West Bank outposts spreading into Area B, in violation of Oslo Accords

19.02.2012                      26.Schwat. 5772

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West Bank outposts spreading into Area B, in violation of Oslo Accords

Area B is defined as land under Palestinian civil control and Israeli military control, according to Oslo Accords.

Settlers from West Bank outposts have taken control of land in Area B and are thus in breach of the 1995 Oslo agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, says Dror Etkes, an anti-settlement activist. Area B was defined in the Oslo Accords as land under Palestinian civil control and Israeli military control.
According to Etkes, who has monitored the settlements for years, the takeover of land in Area B is a combination of unbridled thievery by settlers and impotence on the part of the Israeli authorities. He says the Israeli side has turned the West Bank into an area where the strongest dominates….