The Palestinian territories consist of two physically separate entities, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and are currently not considered part of any sovereign nation. The West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip have been under Israeli control since 1967 (Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005 although it retains effective control of the region's borders). The final status of these territories remains the subject of ongoing and future negotiations.
The stated outcome of negotiations and final status talks is currently regarded as the eventual creation of a new, sovereign state - to be called simply Palestine. Therefore, it is commonplace to refer to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip collectively as Palestine.
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Jericho, Palestine
Jericho (Arabic أريحا Arīḥā Hebrew יריחו Yəriḥo) [1], the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories and Israeli-occupied West Bank, ... more
