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Ramallah

British

/ rəˈmælə /

noun

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

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Inside our operations room in Ramallah, time slowed to something unbearable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

On Friday, Mladenov visited the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority, to meet Palestinian vice president Hussein al-Sheikh.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Christina Hilana, a 27-year-old Palestinian from a village near Ramallah in the West Bank called the experience "very moving".

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

A quietly devastating family drama, it tells the story of a boy from Ramallah who wants to visit the sea in Tel Aviv.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Mother smiled at Father, who in turn reminded the man that, if we were allowed to return to Ramallah, we would leave with only a day’s notice.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

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