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West Bank / Judaeo-Samaria and Gaza
الضفة الغربية הגדה המערבית or يهودا والسامرة وغزة יְהוּדָה-שׁ(וֹ)מְר(וֹ)ן עַזָּה | |
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| 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°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 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.
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]
- ↑ "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.
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