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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]
Days into the Gaza ceasefire, the head of Israel's Shin Bet security service has signalled that the country's focus is switching to Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank. Ronen Bar ...
The eastern limit of the West Bank is the border with Jordan. The Israel–Jordan peace treaty defined that border as the international border, and Jordan renounced all claims to territory west of it. The border segment between Jordan and the West Bank was left undefined pending a definitive agreement on the status of the territory. [62]
Israel’s military carried out raids and airstrikes in multiple parts of the occupied West Bank early Wednesday, killing at least 11 Palestinians in an offensive Israel says is its most expansive ...
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said in May that Israel should approve 10,000 settlements in the West Bank, establish a new settlement for every country that recognizes a ...
The Supreme Court of Israel has ruled that Israel is holding the West Bank under "belligerent occupation". [8] [9] However, successive Israeli governments have preferred the term "disputed territories" in the case of the West Bank, [10] [11] and Israel likewise maintains that the West Bank is disputed territory. [12]
Israel has published plans for one of its proposed new settlements in the occupied West Bank, finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday, upping the ante a day before planned new Gaza ...
Since 21 January 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted a large-scale military operation, which it has titled "Iron Wall" [d], against Palestinian militants in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel's operation initially only targeted the Jenin Brigades, a local Palestinian militia in Jenin, [29] but has spread to Tulkarm and other ...