Summary
The populated West Bank areas delineated by a red line and shaded in brown on map No. 1 to the Interim Agreement, in which the Palestinian Council assumes internal security and public order on completion of the first-phase redeployment in each district (Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (28 September 1995), PDF p.9-10).
Details
- Land in Area A, including government and Al Waqf land, comes under the Council’s jurisdiction during the first phase of redeployment, with all civil powers and responsibilities including planning and zoning transferred in that phase (PDF p.8-9).
- Jewish holy sites in Area A listed in Appendix 4 are protected by the Palestinian Police, with a Joint Mobile Unit on the access routes and Israeli plainclothes guards inside the sites (PDF p.32).
- On other roads, vehicles bearing Israeli license plates may be stopped by the Palestinian Police in Area A for identification checks only (PDF p.51).
Related pages
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (28 September 1995), Area B, Area C, Interim Agreement, West Bank