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Palestine – country in the Middle East, politically under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian government and the Hamas Government in Gaza. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988 and the consequent admission into UN as an observer state in 2012, Palestine is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries. [ 1 ]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza Strip قطاع غزة Palestinian flag Location of the Gaza Strip within the claimed territory of the State of Palestine Status Claimed by the State of Palestine [a] Under the Palestinian National Authority according to the Oslo Accords Regarded as an Israeli-occupied territory due to the Gaza ...
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.
Between 1967 and 1993, the Gaza Strip was under Israeli military administration. In March 1979, Egypt renounced all claims to the Gaza Strip in the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. Since the Israel–Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition of 1993, the Gaza Strip came under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority.
The first triangulation-based map of Palestine, it was used as the basis for many most maps of the region until the PEF Survey in the 1870s. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] It is considered flawed, primarily since it included a significant number of incorrect or imagined details, which had been “added to the map ad libitum where the French had not been able to ...
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 location: Gaza Strip: Spatial reference system: WGS84: Archival data: Notes: Made with ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator, projections are: TOP: 34.3988181°E 31.6318475°N; LEFT: 34.0830074°E 31.3969423°N; BOTTOM: 34.3798471°E 31.1787763°N; RIGHT: 34.6627377°E 31.4198191°N (if you can figure out how they work)
Köppen-Geiger climate classification map for Palestine. The climate in the West Bank is mostly Mediterranean, slightly cooler at elevated areas compared with the shoreline, west to the area. In the east, the West Bank includes much of the Judean Desert, including the western shoreline of the Dead Sea, characterised by dry and hot climate.