A former advisor to a defense minister on settlement, Kobi Eliraz, who was suddenly fired by the prime minister, announced the State of Israel must begin to actualize its sovereignty over areas ‘C’ throughout Yehuda and Shomron. “Soon there will be a [PA] government” he adds.
“I have discovered findings that should concern us significantly”, Eliraz told Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) on Wednesday morning. “The PA (Palestinian Authority), with intent and the support of European nations, are taking over the area”. He warns, “The State of Israel must begin to actualize governance in Area ‘C’ and if that does not happen, in 15 years, there will be nothing to trade.
“The open area, close to 2 million dunam (500,000 acres), are being trampled and taken on a daily basis. Even illegal construction is massive and the same with agriculture. These are areas where the Palestinians have never been present, not registered to anyone – [and] today it is enough that a farmer plows for ten years and the land disappears because he claims ownership”.
Under the Oslo Accords, Areas ‘C’ are under exclusive Israeli control. Areas ‘B’ are under Israeli security control while the PA controls other matters and areas ‘A’ are under exclusive PA control.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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BIBI is got to go
Run over these UN hacks with tanks.
The Oslo accords have been cancelled by the PA. So, Israel should recapture/reclaim all of the territories they were willing to offer in the process. What do they know about the Trump deal, and should that become the new de-facto lines of accomadation? It doesn’t seem that the PA is interested in real peace, just a gradual, but persistent march toward claiming all of E”Y. Until there are real peace partners, Israel should hold onto all of the territories, administer them, secure them, and hold the PA and its co-horts criminally responsible for any violations.