"Palestinian territories" and "occupied Palestinian territories" (OPT or oPt) are descriptions often used to describe the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip which are occupied or otherwise under the control of Israel.Israeli governments have maintained that the area involved is within territorial dispute. The extent of the territories, while subject to future negotiations, have frequently been defined by the Green Line. The term "Palestinian Territory, Occupied" had been utilized by the UN and other international organizations between 1998 to 2013 in order to refer to the Palestinian National Authority; it was replaced in UN Secretariat communications by the term State of Palestine starting in 2012, and the
ISO adopted the name change in 2013. However, as of August 2015, the UN Security Council continues to treat Palestine as a non-sovereign entity, which also prevents its admission to UN General Assembly membership.
Israel occupied the territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the Six-Day War of 1967, which had been earlier occupied by Jordan and Egypt respectively, and has maintained control of them since.
Cassif is proud and happy to say that there are Jews around the globe engaged in the struggle against the Gaza genocide, the occupation of Palestinian territories, and the Israeli government, but ...
Yemen’s Armed Forces have announced carrying out successful drone strikes against the city of Jaffa near Tel Aviv as well as the city of Ashkelon in the central part of the occupied Palestinian territories in fresh anti-Israeli operations.
The minister emphasized that both parties agreed on the immediate need for a cease-fire in Gaza, full humanitarian and medical aid access to the territory, and advancing the vision of an independent Palestinian state in line with UN resolutions.
...Palestinians out of their communities ... At least 812 Palestinians have since been killed and over 6,450 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas ... The movement added this move “violates the rules of international law and United Nations resolutions” which consider al-Quds as an occupied Palestinian territory.
4 Palestinians tortured to death during Israel’s Shin Bet interrogation ... At least 809 Palestinians have since been killed and over 6,450 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.
Israeli forces have killed yet another Palestinian journalist in Gaza Strip as the regime pushes on with its onslaught on the territory. This comes as a local organization says another Palestinian ...
An Israeli airstrike flattened a multistory building in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens more, according to Palestinian medical officials, after strikes Thursday across the Gaza Strip killed at least 28 others.
The decision calls for an unconditional cessation of fire in the Gaza Strip by all parties and affirms the UN support of UNRWA’s operations in the occupied Palestinian territories.