"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.
Last summer, the Unilever-owned company Ben & Jerry’s said it would stop selling its ice-cream in “occupied Palestinian territory,” as this was “inconsistent with our values.” ... There has never been any “Palestinian territory,” and the “West Bank” has been a legal no-man’s land ever since Israel was created.
It is estimated that tens of thousands of Palestinian couples and families across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories are forced to live apart ... The occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem are recognised internationally as a single territorial unit meant to form a Palestinian state under the 1993Oslo Accords.
Nearly 23,000 people were interviewed across nine countries and the Palestinian territories for BBCNewsArabic by the Arab Barometer network ... However there is also a sizeable proportion of people disagreeing with the statement in the Palestinian territories, Jordan, and Sudan.
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday as he was attempting to flee an army raid, officials on both sides said ... On Sunday, a 17-year-old Palestinian died after being shot a day earlier in another Israeli forces raid in the same town.
Prices have soared in recent weeks in the Palestinian Territories, which is now considered one of the most expensive places in the Arab world... “Ramallah has become the most expensive city in the world,” he added, as he accused Palestinian leaders of not doing enough to curb the greed of merchants and control prices.
The IsraeliNGO—which monitors curricula to assess whether young people are being indoctrinated with hate—focused on materials labeled for use in the Palestinian territories in 2022 that did not appear on UNRWA’s new education portal as is required.
In fact, it has not condemned any of the occupation army's actions over many years against the occupied Palestinian territories, including the crimes ...
Palestinian...Released on Thursday, the Review of 2022 UNRWA-Produced Study Materials in the Palestinian Territories found that the UNRWA curriculum describes Jews as “impure and inherently treacherous” and teaches that murdering Israelis leads to glory and martyrdom.
Turkey had previously withdrawn its ambassador from Israel and expelled the Israeli ambassador to Ankara in May 2018, when Israeli forces killed dozens of Palestinians protesting at the Gaza Strip border against Israel's siege of the territory and the US's decision to move its ...
Ben & Jerry’s cited the company’s liberal values when it decided to break the 34-year agreement with its Israeli licensee, because he would not stop selling ice cream in what the company termed “OccupiedPalestinianTerritory.”.
RIYADH (Reuters) — ...The idea, which would use Israeli technology, could gain momentum during PresidentJoe Biden’s stops in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Saudi Arabia on a July 13-16 trip, said two of the sources who were briefed on the plans ... The apparatus has already foiled attempted Iranian attacks, he added ... .
“That made me at a very young age understand what are my priorities in this life, as a Palestinian and as a gay man,” he said ... Bedarn’s grandmother was Palestinian and her ancestors came to the U.S. following the occupation of Palestinian territory by Israel in 1967.