西岸(West Bank)
巴勒斯坦约旦河以西地区，以色列人称为犹太和撒马利亚（东耶路撒冷除外），是巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人和以色列人间长期斗争的中心地带。主要城市有纳布卢斯、拉姆安拉、伯利恒、希伯伦和杰里科。根据1947年联合国协议，以色列建国後这里也同时成立巴勒斯坦。阿拉伯人不顾分治计画出兵攻打以色列（参阅Arab-Israeli wars）。在一次停战後，1950年起约旦占领该地，统治它直到1967年以色列发动六日战争占领这里为止。1970年代和1980年代，以色列人在这里定居，激起阿拉伯人的愤怒。1987阿拉伯在加萨走廊发动暴动，并蔓延到西岸（参阅intifada）。1988年约旦放弃这里的主权，将它转让给巴勒斯坦解放组织（PLO）。1993年巴解组织和以色列间举行秘密谈判并达成协议，使加萨走廊和西岸的巴勒斯坦得以自治。1990年代更进一步的谈判断断续续的解决了一些重大议题，但至2000年晚期谈判破裂暴力事件再起。面积5,900平方公里。人口约2,184,000（2000）。
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West Bank
Area (pop., 2000 est.: 2,184,000), Palestine, west of the Jordan River. Covering an area of about 2,270 sq mi (5,900 sq km), the territory, excluding East Jerusalem, is also known within Israel by its biblical names, Judaea and Samaria. Settlements include Nabulus, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Jericho. Under a 1947 UN agreement it was to become Palestinian when the State of Israel was formed. Arabs denounced the partition plan and attacked Israel (see Arab-Israeli Wars). Following a truce, Jordan annexed it in 1950 and governed it until Israel occupied it during the Six-Day War of 1967. During the 1970s and '80s, Israel established settlements there, provoking Arab resentment. Arab uprisings began in 1987 in the Gaza Strip and spread to the West Bank (see intifada). Jordan relinquished its claims in 1988, ceding them to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Secret meetings between the PLO and Israel in 1993 led to an end of violence and an agreement granting Palestinian self-rule in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Further negotiations to resolve outstanding issues proceeded intermittently in the 1990s but broke down amid renewed violence in late 2000.