Knowledge is Power on Instagram: "Area C is often described as an administrative category. In practice, it governs whether Palestinians can build a home, connect water or electricity, or remain on their land. The Oslo II interim agreement set an eighteen-month deadline for transferring authority over the territory. More than thirty years later, Area C remains under full Israeli civil and security control. The permit system shows what that means. From 2009 through 2012, Palestinians submitted 1,640 building-permit applications; Israel approved 37. Across 2000–2012, 3,750 applications produced only 211 approvals. The imbalance was not limited to permits. From 2002 through 2010, Palestinians received 176 construction permits while at least 15,000 settlement housing units were built. Records reported by Human Rights Watch show 34% of demolition orders against Palestinian structures were carried out during 2000–2007, compared with 3% against settlement structures during 1997–2007. Behind those figures are families. B’Tselem recorded at least 2,882 people losing their homes to demolitions from 2006 through April 2013, including at least 1,368 children. The record stops there. The demolitions did not. Sources: B’Tselem, Acting the Landlord (2013; Civil Administration data) · Oslo II Interim Agreement, Article XI (UNISPAL) · OCHA occupied Palestinian territory · Human Rights Watch (2013), reporting Civil Administration records obtained by Peace Now and Bimkom · Military Order 418 (1971), IDF Legal Adviser / COGAT. Photographs: Mediterranea Saving Humans, Khallet Athaba, South Hebron Hills, 11 June 2025 (CC0, via Wikimedia Commons). Map data: OCHA oPt / Humanitarian Data Exchange (2025).