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Jenin (/ ʒ ɪ ˈ n iː n / zhin-EEN; Arabic: جنين, romanized: Jinīn, locally pronounced [ʒɪˈniːn] ⓘ) is a city in the State of Palestine in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The city serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate of Palestine and is a major center for the surrounding towns. [ 2 ]
The Jenin Governorate (Arabic: محافظة جنين, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Ǧanīn) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It covers the northern extremity of the West Bank , including the area around the city of Jenin , which is the district capital or muhfaza of the district.
Area C forms a contiguous territory on 61% of the West Bank, and is administered solely by Israel via the Judea and Samaria Area administration. As of 2015, it is home to 150,000 Palestinians [3] in 532 residential areas, and roughly 400,000 Israelis [4] in 135 settlements and more than 100 unrecognized outposts.
A city in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jenin houses a crowded refugee camp by the same name with a population of some 14,000. Jenin has one of the highest rates of unemployment and ...
At least 40,000 Palestinians have left their homes in Jenin and the nearby city of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank since Israel began its operation just a day after reaching a ceasefire ...
The Jenin refugee camp was formally established in 1953 after a snowstorm had destroyed a previous refugee camp in the region. [1] The camp was established over 372 dunams of land that was leased to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for an extended period of time, [2] and was later expanded to 473 dunams (0.42 km 2).
Then on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed a tank platoon to Jenin – the first time tanks have been sent into the West Bank since 2002, during the Second Intifada, or uprising.
It is located mainly within the West Bank, partly along the 1949 Armistice line, or "Green Line" between the West Bank and Israel. The length of the barrier as approved by the Israeli government is 708 km (440 mi) long. [144] As of 2020, approximately 454 km (282 mi) have been constructed (64%).