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The 1949 armistice line, or “Green Line,” made up the boundaries of Israel, the West Bank (the area west of the Jordan River) and the Gaza Strip. Until 1967, Egypt retained control of Gaza and ...
Israeli tanks have been deployed to the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades and Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad accused Israel of attempting to annex the territory by ...
Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West Bank. Here are 10 maps showing how military control affects Palestinian lives. Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West Bank.
For Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, access to water has been a struggle for years. But since last Oct. 7, water has become even harder for them to obtain.
One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.” Residents in the West Bank have long complained that missing and outdated data on ...
Israel’s defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a “man-made disaster.” ...
If you ask revelers from the West Bank if they remember the krewes that are now extinct or have moved to the Uptown route, they will share their fond memories. Once a hub for Mardi Gras parades ...
Israel has occupied the Gaza Strip and West Bank since its victory in the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestinians hope that one day both territories will become part of a nation-state they can call ...
Located in the southern West Bank, the village of Masafer Yatta was made famous by the film "No Other Land", which won the 2025 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film. The movie, the joint ...
A map showing the area of Gush Etzion Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in relation to Jerusalem. Google Maps/ Newsweek. As of May 2024, the 143 U.N. member countries voted in ...
Netanyahu shows a map without the West Bank, which Israel has occupied for 57 years. Israel plans to destroy all of Palestine and force Palestinians into Gaza, a shrinking concentration camp.