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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) that make up the State of Palestine.
Tell Balata (Arabic: تل بلاطة) is an archaeological site in the West Bank near Nablus, Palestine, that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite and Israelite [1] city, identified since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. [2]
Gaza Strip with Israeli-controlled borders and limited fishing zone, as of December 2012 Map of the West Bank, May 2021, showing Palestinian (green) and Israeli control. The international community regards the Palestinian territories, meaning the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, as territories occupied by Israel.
name = the West Bank Name used in the default map caption; image = West Bank location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 32.705 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 30.9 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 34 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 35.794
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.
The West Bank barrier, West Bank wall or the West Bank separation barrier, [1] [2] is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank. Israel describes the wall as a necessary security barrier against Palestinian political violence; whereas Palestinians describe it as an element of racial segregation ...
area of West Bank back to correct position: 02:02, 28 April 2009: 639 × 736 (109 KB) Fjmustak: 0.85px solid governorate lines (consistent with Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, etc...) 18:58, 22 April 2009: 639 × 736 (98 KB) NordNordWest: corr: 02:02, 17 April 2009: 638 × 734 (119 KB) Fjmustak: Added governorate boundaries: 18:30, 29 November 2008: ...
(public domain) in which the three Occupied Territories, the West Bank, Gaza, and Golon, are given the same brown color as Israel's neighboring countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. ChrisO colors the West Bank, Gaza, and Golon light green and renames the map "Israel and the Occupied Territories." However Golon is Syrian, not Palestinian.