Ariel (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל; Arabic: اريئيل) is an Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the Green Line and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of the Jordan border. Ariel was first established in 1978 and its population was 18,391 in 2014, composed of veteran and young Israelis, English-speaking immigrants, and immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, with an additional influx of 10,000 students.
Population: 17,668
Latitude: 32° 06' 23.40" N
Longitude: 35° 11' 4.16" E
Antipatris (Ancient Greek: Αντιπατρίς) is the name of a city built during the first century BCE by Herod the Great, who named it in honour of his father, Antipater. It stood at a site located today in central Israel, which has been inhabited from th…
Shilo (Hebrew: שִׁלֹה / שילה Šîlô) is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, located 28 miles (45 km) north of Jerusalem on Route 60. It is neighboured by the Israeli settlements Eli and Maale Levona and the Palestinian villages Sinjil, Tu…
Kedumim (Hebrew: קְדוּמִים), also Qedumim, is an Israeli settlement and a town located in the Samarian hills of the West Bank. Kedumim was founded on Hanukkah 1975 by members of the Gush Emunim settlement movement.
The Jericho Governorate (Arabic: محافظة أريحا Muḥāfaẓat Arīḥā; Hebrew: נפת יריחו, translit. Nafat Yeriḥo) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It is located along the eastern areas of the West Bank, along the northern Dead Sea and southern Jorda…
Balata Camp (Arabic: مخيم بلاطة) is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to the city of Nablus. It is the largest refugee camp in the West Bank.
The Nablus Governorate (Arabic: محافظة نابلس Muḥāfaẓat Nāblus; Hebrew: נפת שכם Napat Šəḵem) is an administrative district of the Palestine located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53 km north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the ci…
The Shomron Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית שומרון, Mo'atza Azorit Shomron, English Samaria Regional Council) is an Israeli regional council in the northern West Bank. It provides municipal services for the 29 Israeli settlements in the Sama…
The Ramallah Friends Schools are two private schools founded by Quakers in the city of Ramallah, in the West Bank. The Friends Girls' School was inaugurated in 1869; the construction of the Friends Boy's School began in 1901 and opened in 1918. The …
The Barkan Industrial Park (Hebrew: איזור התעשיה ברקן, lit. Barkan Industrial Area) is located about 25 kilometres east of Tel Aviv in the West Bank. Its offices are located at the northern entrance.
Amona (Hebrew: עמונה) is an Israeli outpost in the central West Bank. Located on a hill overlooking Ofra within the municipal boundaries of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, the village was founded in 1995 on privately owned Palestinian land.
Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית מטה בנימין, Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Binyamin) is a regional council covering 42 Israeli settlements and outposts in the southern Samarian hills of the West Bank. The seat of the council is Psagot. …
Eyal (Hebrew: אֱיָל; lit. power, potency, strength) is a kibbutz in the Centre District of Israel close to the Green line.
The Tulkarm Governorate (Arabic: محافظة طولكرم Muḥāfaẓat Ṭūlkarm; Hebrew: נפת טולכרם Nafat Ṭūlkarm) is an administrative district and one of 16 Governorates of Palestine located in the northwestern West Bank. The governorate's land area is 268 squa…
Migdal Afek (Hebrew: מגדל אפק) (also Migdal Tsedek (Hebrew: מגדל צדק) is a national park near Rosh HaAyin, Israel. On the site are the ruins of Mirabel, a Crusader castle.
Jaljulia (Hebrew: גַ'לְג'וּלְיָה, Arabic: جلجولية), officially also spelled Jaljulye, is an Arab town in Israel near Kfar Saba.
Kokhav Ya'ir-Tzur Yigal (Hebrew: כּוֹכַב יָאִיר-צוּר יִגְאָל, also Kochav Yair-Tzur Yigal) is a town (local council) in the Center District of Israel.
Homesh (Hebrew: חֹמֶשׁ, חומש) was a community settlement and Israeli settlement in the northern Samarian hills of the West Bank along Route 60. The village fell under the administrative jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council.
Alexandrion or Alexandrium, sometimes referred to as Sartaba, was a fort constructed by the Hasmoneans on a mountain between Scythopolis and Jerusalem, near the Jordan Valley.