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Palestine/Israel: A Primer: Background Knowledge

Current de jure borders of Palestine

  • The Gaza Strip is along the Mediterranean coast to the Southwest, and borders Egypt

  • The West Bank (of the Jordan River) is on the East side of Israel bordering Jordan and the Dead SeaMap showing the borders and towns of the West Bank and Gaza

 

"Palestine Base Map" by European Commission is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Current de facto borders of Palestine

See the settlement question for more information about the de facto borders of Palestine

 

"Israel Blank Map (de facto borders)" by Iktsokh is in the Public Domain, CC0

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