{"id":3961,"date":"2024-01-09T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T08:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/?page_id=3961"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:02:14","slug":"west-bank-and-gaza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/the-palestinians\/west-bank-and-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bank and Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"article__intro wp-block-paragraph\">In the UN partition plan of 1947, an area west of the Jordan River (West Bank \/ West Bank) and a strip of land on the Mediterranean (Gaza) were designated as an independent Palestinian Arab state.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/isreal-karte.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Israel\" class=\"wp-image-852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/isreal-karte.jpg 640w, https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/isreal-karte-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"image-meta\">&copy; ZDF Dossier<\/span><\/figure><\/figcaption>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the end of the war waged by Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon in 1948 &#8211; 1949 to destroy the newly founded state of Israel, the West Bank was controlled by Jordan and the Gaza Strip by Egypt. 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