, cementing annexation | MEE
Israel’s cabinet has for the first time voted to take sole responsibility for land registration in #AreaC of the occupied West Bank, a decision that has been described as effective Israeli annexation of the majority of Palestinian land.
Under the 1995 #OsloAgreement, the West Bank was divided into three areas, with the Palestinian Authority (#PA) exerting limited control of areas A and B, while Israel took full control of Area C. The latter area forms 60 percent of total land in the territory.
On Sunday, the Israeli cabinet agreed that in Area C, Israel would now make all decisions about land, and any Palestinian efforts to recognise land using its own land registry would be legally void.
#Palestine #WestBank #Colonisation #Annexation #Apartheid
Israel’s cabinet has for the first time voted to take sole responsibility for land registration in #AreaC of the occupied West Bank, a decision that has been described as effective Israeli annexation of the majority of Palestinian land.
Under the 1995 #OsloAgreement, the West Bank was divided into three areas, with the Palestinian Authority (#PA) exerting limited control of areas A and B, while Israel took full control of Area C. The latter area forms 60 percent of total land in the territory.
On Sunday, the Israeli cabinet agreed that in Area C, Israel would now make all decisions about land, and any Palestinian efforts to recognise land using its own land registry would be legally void.
#Palestine #WestBank #Colonisation #Annexation #Apartheid