West Bank

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Proper noun

1. A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by both Israel and the State of Palestine.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)

     Smaller than Delaware, packed with 2.7 million people, the core of a proposed future Palestinian state, the occupied West Bank is partitioned by the Oslo Accords into zones of Palestinian and Israeli control.

Synonyms

• Judea and Samaria

Translations

• French: Cisjordanie
• German: Westbank, Westjordanland, (Switzerland) Cisjordanien, (dated or rare) Westjordanien
• Italian: Cisgiordania
• Portuguese: Cisjordânia
• Russian: За́падный бе́рег реки́ Иорда́н
• Spanish: Cisjordania

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