Israel's move to legalise settlements in Area B of the occupied West Bank is viewed by experts as a step towards annexation, undermining the Oslo Accords and displacing hundreds of families.
Israel's move to legalise settlements in Area B of the occupied West Bank is viewed by experts as a step towards annexation, undermining the Oslo Accords and displacing hundreds of families.Israeli army carried out 194 demolitions, mostly residential buildings, in the West Bank in the first five months of 2024. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Smotrich's plan includes stripping the PA of executive powers in the southern West Bank and applying Israeli law in Area B, which is under Palestinian civil and administrative control. When Israel announced its annexation of Jerusalem in 1980, it did not grant Israeli citizenship to its Palestinian residents. Instead, it gave them blue-coloured Israeli IDs that served as permanent residency permits.
He said the purpose of applying the law to archaeological sites is to demolish any Palestinian building near the sites, be it old buildings, tombs or Islamic monuments.Abu Siba said Israeli archaeological organisations classified the sites and added them as annexes to the Oslo Accords, adding that hundreds of houses are expected to be demolished under Smotrich's plan.
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