According to Israeli activist watchdog groups such as Regavim, during the last five years, illegal Palestinian settlements and infrastructure have sprawled across more than 9,000 dunams in more than 250 Area C locations, supported by more than 600 kilometers of illegally constructed access roads and more than 112,000 meters of retaining walls and terracing.
In exasperation, one military spokesman close to the Area C files estimated "Close to 10,000" illegal construction efforts are now underway-adding they feel "Powerless to stop them."
Under the complex Oslo Accords, the "West Bank" is divided into three separate administrative zones, Areas A, B and C. Area A is reserved for Palestinian civil and administrative control and seats the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.
To create a de facto Palestinian State without further negotiation or even diplomatic consultation with the Israelis, European countries, individually and through the EU, have pumped hundreds of millions of euros annually into scores of illegal state-building and related projects-called Area C "Interventions." Just one cluster of the "European Union Area C Development Programme" boasts a €300 million annual commitment, and within three years, is budgeted to reach about €1.5 billion.
The Area C Palestinian boom advances without any coordination with Israelis about land use, security, environmental impacts, or close proximity to Jewish villages.
Most of new Area C settlements are not natural Arab urban growth or urban sprawl.
As Area C dynamics become clearer, still murky is the source and route of the diverse European funding that enables this confrontation.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274665/whos-funding-illegal-palestinian-settlements-area-edwin-black
In exasperation, one military spokesman close to the Area C files estimated "Close to 10,000" illegal construction efforts are now underway-adding they feel "Powerless to stop them."
Under the complex Oslo Accords, the "West Bank" is divided into three separate administrative zones, Areas A, B and C. Area A is reserved for Palestinian civil and administrative control and seats the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.
To create a de facto Palestinian State without further negotiation or even diplomatic consultation with the Israelis, European countries, individually and through the EU, have pumped hundreds of millions of euros annually into scores of illegal state-building and related projects-called Area C "Interventions." Just one cluster of the "European Union Area C Development Programme" boasts a €300 million annual commitment, and within three years, is budgeted to reach about €1.5 billion.
The Area C Palestinian boom advances without any coordination with Israelis about land use, security, environmental impacts, or close proximity to Jewish villages.
Most of new Area C settlements are not natural Arab urban growth or urban sprawl.
As Area C dynamics become clearer, still murky is the source and route of the diverse European funding that enables this confrontation.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274665/whos-funding-illegal-palestinian-settlements-area-edwin-black
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