The West Bank Palestinians themselves have difficulties in accessing the territory for recreation. Based on 1967 figures, the Palestinian Dead Sea Coastline is roughly 40 km in length, of which 15% (6 kilometres) could lend itself to the same tourist infrastructure developed by Jordan and Israel in their respective areas.

3 days ago · The West Bank is an area of the former British-mandated (1920–47) territory of Palestine west of the Jordan River, claimed from 1949 to 1988 as part of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan but occupied from 1967 by Israel.

The occupied Palestinian territories, also referred to as the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Palestinian territories, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967. These territories make up …

2 days ago · A ceasefire begets violence. As the truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Jan. 19, radical Israeli settlers — incensed over an apparent end to the war and the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages — rampaged through West Bank towns, torching cars and homes.. Two days later, Israeli forces with drones and attack helicopters descended on the northern West ...

19 hours ago · Responding to West Bank Palestinians’ broadly felt loathing of the PA for widespread corruption and years of cooperation with Israeli security forces, Rajab presents what has been dubbed ...

3 days ago · Ten years ago, 15 Palestinian Bedouin families lived in al-Farisiyah, a village in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, earning a livelihood as shepherds and farmers.

Sep 16, 2024 · Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West Bank. Here are 10 maps showing how military control affects Palestinian lives. As Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people,...

Aug 31, 2024 · Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed during Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Displacement, dispossession, lack of rights, economic hardships and military control over daily...

Aug 28, 2024 · Israeli troops raided two Palestinian cities on Aug. 28 in what they called an effort to tamp down rising militancy in the northern West Bank. The raids continued this week, with Palestinian...

Dec 6, 2023 · the most populous Palestinian communities in the West Bank are located in the central ridge and western half of its territory; Jewish settlements are located throughout the West Bank, the most populous in the Seam Zone--between the 1949 Armistice Line and the separation barrier--and around Jerusalem