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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).
1 day ago · Israeli police clashed with Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank as they dismantled an illegal settler outpost early on Wednesday, according to video footage of the police operation seen by ...
3 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. The territory, excluding East Jerusalem, is also known within Israel by its biblical names, Judaea and Samaria.
6 days ago · Palestinians seek the West Bank as the heart of a future state, but it has been occupied by Israel since the Six Day war in 1967. Over the past half-century, Israel has built more than 130 ...
2 days ago · Steven Erlanger reported from three refugee camps in the northern West Bank, including Tulkarm and Jenin, where the Israeli military has been conducting regular raids. July 1, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET ...
3 days ago · Israel has sparked condemnation after the finance minister announced plans to legally recognize five unauthorized Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. As CNN has reported, the Israeli ...
Jun 25, 2020 · What is the West Bank? It is a chunk of land located - as the name suggests - on the west bank of the River Jordan and bounded by Israel to the north, west and south. To its east lies Jordan.
6 days ago · Israel's hard-line finance minister said on Thursday that the government would promote West Bank settlements and punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority in response to Palestinian ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Israeli far-right politicians, Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and Bezalel Smotrich, have long worked to control more of the occupied West Bank [File: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP]
3 days ago · The occupied West Bank has experienced a surge in violence since the war in Gaza erupted in October. The Palestinian Health Ministry says over 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the start of the war. Most have been killed during Israeli raids and violent protests. The dead also include bystanders and Palestinians killed in attacks by Jewish settlers.
