Raja Shehadeh is a senior partner at the law firm of Aziz, Fuad and Raja Shehadehin Ramallah. His latest book, From occupation to Interim Accords: Israel and the Palestinian Territories, has just been published by Kluwer Law International.
The Oslo Accords consolidated the legal structure in the West Bank — comprising
local courts, military courts and tribunals, and Israeli civilian courts — that support
de facto annexation.