WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Palestine, area of the eastern Mediterranean region, comprising parts of modern Israel and the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip (along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea) and the West Bank (west of the Jordan River).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are two Palestinian territories that were part of Mandate Palestine and were captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967. There are over 5 million Palestinians combined living in the two territories.

Detailed explanation-3: -The population of the West Bank and Gaza is almost completely Palestinian Arab. The bulk of these are Sunni Muslims: 92 percent of West Bankers and 99 percent of Gazans, with the rest Christians.

Detailed explanation-4: -Israel controls the Gaza Strip’s northern borders, as well as its territorial waters and airspace. Egypt controls Gaza Strip’s southern border, under an agreement between it and Israel. Neither Israel or Egypt permits free travel from Gaza as both borders are heavily militarily fortified.

Detailed explanation-5: -The State of Palestine is a de jure sovereign state in the Middle East consisting of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The “State of Palestine” is officially recognized by the United Nations as a Non-Member Observer State, the status was granted on 29 November 2012.