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The Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, romanized: Ezor Yehuda VeShomron; [a] Arabic: يهودا والسامرة, romanized: Yahūda wa-s-Sāmara) is an administrative division used by the State of Israel to refer to the entire West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, but excludes East Jerusalem (see Jerusalem Law).
The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية, romanized: aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; Hebrew: הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית, romanized: HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that comprise the State of Palestine.
The Shomron Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית שומרון, Mo'atza Azorit Shomron, English Samaria Regional Council) is an Israeli regional council in the northern portion of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Thirty-five Israeli settlements fall under its jurisdiction. [2]
Articles relating to the Judea and Samaria Area, the Israeli government term for the administrative district encompassing Israeli-occupied West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is for some statistical purposes grouped together by Israeli authorities with the Districts of Israel , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] although the international community ...
The Israeli 877th "Judea and Samaria" Division (Hebrew: אוּגְדָּת אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, Ugdat Ezor Yehuda VeShomron; also known as the West Bank Division) is a regional division [1] of the Central Command. It is responsible for Israeli military activity in the Judea and Samaria Area.
Jack Austin, of Lake Orion, Mich., volunteers at Detroit Animal Welfare Group (DAWG) in Romeo, Mich., pets Xena, a female rescue Canaan dog they have from the West Bank, on Friday, April 12, 2024.
References for antiquity follow sources and use Judea and Samaria for the period up to the first century CE.; In the context of events during the British Mandate (1920–1948), terms used by the British administration (i.e. "Judea" and "Samaria") are probably most appropriate.
This is a list of Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.Israel had previously established settlements in both the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula; however, the Gaza settlements were dismantled in the Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005, and the Sinai settlements were evacuated with the Egypt–Israel ...