West Bank

• “On the West Bank of Luxor, one will find a cluster of high brown mountains and jagged dry hills that rise up from the desert floor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Seven Deadly Wonders

• “Expecting Begin to look unfavorably on any proposal that called on Israel to give up any part of the West Bank and its claim to all of Jerusalem, I sent a personal letter to him meant to supplement a more detailed briefing on the plan to be given to him by our excellent ambassador in Israel, Samuel Lewis.”

  Simon & Schuster: An American Life

• “However, after the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian people gradually increased as aid workers, diplomats, journalists, and Norwegian UN peace-keepers saw how the Palestinian refugees were living after the 1967 and 1973 wars.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Billion Lives

• “Living and walking in the ancient Holy City and crisscrossing the West Bank of the Jordan River made it abundantly clear to me—and to anyone who wanted to see—that political contacts could not remain frozen between the two closely related peoples living virtually on top of each other.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Billion Lives

• “I explained that we were able to provide the perfect camouflage for the proposed channel: the extensive standard-of-living studies being carried out by Fafo in the West Bank and Gaza.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Billion Lives

• “As there was no prior consultation, the U.S. government could have taken the position that the West Bank should be reassociated with Jordan; what some call the West Bank, Mr. President, is Judea and Samaria and the simple historic truth will never change.”

  Simon & Schuster: An American Life

• “As we drive to Ramallah in the West Bank to see Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen, I think about what I will say in the Security Council in New York later that week:”

  Simon & Schuster: A Billion Lives

• “In the West Bank on Sunday, hundreds of demonstrators threw rocks at the Israeli checkpoint at Qalandiya, between Ramallah and Jerusalem.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Violence Flares Up at Israeli Border

• “Protests turned violent at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Ramallah, where some demonstrators threw rocks at Israeli soldiers who fired tear gas and rubber bullets.”

  Voice of America: Israeli Troops Fire at Protesters at Golan Heights Border

• “Israel won a quick victory and occupied the West Bank of the Jordan river and the Gaza Strip, extending Israeli rule over virtually all the land the Zionists sought.”

  Simon & Schuster: The J Curve

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