Editing West Bank (section)

===Israeli Military Governorate and Civil Administration===
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In June 1967, the West Bank and East Jerusalem were captured by Israel as a result of the [[Six-Day War]]. With the exception of East Jerusalem and the former [[No man's land (West Bank)#Israel–Jordan|Israeli–Jordanian no man's land]], the West Bank was not annexed by Israel. It remained under [[Israeli Military Governorate|Israeli military control]] until 1982.

The [[1974 Arab League summit]] resolution at [[Rabat]] designated the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people". Jordan did not officially relinquish its claim to the area until 1988,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWhgIe3Hq98C&pg=PA247 |title=The Palestine Yearbook of International Law 1987-1988 |editor=Anis F. Kassim |year=1988 |page=247 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn=978-90-411-0341-3 |access-date=25 November 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303182150/https://books.google.com/books?id=DWhgIe3Hq98C&pg=PA247 |url-status=live }}</ref> when it severed all administrative and legal ties with the West Bank and eventually stripped West Bank Palestinians of Jordanian citizenship.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=asQryfnCVsEC&pg=PA196 |title=Israel, the Hashemites, and the Palestinians: The fateful triangle |editor=Efraim Karsh |editor2=P. R. Kumaraswamy |year=2003 |page=196 |isbn=978-0-7146-5434-8 |last1=Karsh |first1=Efraim |last2=Kumaraswamy |first2=P. R.|publisher=Psychology Press }}</ref>

In 1982, as a result of the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]], the direct military rule was transformed into a [[Israeli Civil Administration|semi-civil authority]], operating directly under the Israeli Ministry of Defense, taking control of civil matters of Palestinians from the IDF to civil servants in the Ministry of Defense. The Israeli settlements were administered as [[Judea and Samaria Area]], directly by Israel.

Since the 1993 [[Oslo Accords]], the [[Palestinian Authority]] officially controls a geographically non-contiguous territory comprising approximately 11% of the West Bank, known as [[Palestinian enclaves|Area A]], which remains subject to Israeli incursions. Area B, approximately 28%, is subject to joint Israeli-Palestinian military and Palestinian civil control. [[Area C (West Bank)|Area C]], approximately 61%, is under full Israeli control. Though 164 nations refer to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as "[[Israeli-occupied territories|Occupied Palestinian Territory]]",<ref name="UNGeneva Convention">{{cite web |title=Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories |publisher=United Nations |date=17 December 2003 |url=http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/97360ee7a29e68a085256df900723485/d6f5d7049734efff85256e1200677754 |access-date=27 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603050844/http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/97360ee7a29e68a085256df900723485/d6f5d7049734efff85256e1200677754 |archive-date=3 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="ICRCGeneva Convention">{{cite web |title=Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross |publisher=[[International Committee of the Red Cross]] |date=5 December 2001 |url=http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/5fldpj.htm |access-date=27 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207175611/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/5fldpj.htm |archive-date=7 February 2011}}</ref> the state of Israel quotes the UN that only territories captured in war from "an established and recognized sovereign" are considered occupied territories.<ref name="GovILDisputed Territories">{{cite web |url=http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA-Archive/2003/Pages/DISPUTED%20TERRITORIES-%20Forgotten%20Facts%20About%20the%20We.aspx |title=Disputed Territories: Forgotten Facts about the West Bank and Gaza Strip |publisher=Israeli government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821162131/http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA-Archive/2003/Pages/DISPUTED%20TERRITORIES-%20Forgotten%20Facts%20About%20the%20We.aspx |archive-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>

After the [[Battle of Gaza (2007)|2007 split]] between [[Fatah]] and [[Hamas]], the West Bank areas under [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian control]] are an exclusive part of the Palestinian Authority. The [[Gaza Strip]] is [[Hamas Government in Gaza|ruled by Hamas]].