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The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية, romanized: aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; Hebrew: הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית, romanized: HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip).
6 days ago · West Bank, area of the former British-mandated (1920–47) territory of Palestine west of the Jordan River, claimed from 1949 to 1988 as part of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan but occupied from 1967 by Israel.
Jun 6, 2024 · Elisha Yered, an Israeli settler and leading figure with the Hilltop Youth, poses for a portrait in a makeshift clubhouse on a hilltop near the settlement of Maskiot in the northern West Bank, Sunday, May 12, 2024. Yered was sanctioned by the EU and Britain but said nothing will stop his plans to expand.
6 days ago · Palestinians living in Ramallah, the West Bank's largest city, say they are trapped, unable to travel because of settler violence and checkpoints.
6 days ago · Throughout the West Bank, incidents of settler violence against Palestinians jumped in the aftermath of Oct. 7, according to the U.N., who have recorded nearly 950 attacks as of June 2024.
Jun 25, 2020 · The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but decades of difficult on-off talks between Israel and the Palestinians - both of whom assert rights there - have...
1 day ago · Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said in May that Israel should approve 10,000 settlements in the West Bank, establish a new settlement for every country that recognizes a ...
Dec 21, 2021 · Inhabited since at least the 15th century B.C., the West Bank has been dominated by many different peoples throughout its history; it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century.
West Bank, Territory west of the Jordan River and east of Jerusalem. Area: 2,183 sq mi (5,655 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 4,137,000. It is known within Israel by its biblical names, Judaea and Samaria. It is a region with deep history, forming the heart of historic Palestine.
Jun 6, 2024 · The West Bank, home to 2.8 million Palestinians and 670,000 Israeli settlers, is under Israeli military occupation with the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority exercising limited self ...
