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Judea and Samaria יהודה ושומרון

Places

Central hill country between the Jordan Valley and the coastal plain, the heartland of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Israel took it from Jordan in 1967. Today it is divided between Israeli and Palestinian administration under the Oslo Accords. Also called the West Bank, a name from the Jordanian occupation of 1948 to 1967, which almost no country recognized. Israel has used the biblical names since 1967.

Sources

  • The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 192.