Israel’s illegal settlements breach international law

Monique Walsh (Letters, Nov 5) illustrates the value of factual, rational debate, but only because her response is a series of omissions and gross misrepresentation.

One such omission is her failure to explain the administrative division, which split the West Bank into Areas A, B, and C, under the Oslo Accords. Oslo was an interim scenario leading to progressive devolution of land from Area C (Full Israeli control) to Areas A and B (Palestinian Control).

Eighteen years on, and the reality is untenable for the 180,000 Palestinians (5.8%, as opposed to 4%) who, thanks to a Kafkaesque permit system (in place by military edict), cannot access 80% of Area C.