(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Yoni Ben Menachem - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has announced that the Palestinian Authority no longer accepts the division of the West Bank into three areas as stipulated by the Oslo Accords and that the entire territory belongs to the Palestinian state. Palestinian Minister of Local Government Majdi Saleh said the PA would issue building permits throughout the West Bank "without connection to the Israeli classifications [of the territory]." With these decisions, the PA is trying to unilaterally take over parts of the West Bank and establish facts on the ground - not through negotiations and in blatant violation of the Oslo Accords. The PA must not be allowed to establish facts on the ground that will affect the final status of the West Bank.
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