Ramallah

British  

/ rəˈmælə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The Palestinian foreign ministry, based in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, welcomed Monday's vote in New York, saying it affirmed the Palestinian people's "right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state" and the unimpeded flow of aid into Gaza.

From Barron's

The Israeli military then ordered the closure of the network's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, claiming it was a threat to national security.

From BBC

At his office in Ramallah, Estephan Salameh, the PA planning minister told me that whatever plan is settled upon, Gaza of the future would look different, but that some things would have to stay the same.

From BBC

Almost half of those attacks have been in Ramallah governorate, which encompasses Taybeh and a slew of communities contending with intensifying violence from settlement outposts — that is, encampments set up by settlers in rural parts of the West Bank that are illegal under Israeli law but often protected by the authorities.

From Los Angeles Times

Large crowds greeted the freed prisoners and detainees as their buses arrived in Ramallah in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.

From The Wall Street Journal