West Bank | History, Population, Map, Settlements, & Facts
WEB5 days ago · 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.
West Bank - Wikipedia
WEBAs of October 2007, around 23,000 Palestinians in the West Bank worked in Israel every day, while another 9,200 worked in Israeli settlements. In addition, around 10,000 Palestinian traders from the West Bank were allowed to travel every day into Israel. [213]
Explainer: Israel, annexation and the West Bank - BBC
WEBJun 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...
The West Bank reaches a boiling point as the world focuses on …
WEBAug 29, 2024 · The West Bank, a territory that lies between Israel and Jordan, is home to 3.3 million Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation as well as hundreds of thousands of Jewish...
What to Know About the West Bank and Israel’s Offensive - The …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Israel struck back by recapturing major Palestinian cities in the West Bank in devastating battles with militants.
Gaza, Lebanon, West Bank: Why Is Israel Fighting So Many Wars?
WEBAug 31, 2024 · In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the military has been raiding and striking militant groups in several Palestinian cities, killing about 600 people since October, in the deadliest campaign in...
Israel approves largest West Bank land seizure in three decades ... - CNN
WEBJul 4, 2024 · CNN — Israel’s government has approved a large land seizure in the occupied West Bank – the biggest since the 1993 Oslo Accords set out a path for peace between Israel and the Palestinians,...
Top UN court says Israeli occupation of West Bank and East ... - CNN
WEBJul 19, 2024 · The United Nations’ top court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, in an unprecedented opinion that called on Israel to end its decades-long...
Who is in charge of Gaza and the West Bank? | PBS News
WEBJan 20, 2024 · Israel officially controls only Area C of the West Bank in full, implementing policy through its Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which also liaises with the PA.
Israel's borders explained in maps - BBC
WEBOct 11, 2023 · The biggest change to Israel's frontiers came in 1967, when the conflict known as the Six Day War left Israel in occupation of the Sinai peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem...