Israel Is Building Army Base in Jenin, Flouting 1990s Pact With Palestinians

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Israel is constructing a military base in Jenin, a Palestinian city in the West Bank, in what critics say violates the 1993 Oslo Accords that prohibited such permanent Israeli installations in areas designated for Palestinian self-governance. The base, according to observers, would shield expanded Israeli settlement activity near Palestinian towns and represents a significant departure from decades-old agreements meant to separate Israeli and Palestinian territorial control. Palestinian leaders and international analysts view the project as foreclosing the possibility of a future two-state solution by cementing Israeli military presence in areas meant to be under Palestinian authority.