To UN, 'Area C' is Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. But Israel seeks to change narrative over area's status
Pro-Israel NGOs and a government agency have been reaching out to foreign media over the use of"biased" grammar in describing the Israel-Palestine conflict, .
Pro-Israel NGOs and more recently a government agency are using email and social media to take aim at foreign media about their "biased" grammar when describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But peace talks collapsed and Israel now intends to annex its settlements and the Jordan Valley, which lie in Area C, and could set such plans in motion from July 1.
Viewing Area C now as Israeli territory "abuses the Oslo agreement", he told AFP, by turning something "interim" into something "forever". An Israeli government official recently told a European correspondent to abandon the phrase "occupied Palestinian territory".
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