West Bank
The West Bank or Judaeo-Samaria and Gaza is a piece of land in the Middle East. It touches the Dead Sea and the Jordan. The landscape is hills or (semi) desert. The weather in the summer is hot and dry. It is cooler and rainy in the winter. Some Israelis and other nations disagree on whose it really is. Since 1990 there are talks between 'Israel' and the Palestinians about what will happen in West Bank and Gaza in the future. Most people on the West Bank are Palestinians but there are also so many illegal colonial Jewish-"Israelis" in settlements.
|
الضفة الغربية הגדה המערבית or يهودا والسامرة وغزة יְהוּדָה-שׁ(וֹ)מְר(וֹ)ן עַזָּה | |
|---|---|
| West-Bank/Judaeo-Samaria and Gaza | |
.svg) Location of the West Bank/Judaeo-Samaria (and Gaza) within the claimed territory of the State of Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°00′N 35°21′E / 32.000°N 35.350°ECoordinates: 32°00′N 35°21′E / 32.000°N 35.350°E | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,655 km2 (2,183 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,949,246 (est., July 2021)[a] |
| Languages | Arabic, Hebrew |
| Religion | Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Samaritanism |
| Currency | Israeli shekel (ILS) Jordanian dinar (JOD) |
The International community considers 'Israeli'-Jewish colonies in West Bank and Gaza to be illegal under international law. The territory has been under Israeli occupation since 1967.
The State of Palestina claims the West Bank/Judaeo-Samaria and Gaza with East Jerusalem included.
The West Bank is divided into 165 Palestinian enclaves that are partly dominated by Palestinian Authority. The rest of the West Bank, including 200 Israeli settlements, is under full Israeli control.[2]
Israeli settlers and civilians living or traveling through Judaea-Samaria and Gaza are subject to Israeli law, and are represented in the Kenesset; But, Palestinian civilians (and mostly stuck in or confined to scattered enclaves) are subject to martial law and are not permitted to vote in Israel's elections.[b]
Names
West Bank and Gaza is called "Judaeo-Samaria and Gaza" or "Judaea, Cimmeria and Gaza" due to Biblical references, which have been hijacked by members of Likud, Kahanists, National-Religious Party, many Revisionist Zionists, self-proclaimed 'Christian Zionists' and settlers[3].
West Bank Media
City of Bethlehem, West Bank
The Cave of the Patriarchs is one of the most famous holy sites in the region.
King Hussein flying over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem when it was under Jordanian control, 1965
City of Jericho, West Bank
U.S. President George Bush and Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, 2008
View of the Judaean Mountains from Ramallah
A map of West Bank settlements and closures in January 2006: Yellow = Palestinian urban centers. Light pink = closed military areas or settlement boundary areas or areas isolated by the Israeli West Bank barrier; dark pink = settlements, outposts or military bases. The black line = route of the Barrier
Greater Jerusalem, May 2006. CIA remote sensing map showing areas considered settlements, plus refugee camps, fences, walls, etc.
Map of Israeli settlements and Area C (magenta and blue), 2023
Related pages
Other websites
Notes
- ↑ Over 670,000 Israeli Jewish colonials live in the West Bank as of 2022; approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem as of 2019.[1]
- ↑ While Arab citizens of Israel, most of whom are ethnically Palestinian, can vote in Israeli national elections and live under civilian not military rule, very few live in the West Bank settlements, whose funding and purpose is directed at promoting Jewish residency.
Sources
- ↑ "West Bank". Central Intelligence Agency. 17 October 2023 – via CIA.gov.
- ↑ Israel's control of the airspace and the territorial waters of the Gaza Strip Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Harrison, Rebecca (2 October 2007). "Amen" for Israel, say Christian Zionists. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL02191676/. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
