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The Oslo Accords are defunct and Area A of the West Bank is under Israeli control, according to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Smotrich holds the finance portfolio, which gives him direct budget authority and economic policy levers that affect the West Bank directly.
The claim challenges the legal premise on which Palestinian administrative authority in Area A has rested.
The Oslo framework partitioned the West Bank into administrative zones, assigning Area A to Palestinian civil and security control.
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