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Israel's economy was 10 times larger than the West Bank's on the eve of the occupation but had experienced two years of recession. The West Bank's population stood between 585,500 and 803,600 and, while under Jordanian rule, accounted for 40% of Jordan's GNP, [31] with an annual growth rate of 6–8%. [32]
Settler population by year in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights 1972-2007 [1] [dead link ] [2] [dead link ]. This is a timeline of the development of and controversy over Israeli settlements.
It held talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organization despite it carrying out terrorist attacks in France targeting Israel. [8] France provided over €500 million to the Palestinian territory from 2008 to 2017. [3] In March 2023, France condemned Bezalel Smotrich, Minister of Finance of Israel, for saying Palestine was a recent invention ...
While the international community considers the West Bank to be a territory held by Israel under military occupation, [36] it is regarded by Israeli authorities as one of its administrative regions; [37] the Israeli government term for the district encompassing Israeli administratively controlled Jewish-majority civilian areas of Area C of the ...
When negotiation efforts failed between Israel and Syria—the goal of the negotiations was to bring a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon as well, due to Syrian occupation of Lebanon until 2005—Barak led the withdrawal of the IDF to the Israeli border on 24 May 2000.
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [26] [27] [28] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [29] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
Following the 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster, the Israeli public began to seriously question whether the military occupation of southern Lebanon was worth maintaining. The Four Mothers movement rose to the forefront of the public discourse, and played a leading role in swaying the public in favour of a complete withdrawal, which would be ...
[95] [96] Authorities in the British, as well as American occupation zones in Germany and Austria imposed restrictions on the emigration on males of military age to Israel during the war. [97] In October 1948, Israel began a campaign to capture the Negev. In December 1948, Israeli troops made a twenty-mile incursion into Egyptian territory.