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Is PA halting all agreements with Israel another toothless decision?

The Palestinian Authority will stop abiding by the 1995 Oslo II agreement with regard to the classification of areas in the West Bank at the administrative and security levels. But what does this mean for Palestinians?
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh gestures during an interview with Reuters in his office in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta - RC1F5B253D70
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced during a Cabinet meeting in Ramallah July 22 that the Palestinian government will stop abiding by the 1995 Oslo II agreement with regard to the classification of areas in the West Bank at the administrative and security levels. This comes in response to Israel’s recent demolition of buildings in the West Bank adjacent to East Jerusalem that are under Palestinian Authority (PA) control as per the Oslo Accord.

“Most of the buildings that were demolished and threatened to be demolished fall within areas classified as A and B under the PA administrative control. With this attack, the Israeli occupation forces abolished the areas’ classifications and we will do the same. Israel has violated the signed international agreements,” Shtayyeh said.

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