Where is Palestine located?
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).
What are Israel and Gaza fighting over?
Tensions are often high between Israel and Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank. Israel and Egypt tightly control Gaza’s borders to stop weapons getting to Hamas. Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank say they are suffering because of Israeli actions and restrictions.
Where is Palestine and Israel?
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What is the US relationship with Palestine?
The United States does not recognize the State of Palestine, but accepts the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as a representative of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian National Authority as the authority legitimately governing the Palestinian territories under the Oslo Accords.
How can we solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
But, to create a truly sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Palestinian state should be created in the Gaza Strip and the northern Sinai Peninsula along the lines suggested by the New State Solution working group. Such a solution would create the territorial contiguity so lacking in previous visions of a Palestinian state.
Will a new Palestinian state in Gaza-Sinai make the situation worse?
A new Palestinian state in Gaza-Sinai certainly won’t make the situation in Gaza any worse. It could significantly improve things by opening the door to eventual normalization with Israel. It is true that if the Gaza-Sinai state turns out to be hostile, it could threaten Israel with a range of projectiles.
What is the Arab-Israeli conflict over the West Bank and Gaza?
Palestine is a disputed territory between Palestine and Israel. The West Bank and Gaza has been a disputed territory throughout history. It still is today. The Arab-Israeli conflict is a contest over a particular territory.
What are the borders of the state of Palestine?
“Territory” includes territorial waters and airspace as well as land. The proposed Palestinian state has no definite borders, not least because the occupation state of Israel has never declared where its border is. The “State of Palestine” would have a lot of non-contiguous land, with large swathes encircled by Israel’s Apartheid Wall.