Territory west of the Jordan River which Israel captured from Jordan in its defensive 1967 War. Often referred to by its Biblical names, Judea and Samaria, this land is home to a Palestinian population of over 1.5 million, as well as 130,000 Jewish residents. Under the terms of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, Palestinian autonomy is to spread from the Gaza Strip and Jericho to other areas of the West Bank.
Area of land unilaterally annexed by Jordan in 1949 - includes East Jerusalem.
area west of River Jordan, occupied by Israelis in 1967, claimed by the PLO as part of Palestinian state
an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians
The area of land that encompasses Biblical Judea and Samaria and is west of the Jordan River bank. Jordan annexed the West Bank at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Israel captured this piece of land during the Six-Day War in 1967. After the Oslo Accords of 1993, limited governing authority was given to the Palestinian Authority. 2.3 million Palestinians and 187,000 Israeli "settlers" live in the West Bank. A security fence is now being erected along the perimeter of the West Bank in an effort to keep suicide bombers from entering into Jewish towns.
You have to look east to see the "other" side of New Orleans, on the west bank of the Mississippi
Large irregularly-shaped territory between the Jordan River and Israel 's 1949 armistice border. About 3350 square miles (5400 square kilometers). It contains the parts of Jerusalem east of the 1948-49 armistice line. Jordan annexed the West Bank after the 1948 war; the West Bank has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
The Jordanian territory west of the river Jordan which Israel captured in 1967. Originally part of British-mandated Palestine, but annexed by Jordan in 1950 after Israel's defeat of the joint Arab armies in the war of independence.
The West Bank (, Hagadah Hamaaravit, , ), also known as Judea and Samaria, is a landlocked Israeli administered territory on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. It was occupied by Israel after the conclusion of the Six-Day War of (1967).
