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West Bank
The West Bank is a Palestinian territory located in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Jordan and the Dead Sea to the east, and by Israel to the south, west, and north. It has been occupied by Israel since 1967 and an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in 2024 determined that the occupation is illegal under international law. The territory was first occupied by Jordan after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and was later annexed by Israel in 1980, with the Oslo Accords splitting it into three regional levels of Palestinian sovereignty. The West Bank remains central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the Palestinians considering it the heart of their envisioned state and right-wing Israelis seeing it as their ancestral homeland. The territory has a population of approximately 2.7 million Palestinians and over 670,000 Israeli settlers.learn more on wikipedia
Nine children of a Gaza doctor killed in an Israeli airstrike
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Aid Convoys Return to Gaza After 80-Day Blockade
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Two Israeli embassy staff members shot dead near Jewish museum in Washington
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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 60 people
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United Kingdom Suspends Free Trade Talks with Israel Following Escalation in Gaza Conflict
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First aid reaches Gaza after months-long humanitarian blockade, aid remains insufficient, says UN
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Israel Issues Forced Displacement Order for Khan Younis Residents Amid Escalating Tensions
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Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona's death in Gaza prompts tributes and controversy at Cannes film festival
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Trump suggests US should establish a "freedom zone" in Gaza
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Ben and Jerry's Co-Founder Detained for Participating in Senate Protest Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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At least 115 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza as they commemorated Nakba Day
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Trump signs $600bn deal with Saudi Arabia for weapons and critical minerals
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perspectives
- 1.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 2.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 3.US Foreign Policy
- 4.Israel Foreign Policy
- 5.US under Donald Trump
- 6.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 7.Israel-US Relations
- 8.Qatar Foreign Policy
- 9.British Foreign Policy
- 10.Islamic Terrorism
- 11.Iran Foreign Policy
- 12.Antisemitism
countries
- 1.Palestine, State of
- 2.Israel
- 3.United States
- 4.Qatar
- 5.Egypt
- 6.United Kingdom
- 7.Saudi Arabia
- 8.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 9.Germany
- 10.United Arab Emirates
- 11.France
- 12.Turkey
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.United Nations
- 3.Israel Defense Forces
- 4.Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
- 5.UN World Food Program
- 6.YouTube
- 7.White House
- 8.Gaza Health Ministry
- 9.European Union
- 10.International Court of Justice
- 11.Palestinian National Authority
- 12.World Health Organization
persons
- 1.Donald Trump
- 2.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 3.Marco Rubio
- 4.Mahmud Bassal
- 5.Eyal Zamir
- 6.Bezalel Smotrich
- 7.Mahmud Abbas
- 8.António Guterres
- 9.Edan Alexander
- 10.Steven Witkoff
- 11.Itamar Ben Gvir
- 12.Jean-Noel Barrot