Palestinian territories

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The Palestinian territories are two geographically separate regions, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, that are at the center of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and are envisioned as forming the core of a future Palestinian state.

Observed surface forms (3)


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory
geopolitical region
partially recognized territory
territory
associatedWith Hamas–Fatah political split
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestinian Authority
borderedBy Egypt
Israel
Jordan
centralTo Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
claimedBy Israel
State of Palestine
contains Area A (West Bank)
Area B (West Bank)
Area C (West Bank)
deJureAdministeredBy State of Palestine
envisionedAs core of a future Palestinian state
governedInPartBy Oslo Accords
surface form: Oslo Accords framework
hasCapitalClaim East Jerusalem
hasCurrency Egyptian pound (to a lesser extent in Gaza)
Israeli new shekel
Jordanian dinar
hasMinorityReligion Christianity
hasPart Gaza Strip
West Bank
largestCity Gaza City
Hebron
locatedIn Levant region
surface form: Levant

Middle East
Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
memberOf Arab League
surface form: Arab League (via State of Palestine)
partiallyAdministeredBy Hamas
Palestinian Authority
surface form: Palestinian National Authority
partOf historic Palestine
recognizedBy many United Nations member states as State of Palestine territory
religionMajority Sunni Islam
spokenLanguage Arabic
English
Hebrew
Levantine Arabic
surface form: Palestinian Arabic
status disputed under international law
occupied Palestinian territory (UN terminology)
subjectOf United Nations General Assembly resolutions
surface form: United Nations resolutions on Palestine

peace process negotiations
subjectTo Israeli military occupation
Israeli settlement policy
usesTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rawhi Fattouh regionOfActivity Palestinian territories
Al-Quds University regionServed Palestinian territories
MIFTAH regionServed Palestinian territories
Palestinian Museum regionServed Palestinian territories
Rawhi Fattouh residence Palestinian territories
Ahmed Qurei sphereOfInfluence Palestinian territories
Levantine Arabic spokenIn Palestinian territories
ILS usedIn Palestinian territories
EET usedInCountry Palestinian territories