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The name "West Bank" was used by [[Jordan]] (at the time ''The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan'') for the area controlled under the 1949 Armistice Agreements at the end of the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]. The Jordan annexation of the West Bank in this war lasted for 19 years and was never condemned by a single [[United Nations]] resolution.<ref name="frontpagemag">https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/209047/staking-out-israels-lawful-claims-west-bank-ari-lieberman</ref>
 
The name "West Bank" was used by [[Jordan]] (at the time ''The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan'') for the area controlled under the 1949 Armistice Agreements at the end of the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]. The Jordan annexation of the West Bank in this war lasted for 19 years and was never condemned by a single [[United Nations]] resolution.<ref name="frontpagemag">https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/209047/staking-out-israels-lawful-claims-west-bank-ari-lieberman</ref>
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During the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967 King Hussein of Jordan ordered his army to attack [[Israel]]. The Jordan artillery shelled Israeli population centers in West [[Jerusalem]] while the Israeli army responded to the attacks by conquering East Jerusalem and the West Bank. According to the Article 52 of the UN Charter Israel acted legal by defending itself against the Jordan aggression. Nevertheless, the "occupation" of the West Bank through Israel was condemned by the [[European Union]].<ref name="frontpagemag" />  
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During the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967 King Hussein of Jordan ordered his army to attack [[Israel]]. The Jordan artillery shelled Israeli population centers in West [[Jerusalem]] while the Israeli army responded to the attacks by conquering East Jerusalem and the West Bank. According to the Article 52 of the UN Charter Israel acted legal by defending itself against the Jordan aggression. Nevertheless, the "occupation" of the West Bank through Israel was condemned by the [[European Union]].<ref name="frontpagemag" />
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Since the Oslo Accords, several parts of the territory is under Arab rule. There is presence of Arab Christians, which are mostly Catholic and Orthodox.
    
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