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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
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Pope Francis passes away at 88
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Trump calls Gaza a demolition site, wants to permanently displace Palestinians
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Donald Trump returns to White House promising a brand new day for America as he takes oath for second term
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Israel and Hamas Announce Ceasefire Agreement
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Gaza Ceasefire Talks Show Progress, Officials Say
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Syrian Rebels Announce Transitional Government with Mohammed al-Bashir as Head
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Israel and Hezbollah reach a cease-fire agreement for Lebanon
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza
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Trump wins presidency in nail-biting election with Harris conceding defeat
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Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes on military targets in Iran
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perspectives
- 1.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 2.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 3.US Foreign Policy
- 4.Israel Foreign Policy
- 5.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 6.British Foreign Policy
- 7.US under Donald Trump
- 8.Israel-US Relations
- 9.Qatar Foreign Policy
- 10.Islamic Terrorism
- 11.Iran Foreign Policy
- 12.Israel-Lebanese Hezbollah Conflict
countries
- 1.Israel
- 2.Palestine, State of
- 3.United States
- 4.Lebanon
- 5.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 6.Egypt
- 7.Qatar
- 8.Syrian Arab Republic
- 9.Jordan
- 10.United Kingdom
- 11.Germany
- 12.Yemen
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.United Nations
- 3.Israel Defense Forces
- 4.Hezbollah
- 5.White House
- 6.Palestinian National Authority
- 7.UN Relief and Works Agency
- 8.Palestinian Red Crescent
- 9.Houthi
- 10.Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- 11.International Court of Justice
- 12.UN Security Council
persons
- 1.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 2.Joe Biden
- 3.Donald Trump
- 4.Yoav Galant
- 5.Israel Katz
- 6.Anthony Blinken
- 7.Bezalel Smotrich
- 8.Ismail Haniyeh
- 9.António Guterres
- 10.Aaron Boxerman
- 11.Itamar Ben Gvir
- 12.Hassan Nasrallah