Political Map Of Israel And Palestine
Israel borders egypt jordan lebanon syria and the palestinian territories of west bank and the gaza strip.
Political map of israel and palestine. A protest in gaza against israel s plans to annex the west bank. This is about two. Our ability to thrive in 2020 and beyond depends on the generosity of committed readers and supporters. Unlike fatah hamas s ideology is based around a conservative interpretation of islam the majority religion of the palestinians.
The map shows israel hebrew ישראל jisra el officially the state of israel a country in the middle east bordering the eastern end of the mediterranean sea since july 2018 according to israeli basic law the country has been defined as the nation state of the jewish people. Formed as a palestinian anti israel rebel group in 1987 hamas is known for its extra hardline stance against israel claiming the whole region for the palestinians and refusing to officially accept that israel is a country. The term palestinian territories has been used for many years to describe the territories occupied by israel since 1967 namely the west bank including east jerusalem and the gaza strip more recently the official united nations un terminology has been used occupied palestinian territory opt or opt increasingly replacing other terms since 1999. We are being relied upon to tell the story of this crisis as it affects israel and the global jewish community and explain the extraordinary political developments taking place in parallel.
And building that home can bring liberation not just for palestinians but for us too. Israel palestine can be a jewish home that is also equally a palestinian home. Israel is bordered by egypt jordan lebanon syria and the palestinian territories west bankand the gaza the borders with syria golan heights lebanon shebaa farms and the palestinian territories declared as the state of palestine are still disputed. The european union eu also has adopted this usage.
During this crisis jns continues working overtime. The state occupies an area of 22 072 km. The lawyer michael sfard predicts the large scale expropriation of palestinian land and property and expulsions. The term occupied palestinian territory was used by the un and other international.
It shares maritime borders with cyprus.