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West Bank
1,476 words, approx. 5 pages
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 territory, excluding East Jerusalem, is also...
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West Bank Summary
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West Bank Since 1994 the West Bank has been under the control of the Palestinian Authority, the governing body of the Palestinian Arabs of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. As of 2005 Palestine was not yet an independent sovereign state, although the...
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West Bank
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Area (pop., 2005 prelim.: 2,372,200), Palestine, west of the Jordan River and east of Jerusalem. Covering an area of about 2,270 sq mi (5,900 sq km), excluding east Jerusalem, the territory is also known within Israel by its biblical names, Judaea and...
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West Bank Information
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The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية, aḍ-Ḍiffä l-Ġarbīyä, Hebrew: הגדה המערבית‎, Hagadah Hamaaravit), also known as "Judea and Samaria", is a landlocked territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East....


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The Washington Post
On the West Bank
12/24/1987: 503 words, approx. 2 pages
ISRAEL is of a mind these days to react severely to the Palestinians who have been throwing rocks and some explosive devices at Israeli forces and conducting other forms of protest. In the demonstrations so far, more than 20 Palestinians have been killed. The...
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Peacework
World bank to West Bank
05/01/2002: 1,631 words, approx. 5 pages
George Monbiot (www. monbiot. com) reports for The Guardian where this article appeared on April 9, 2002. Two sets of human shields are in use in the West Bank. The first is less than willing. The Israeli army, like some of the terrorist...
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AP News
Israel seeking builders for West Bank
1/15/2007: 301 words, approx. 1 pages
The government on Monday published plans to build 44 homes in Israel's largest West Bank settlement, violating a pledge to the United States as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in the region on a peace-seeking mission.The Housing Ministry published ads in Israeli newspapers asking...
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AP News
Israel pledges more West Bank pullouts
5/12/2007: 327 words, approx. 1 pages
Israel's foreign minister pledged further withdrawals from the West Bank to facilitate creation of a Palestinian state but said in an interview published Saturday that the process was being hindered by Palestinian inability to rein in militants.Tzipi Livni, who has said she will challenge Prime...
 


 

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