DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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Israel
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Iran
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Syria
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Jordan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The West Bank is another area of land located within the country of Israel, but it is much larger than the Gaza Strip at 2, 173 sq miles. The West Bank stretches across the eastern border of Israel along the west banks of the Jordan River and most of the Dead Sea, thus how it received its name.
Detailed explanation-2: -Both the West Bank and Gaza Strip are home to a large number of Palestinian populations. Following the Oslo Accords between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) during the 1990s, part of the West Bank came under the control of the Palestinian Authority.
Detailed explanation-3: -West Bank, Arabic Al-Ḍaffah al-Gharbiyyah, Hebrew Ha-Gadah Ha-Maʿaravit, area of the former British-mandated (1920–47) territory of Palestine west of the Jordan River, claimed from 1949 to 1988 as part of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan but occupied from 1967 by Israel.
Detailed explanation-4: -Located in the heart of St. Bernard Parish, Arabi is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River.