Oslo II divides the West Bank into Areas A, B and C — Key Events — Levant

What happened

The Israeli–Palestinian Interim Agreement, signed in Washington, divides the West Bank into Area A (Palestinian civil and security control), Area B (Palestinian civil, Israeli security control) and Area C (Israeli civil and security control), with further Israeli redeployments that were never completed. It sets up joint security and civil coordination.

Area C — roughly 60 per cent of the West Bank by commonly cited measures — remains under full Israeli control three decades on, and is where land registration, planning, demolition and settlement decisions are taken. The A/B/C map is formally in force and de facto eroded; the module records both facts.

Confidence: High

When28 Sep 1995

KindPolitical · Territorial change

ArenaWest Bank & Jerusalem

Confidence: High Sources: Treaty and agreement texts — Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and neighbours ↗ · Established historical record Methodology Corrections

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Political2026-10-12Which Israeli legal and administrative acts that change how West Bank land is administered take effect?Baseline

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