West Bank Israel

The west bank east jerusalem and gaza have been occupied by israel since the 1967 middle east war and are territories that the palestinians hope will become their future state.

West bank israel. Israel says it is managing the resources according to an agreement included in the 1995 oslo accords that gave it ultimate control over west bank water an arrangement that was supposed to be. The israeli west bank barrier or wall or fence for further names see here is a separation barrier in the west bank or along the green line israel calls it a security barrier against terrorism while palestinians call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. The territory excluding east jerusalem is also known within israel by its biblical names judea and samaria.

West bank area of the former british mandated 1920 47 territory of palestine west of the jordan river claimed from 1949 to 1988 as part of the hashemite kingdom of jordan but occupied from 1967 by israel. The west bank city of hebron was one of the first places israeli settlers moved after israel won the west bank from lebanon in the 1967 war. A protester carries the israeli flag during a protest in tel aviv s rabin square on 6 june 2020 to denounce israel s plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank.

Such moves usually draw international criticism. The west bank also contains a significant section of the. Israel bulldozes palestinian hamlet in the west bank israel launched a large operation to bulldoze palestinian dwellings in a remote settlement.

The west bank is a contentious territory often the focus of any potential peace deal between israelis and palestinians. Ap photo ariel schalit 2. All eyes were on israel on july 1 when prime minister benjamin netanyahu s government was set to annex parts of the west bank but then well nothing happened.

It consists of 2 000 square miles of land that was seized by isreal during. הגדה המערבית hagadah hama aravit or יהודה ושומרון yehuda veshomron is a landlocked territory near the mediterranean coast of western asia bordered by jordan to the east and by israel to the south west and north.