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Area A (full civil and security control by the Palestinian Authority): circa 3% of the West Bank, exclusive East-Jerusalem (first phase, 1995). [80] [81] In 2011: 18%. [82] [83] This area includes all Palestinian cities and their surrounding areas, with no Israeli settlements. Entry into this area is forbidden to all Israeli citizens.
The Palestinian Authority (current de facto control in red) was created to exert partial civil control in the West Bank enclaves and in the Gaza Strip. [1] The Gaza Strip (in light red) is de jure under the Palestinian Authority [2] and de facto under the administration of the Hamas government since 2007.
The West Bank closure system is a series of obstacles including permanent and partially staffed checkpoints, concrete roadblocks and barriers, metal gates, earth mounds, tunnels, trenches, and an elaborate set of permit restrictions that controls and restricts Palestinian freedom of movement.
The Palestinian Authority lost control of Gaza to Hamas in 2007. That has left the Palestinian Authority in charge of roughly 40% of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Its powers are largely ...
After decades of conflict, the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority was created in 1994 following the agreements of the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel. Under the agreements, the PA was allowed to exercise partial civil control over the West Bank's Palestinian enclaves and over the Gaza Strip. [28] [29]
Israelis are barred from entering Palestinian areas of the West Bank, but can drive across Israel and throughout the 60% of the West Bank that Israel controls. Palestinians need permission from ...
Map of cities in Palestine. The following is a list of cities administered by the Palestinian National Authority.After the 1995 Interim Agreements, the Palestinian National Authority took control of civil affairs in the West Bank Palestinian enclaves, designated Areas A and B, where most Palestinian population centers are located (and excluding those within the municipal borders of East ...
Area C (excluding East Jerusalem), which along with Area B is under Israeli military control since June 1967, is home to roughly 400,000 Israeli settlers, [5] and approximately 300,000 Palestinians, who live in more than 500 residential areas located partially or fully in Area C. [6] The Jewish population in Area C is administered by the ...