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An enlargeable satellite image of State of Palestine, Israel and surrounding region The Palestine sunbird, native to Palestine Inflorescence of the terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus), a tree native to Palestine The Dead Sea on a rough day, with salt deposits on cliffs Colored postcard of the Jordan River by Karimeh Abbud circa 1925.
The State of Palestine (formerly the occupied Palestinian territories) comprise the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The boundaries, subject to future negotiations, are generally regarded by the international community as being defined by the Green Line .
Map of cities in Palestine. The following is the list of cities in Palestine.After the 1995 Interim Agreements, the Palestinian National Authority, which was renamed to the State of Palestine in 2013, took control of civil affairs in the West Bank Palestinian enclaves, designated Areas A and B, where most Palestinian population centers are located (and excluding those within the municipal ...
Palestine 1843: Hughes map: William Hughes: Shows the Ottoman administrative districts in detail, made for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Hughes had been producing popular maps of Palestine for almost a decade, notably in his 1840 Illuminated Atlas of Scripture geography. [53] Palestine 1849: Lynch map: William F. Lynch
Palestine, [i] officially the State of Palestine, [ii] [e] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia recognized by 146 out of 193 UN member states.It encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories, within the broader geographic and historical Palestine region.
But Arab countries and many Palestinians also suspect Israel might use this opportunity to force permanent demographic changes to wreck Palestinian demands for statehood in Gaza, the West Bank and ...
Middle East maps maintained by Dartmouth - one of the most diverse collections of historical and battlefield maps available. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas. A valuable collection of detailed Middle East maps. UNISPAL Palestine maps maintained by the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine.
It said it had deployed tens of thousands of soldiers in the area surrounding Gaza, a narrow strip that is home to 2.3 million Palestinians, and planned to evacuate all Israelis living around the ...