Place · Land of Israel / Judea
West Bank
The west bank of the Jordan, occupied in 1967 and the center of the intifada, the settlements, and the barrier.
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Israel entered Gaza and Sinai, took the Golan, occupied the West Bank, and captured East Jerusalem, growing by about 28,000 square miles.
Operation Defensive Shield, the largest West Bank operation since 1967, wrecked nearly all of the Palestinian civil administration and besieged Arafat's compound in Ramallah.
In June 2002 Sharon's government began a West Bank barrier. Israelis call it a security fence. Palestinians and supporters call it the apartheid wall.
42 percent of Jews in Israel say continued settlement building helps the country's security. Only 17 percent of American Jews agree.