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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Area C in blue and light blue. East Jerusalem in red Area C is the fully Israeli-controlled territory in Judea and Samaria, defined as the whole area outside the Palestinian enclaves (Areas A and B). Area C constitutes about 61 percent of the West Bank territory, containing most Israeli settlements ...
Area C forms a contiguous territory on 61% of the West Bank, and is administered solely by Israel via the Judea and Samaria Area administration. As of 2015, it is home to 150,000 Palestinians [ 3 ] in 532 residential areas, and roughly 400,000 Israelis [ 4 ] in 135 settlements and more than 100 unrecognized outposts .
According to OCHA there are about 300,000 Palestinians in Area C [21] (B'tselem estimates between 180 and 300,000) [22] compared to some 2.8 million in Areas A and B. [23] The Jewish Home party's official position is in support of annexing Area C alone, although some of its MKs support annexation of the entire West Bank. [5]
In that zone, known as Area C, Israel has full control. The PA administers civil affairs and internal security in a zone known as Area A, amounting to about a fifth of the territory and including ...
Israel (Areas B and C) [f] Israel: Hamas and Israel [c] Israel considers it part of its territory: No: No: Yes, as part of the Northern District, by the Golan Heights Law: De jure no, but de facto Israelis are allowed to live in settlements within Area C, as a part of the Judea and Samaria Area [g] [h] Yes, as undivided Jerusalem by the ...
[56] [59] With the Oslo Accords, Israel negotiated with the Palestine Liberation Organization a provisory agreement which left the latter some autonomy in Area A, mixed regulation of Area B, and total Israeli administration of the largest zone, Area C. Israel retains a right to operate militarily in all three zones, [60] but security issues ...
While the international community considers the West Bank to be a territory held by Israel under military occupation, [36] it is regarded by Israeli authorities as one of its administrative regions; [37] the Israeli government term for the district encompassing Israeli administratively controlled Jewish-majority civilian areas of Area C of the ...
While settlements represent a single axis of control, it is the largest with 68% of the Area C lands reserved for the settlements. The report goes on to calculate that access to the lands and resources of Area C, including the territory in and around settlements, would increase the Palestinian GDP by some $3.5 billion (or 35%) per year. [236]