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West Bank

[ west bangk ]

noun

  1. an area in the Middle East, between the west bank of the Jordan River and the eastern frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel, with limited Palestinian self-rule in Palestinian-held sectors; formerly held by Jordan.


West Bank

noun

  1. the West Bank
    a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
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West Bank

  1. Land on the west bank of the Jordan River (see also Jordan River ), formerly in the hands of Jordan , but captured by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967. Israel has agreed to hand over part of the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority , but the Israeli government has been widely criticized for continuing to move civilian settlers as well as soldiers into the area. In 2001, in response to terrorist suicide bombings ( see terrorism ), Israel staged heavy military strikes against Palestinian cities in the West Bank.


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In the West Bank — where tensions among residents, Israeli soldiers, Palestinian Authority security forces and Jewish settlers already made for a volatile brew — clashes erupted in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus and other West Bank cities.

With the PA largely AWOL during the recent events, yet working hard behind the scenes to keep a lid on West Bank unrest, Hamas saw an opportunity to demonstrate that it aspires to more than perpetuating its provincial government.

From Time

AnyVision was backed by Microsoft until 2019, when allegations arose that AnyVision’s technology was being used in a military surveillance project that tracked West Bank Palestinians.

West Bank residents have also been trapped inside the territory by its border to Jordan, a frontier also controlled by Israel, being shut for months during the pandemic.

From Ozy

He’d seen a bear once in the zoo in Qalqilya, a West Bank town, but nothing like this.

From Ozy

In the West Bank, serving time in Israeli jails is a badge of honor.

I eventually left the West Bank for Jordan with a visa I obtained from the French embassy.

Had they been in the West Bank, the spectacle would hardly have attracted notice.

Since June, Israel has conducted two large-scale military operations in the West Bank and Gaza.

Their return to action harkened back to the days of organized militancy in the West Bank.

Very possibly it was occupied by the Shawnees before they built their first town at the mouth of the Scioto on the west bank.

In holding then the west bank of the Mississippi, we have severed the great artery of the South, which is death.

The well-defined Winfield limestone is persistent on the west bank of the river across the entire county.

The little French military station planted on the west bank of the Detroit River had reached half a century's growth.

The timber generally lies on the west bank of the river, and averages from 20 to 100 rods in width.

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