west bank in English

noun

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a region west of the Jordan River and northwest of the Dead Sea; population 2,461,300 (est. 2009). It includes Jericho, Hebron, Nablus, Bethlehem, and other settlements. It became part of Jordan in 1948 and was occupied by Israel following the Six Day War of 1967. An agreement was signed in 1993 that granted limited autonomy to the Palestinians, who comprise 97 percent of its inhabitants; withdrawal of Israeli troops began in 1994 but conflict in the area continues.

Use "west bank" in a sentence

1. The West Bank story came second.

2. They've taken the bridge and the west bank.

3. Aracari Hotel Guyana is located in West Bank Demerara

4. Meanwhile, Israeli - Palestinian clashes in the West Bank continued.

5. The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.

6. His attempt to woo the West Bank has definitively failed.

7. The palace stands on the west bank of the river.

8. The boats coursed along the west bank of the river.

9. Palestinian economy (West Bank and Gaza Strip)- Main aggregate economic indicators

10. Second came the erection of # checkpoints on roads in the West Bank

11. From there, they will go to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

12. There isn't room for them in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

13. And went back up and walked the tightrope to the west bank

14. Does the East West Bank Prepaid Gift Card have an expiration date?

15. Balata camp is located in the northern West Bank in Nablus city

16. Palestinian economy (West Bank and Gaza Strip) - Main aggregate economic indicators 1993-2000

17. The distillery likely sat near Bught Road, on the River Ness’s west bank

18. The Hashemite regime neglected the West Bank as a matter of deliberate policy.

19. The most violent fighting of recent months flared in several West Bank areas.

20. 25 Does the East West Bank Prepaid Gift Card have an expiration date?

21. Your visit to the West Bank of the Nile will be a memorable experience.

22. Most of these were 1948 refugees, but some were indigenous to the West Bank.

23. Gaza and the West Bank have to be truly free — by land, air and sea.

24. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River, not far from Cairo.

25. Ephraim and his mother were settlers from BeitEl, near the West Bank town of Ramallah.

26. The attackers' car drove off in the direction of the West Bank town of Ramallah.

27. Israel had not accepted the Palestinian offer to extend the ceasefire to the West Bank

28. The Jordanian territory west of the Jordan River the West Bank —was taken over by Israel.

29. The duty of the people of the West Bank was to await liberation through armed struggle.

30. The office was moved to Tambon Parok, on the west bank of the river, in 1917.

31. Initial estimates put turnout at more than 70 percent in Gaza, lower in the West Bank.

32. We call upon Israel to abandon construction of a wall taking in parts of the West Bank.

33. The economy of the West Bank and Gaza Strip suffered from various adverse shocks throughout the # s

34. But in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, self-rule is a new force still being tested.

35. Bangui, city, capital of the Central African Republic, located on the west bank of the Ubangi River

36. The founding of Palestinian universities has greatly increased education levels among the population in the West Bank.

37. It connects Chung-guyok on the Taedong's right (west) bank to Taedonggang-guyok on the left bank.

38. But, following the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, Prussia took over the west bank of the Rhineland.

39. It nestles on the west bank of the Bavelaw Burn near its confluence with the Water of Leith.

40. Acadia is a restaurant, craft beer bar and music venue located in the heart of Minneapolis’s West Bank.

41. The Barsac region is located on the west bank of the Ciron river where the tributary meets the Garonne

42. Shortly after the Israeli takeover, East Jerusalem was absorbed into West Jerusalem, together with several neighboring West Bank villages.

43. Dana worked for Reuters for over ten years, mostly in his home town of Hebron in the West Bank.

44. In the late 1980s, an uprising started in Gaza, and quickly spread to the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

45. On the west bank of the Indus River, in what is now Pakistan, is the ancient city of Sukkur.

46. Later the government moved the central district to Tambon Bang Pla on the west bank of the Tha Chin.

47. The international consensus seems to be that any return will be only to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

48. It also provides a network of schools, medical clinics and other social programs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

49. In the past 24 hours, at least 23 Palestinians were detained by the occupying forces in the West Bank alone.

50. Within the West Bank and Gaza, the cell has been deployed to punish suspected collaborators, or those suspected of corruption.