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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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Ultimately, the main road to Middle East peace runs through Ramallah and Gaza.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

"When we talk about Fatah, we're talking about the backbone of the Palestinian national movement, at least since the 1960s," says political analyst, Xavier Abu Eid, in Ramallah.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

In the nearby West Bank city of Ramallah, 15 kilometres north of Jerusalem, Palestinians mostly carried on with life as usual, with markets in full swing and conversations only occasionally interrupted by overhead blasts.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 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

We took the bus from Ramallah to the town of Beit Hanina.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

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