Palestinian Autonomous Territories
PALESTINIAN AUTONOMOUS TERRITORIES
Those parts of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories (the West Bank and Gaza Strip) that, under the terms of the Oslo Accords and subsequent agreements, actually came under the control of the Palestinian Authority between 1994 and the Israeli reoccupation in 2002.
SEE ALSO Gaza Strip;Oslo Accords;West Bank.
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