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Ramallah

British  
/ rəˈmælə /

noun

  1. a town in the West Bank, serving as headquarters of the Palestinian National Authority. Pop: 51 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The funeral has taken place at a packed church in Birzeit, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, for the celebrated Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, who died this week at the age of 79.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

"Everyone knows it's a fix," said one despondent man in Manara Square in Ramallah, who declined to give his name.

From BBC May 15, 2026

He first visited Israel as prime minister in 2017, later travelling separately to Ramallah.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

“Come get me, please,” 6-year-old Hind Rajab pleaded over the phone, in Arabic, to volunteers at the Palestine Red Crescent Emergency Call Center in Ramallah, 56 miles away in the West Bank.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

And I wanted to know—would Ramallah be the same?

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

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