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Bank of the West was an American financial institution headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. It had more than 600 branches and offices in the ...
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.
Israel's economy was 10 times larger than the West Bank's on the eve of the occupation but had experienced two years of recession. The West Bank's population stood between 585,500 and 803,600 and, while under Jordanian rule, accounted for 40% of Jordan's GNP, [31] with an annual growth rate of 6–8%. [32]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli security forces have expanded a military operation to Nur Shams in the West Bank, a military spokesperson said on Sunday, announcing the expansion of a military ...
Israel first took control of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, the region's three Palestinian territories, in the 1967 Six-Day War. Since then, ...
An American woman, Aysenur Egzi Eygi, was killed in the occupied West Bank on Friday as Israeli forces appeared to withdraw from other parts of the territory amid a sweeping operation.
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said it marks a shift in the IDF's security plan in the West Bank and was “the first lesson from the method of repeated raids in Gaza”, [40] later clarifying that Israeli forces planned to maintain a long-term military presence in Jenin beyond the raid's conclusion. [41]
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hamas says one of its commanders in the occupied West Bank was killed in a clash with Israeli forces. In a statement released late Monday, Hamas said Mohammed Jaber Abdo ...