The State of Palestine lays claim to a region in Western Asia.
The West Bank -LRB- الضفة الغربية ; הגדה המערבית , HaGadah HaMa'aravit -RRB- is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia , forming the bulk of territory now under Israeli control , or else under joint Israeli-Palestinian Authority control , and which final status of the entire area is yet to be determined by the parties concerned .. Mediterranean. Mediterranean. Western Asia. Western Asia. Palestinian Authority. Palestinian Authority. The West Bank shares boundaries -LRB- demarcated by the Jordanian-Israeli armistice of 1949 -RRB- to the west , north , and south with Israel , and to the east , across the Jordan River , with Jordan .. Israel. Israel. demarcated. Demarcation line. Jordan. Jordan. armistice of 1949. 1949 Armistice Agreements. Jordan River. Jordan River. The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore .. Dead Sea. Dead Sea. 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 .. East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Dead Sea. Dead Sea. it has an estimated population of 2,785,366 Palestinians , and approximately 371,000 Israeli settlers , and approximately another 212,000 Jewish Israelis in East Jerusalem .. East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Israeli settlers. Israeli settlement. Jewish Israelis. Israeli Jews. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank , including East Jerusalem , illegal under international law , though Israel disputes this .. Israel. Israel. East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. international law. international law. The International Court of Justice advisory ruling -LRB- 2004 -RRB- 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 -LRB- including East Jerusalem -RRB- as occupied territory with Israel as the occupying power .. Israel. Israel. East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Jordan. Jordan. International Court of Justice. International Court of Justice. Jerusalem Law. Jerusalem Law. Oslo Accords. Oslo Accords. occupied territory. Israeli-occupied territories