The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then occupied by Jordan, during the Six-Day War. Th
On the left, the Shu'fat Palestinian refugee camp, bordered by the Israeli West Bank wall, facing the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev. East Jerusalem, 2023
Israeli settlement of Carmel, Har Hebron
Umm al-Khair Palestinian village near Carmel
Modi'in Illit, the biggest Israeli settlement of the occupied West Bank (Area C), in 2012
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Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It encompasses the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, both of which are occ
Israeli occupation of the West Bank
…since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then occupied by Jordan, during the Six-Day War. The West Bank is part of the state of Palestine, and its status as a militarily occupied territory has been affirmed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and, with the exception of East…
Deir Yassin massacre of Palestinian villagers was carried out by Zionist militias, the Irgun and Lehi during the 1948 Palestine war.
The First Intifada in Gaza, 1987
Yasser Arafat was the first president of Palestine, serving from 1989 to 2004.
Friday prayer in Jerusalem after the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre