Place
West Bank
Territory west of the Jordan River, held by Jordan from 1949 to 1967 and by Israel since; the ICJ treats it as part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
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involved in
location of
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First Intifada
Scholarship & press
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B'Tselem counts, from 9 December 1987 to 13 September 1993, 1,070 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces and 54 by Israeli civilians in the Occupied Territories, and 47 Israeli civilians and 43 security personnel killed there; the table is read row by row.
- Israeli West Bank barrier Primary record 4
- Settlement, permits and demolitions in the West Bank Primary record 5
- Settlement, permits and demolitions in the West Bank Primary record 6
- Settlement, permits and demolitions in the West Bank Scholarship & press 7
Proof 7 sources
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The 1967 Arab-Israeli War (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
Between June 5 and June 10, Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan, and Syria and occupied the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
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The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
Egypt and Jordan retained control over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank respectively.
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Fatalities in the first Intifada, B'Tselem.
Scholarship & press
Archived copy
Fatalities in the first Intifada
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Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 9 July 2004, International Court of Justice, 9 Jul 2004.
Primary record
The construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated régime, are contrary to international law
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Summary of the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024, International Court of Justice, 19 Jul 2024.
Primary record
From 1967 onwards, Israel started to establish or support settlements in the territories it occupied
By 2023, approximately 465,000 settlers resided in the West Bank, spread across around 300 settlements and outposts, while some 230,000 settlers resided in East Jerusalem.
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Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Advisory Opinion, 19 July 2024, International Court of Justice, 19 Jul 2024.
Primary record
Area C, which covers more than 60 per cent of the West Bank, being exclusively administered by Israel.
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10 years to the second Intifada: summary of data (press release), B'Tselem, 27 Sep 2010.
Scholarship & press
Archived copy
As of 31 August 2010, the Israeli army had 59 permanent checkpoints inside the West Bank
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