West Bank - Wikipedia
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) that comprise the State ...
Occupied Palestinian territories - Wikipedia
The occupied Palestinian territories, also referred to as the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Palestinian territories, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip —two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.
Who is in charge of Gaza and the West Bank? | PBS News
2024年1月20日 · Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group...
West Bank | History, Population, Map, Settlements, & Facts
6 天之前 · The West Bank is an 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. The territory, excluding East Jerusalem, is also known within Israel by its biblical names, Judea and Samaria.
Ten maps to understand the occupied West Bank - Al Jazeera
2024年9月16日 · Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West Bank. Here are 10 maps showing how military control affects Palestinian lives. As Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people,...
What Is the West Bank and Who Controls It? - The New York Times
2024年8月28日 · Israeli troops raided two Palestinian cities on Aug. 28 in what they called an effort to tamp down rising militancy in the northern West Bank. The raids continued this week, with Palestinian...
How Israeli settlements are taking over the West Bank as Gaza …
2024年7月19日 · As Israel carries out a devastating war on Gaza, settlers are exploiting the lack of global attention on the occupied West Bank to expel Palestinians from their land there.
A simple guide to the West Bank - Al Jazeera
2024年8月31日 · Both Gaza and the West Bank were occupied by Israel in 1967 and remained so for decades, until Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005. Israel is still attacking Gaza, and has killed more than 40,000...
West Bank - The World Factbook
2024年12月29日 · mostly rugged, dissected upland in west, flat plains descending to Jordan River Valley to the east. arable land. (2013) 151 sq km; note - includes Gaza Strip.
Israeli Strike in West Bank Kills 3, Including Children
5 天之前 · More than 800 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since October 2023, in the wake of the Hamas-led attack that prompted the war in Gaza, according to the ...