The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية‎ aḍ-Ḍiffah l-Ġarbiyyah; Hebrew: הגדה המערבית‎ HaGadah HaMa'aravit or יהודה ושומרון‎ Yehuda VeShomron) is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan to the east and by Israel to the south, west and north. The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore.

The "West Bank" name was given to the territory after it was captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War because it sits on the west side of the Jordan River. Jordan subsequently annexed the territory in 1950 and held it until 1967 when it was occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

The Oslo Accords, signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, created administrative districts with varying levels of Palestinian autonomy within each area. Area C, in which Israel maintained complete civil and security control, accounts for over 60% of the territory of the West Bank.

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has a land area of 5,640 km² plus a water area of 220 km², consisting of the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. The International Court of Justice advisory ruling (2004) concluded that events that came after the 1967 occupation of the West Bank by Israel, including the Jerusalem Law, Israel's peace treaty with Jordan and the Oslo Accords, did not change the status of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) as an occupied territory with Israel as the occupying power.

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences	1
Youngest Fossil Listed	89.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed	99.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units	Unit No. Occurrences Age Judea 1 99.6 - 89.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
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Accepted Name Hierarchy Age Judeasaurus tchernovi species Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Judeasaurus : Judeasaurus tchernovi 99.6 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank
Wikidata ID:	Q36678
GeoNames ID:	285153

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