after series of brutal battles in which tens of thousands of palestinians fled, and ermistice was establishedday and is the core of the ongoing struggle. in an effort to find resolution, series of secret talks took place in oslow norway in 1993. the result was a plan to divide the west bank. into three areas: a, b, and c. area a, the major cities such as romala and janin would fall under palestinian civil and political control. area b would be jointly controlled, these areas being mostly areas containing medium-sized communities, and area c would be the rural areas, primarily the jordan valley. under the accords, this division of land was to exist for five years, during which time final status agreement would be drawn. this agreement, however has never come about, and the division of land is still very much in place. and the palestinian population is constantly reminded of that fact. really for palestinians in area c, that the way that israel treats them as hostile population, it makes them their lives as difficult as possible. most of the population and areas see palestinian population are r