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 …

Feb 28, 2025 · The West Bank is an 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.

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Feb 24, 2025 · The West Bank, a territory that lies west of the Jordan River between Israel and Jordan, has been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967. It is home to more than 3.3 million Palestinians.

Aug 28, 2024 · Israeli troops raided two Palestinian cities on Aug. 28 in what they called an effort to tamp down rising militancy in the northern West Bank. The raids continued this week, with Palestinian...

1 day ago · The Christian Zionist advocacy around the West Bank comes as the prospect of an independent Palestinian state has grown especially dim since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, ignited ...

Feb 28, 2025 · “The West Bank has never seen large-scale forced displacement of the level we’re seeing now” since 1967, said Roland Friedrich, the West Bank field director for UNRWA. During the 1967 Mideast War, some 250,000 Palestinians were forced from the West Bank when Israel seized the territory along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

Feb 23, 2025 · Israeli tanks have moved into the occupied West Bank for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities call a “dangerous escalation.” The tanks rolled in Sunday, shortly after the defense minister said troops will remain for a year in parts of the territory and that tens of thousands of Palestinians who fled cannot return.

3 days ago · TULKARM, West Bank — Israel’s soldiers have destroyed entire city blocks and bulldozed roads. Its drones fire at cars and buildings thought to be sheltering militants. Its tanks and snipers ...

Sep 6, 2021 · As its name implies, the West Bank is a territory situated on the western bank of the Jordan River. Many countries recognize it as being part of the so-called State of Palestine, but Palestine’s borders are yet to be determined, pending a …