Area C (West Bank)

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Area C (West Bank) is the largest portion of the West Bank under full Israeli civil and military control, encompassing Israeli settlements, strategic land reserves, and much of the region’s open and agricultural areas.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division under military occupation ⓘ
territorial subdivision ⓘ
borders Area A (West Bank) ⓘ
Area B (West Bank) ⓘ
claimedBy State of Palestine ⓘ
contains Israeli settlement outposts ⓘ
large portions of the West Bank’s agricultural land ⓘ
most Israeli settlements in the West Bank ⓘ
most of the West Bank’s open areas ⓘ
strategic land reserves for Israeli settlement expansion ⓘ
createdAsPartOf Oslo peace process ⓘ
linked to: Oslo Accords
createdBy Oslo II Accord ⓘ
linked to: Oslo Accords
dateEstablished 1995 ⓘ
designatedFor issues to be negotiated in final status talks under Oslo framework ⓘ
disputedBy State of Palestine ⓘ
governedBy Israeli civil law for Israeli settlers ⓘ
Israeli military law for Palestinians ⓘ
hasArea about 3,300 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 60 percent of the West Bank ⓘ
hasCharacteristic full Israeli administrative control ⓘ
full Israeli security control ⓘ
non-contiguous territorial areas ⓘ
hasPopulation Israeli settlers ⓘ
Palestinian residents ⓘ
includes E1 area near Jerusalem ⓘ
Jordan Valley (large parts) ⓘ
linked to: Jordan Valley

South Hebron Hills (large parts) ⓘ
areas around Ma’ale Adumim settlement bloc ⓘ
landUse agriculture ⓘ
grazing ⓘ
military training zones ⓘ
nature reserves ⓘ
settlement construction ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Middle East ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
partOf West Bank ⓘ
recognizedBy Oslo II Accord as area under full Israeli control ⓘ
status disputed territory (Israeli government position) ⓘ
occupied territory under international law (widely held view) ⓘ
subjectOf Israeli–Palestinian conflict ⓘ
United Nations resolutions and reports ⓘ
human rights organization reports ⓘ
international diplomatic negotiations ⓘ
subjectTo Israeli planning and zoning regime ⓘ
Israeli security jurisdiction ⓘ
underCivilControlOf Israeli Civil Administration ⓘ
underControlOf Israel ⓘ
underMilitaryControlOf Israel Defense Forces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palestinian territories → contains → Area C (West Bank) ⓘ
Israel Border Police → jurisdiction → West Bank (Area C and certain areas of Area B) ⓘ
linked to: Area C (West Bank)
Husan → locatedIn → Area C (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Area C (West Bank)
Area A (West Bank) → contrastedWith → Area C (West Bank) ⓘ
Area B (West Bank) → contrastedWith → Area C (West Bank) ⓘ
Al-Arroub refugee camp → locatedIn → Area C (partly, under Oslo Accords) ⓘ
linked to: Area C (West Bank)
Ariel → governedBy → Israeli Civil Administration (overall area) ⓘ
linked to: Area C (West Bank)
Oslo II territorial division → grantsSecurityControlTo → Israel in Area C ⓘ
linked to: Area C (West Bank)
South Hebron Hills → hasAreaClassification → Area C (Oslo Accords) ⓘ
linked to: Area C (West Bank)