the west bank is self-governing palestinian territory.
the west bank is self-governing palestinian territory.
what is the west bank ?
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the west bank ( '; ' or "") is a landlocked territory near the mediterranean coast of western asia, bordered by jordan to the east and by the green line separating it and israel on the south, west and north. the west bank also contains a significant section of the western dead sea shore. the west bank was the name given to the territory that was captured by jordan in the aftermath of the 1948 arab–israeli war, and subsequently annexed in 1950 until 1967 when it was occupied by israel during the 1967 six-day war.
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the orchestrators of the intifada were the unified national leadership of the uprising, which issued its 10th communiqué on 11 march 1988, urging its followers to "intensify the mass pressure against the [israel] occupation army and the settlers and against collaborators and personnel of the jordanian regime." west bank palestinians deviation from the jordanian state highlighted the need for a revision in jordan's policy, and jordanian nationalists began to argue that jordan would be better off without the palestinians and without the west bank. adnan abu oudeh, a palestinian descendant who was hussein's political advisor, prime minister zaid al-rifai, army chief of staff zaid ibn shaker, royal court chief marwan kasim, and mukhabarat director tariq alaeddin, helped the king prepare west bank disengagement plans. the jordanian ministry of occupied territories affairs was abolished on 1 july 1988, its responsibilities taken over by the palestinian affairs department. on 28 july jordan terminated the west bank development plan. two days later a royal decree dissolved the house of representatives, thereby removing west bank representation in the parliament. in a televised speech on 1 august, hussein announced the "severing of jordan's legal and administrative ties with the west bank," essentially surrendering claims of sovereignty over the west bank. the move revoked the jordanian citizenship of palestinians in the west bank (who had obtained it since jordan annexed the territory in 1950), but not that of palestinians residing in jordan. nevertheless, the hashemite custodianship over the muslim and christian holy sites in jerusalem was retained. israeli politicians were stunned, thinking it was a political manoeuvre so that the palestinians could show support for hussein, but later realized that it represented a shift in jordan's policy after hussein asked his west bank supporters not to issue petitions demanding that he relent. in a meeting in november 1988 the plo accepted all united nations resolutions and agreed to recognize israel.
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