West Bank
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The West Bank is a landlocked territory in the Middle East, located west of the Jordan River, that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967 and is central to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and future Palestinian statehood.
All labels observed (21)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61586 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: West Bank Context triple: [State of Palestine, claimsTerritory, West Bank]
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Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is a densely populated Palestinian coastal enclave on the eastern Mediterranean, governed by Hamas and frequently at the center of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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B.
Judea
Judea was an ancient region in the Levant, centered around Jerusalem, that served as a major cultural and religious heartland for the Jewish people and the early development of Christianity.
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C.
Galilee
Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.
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D.
Ramallah
Ramallah is a major Palestinian city in the central West Bank that functions as the de facto administrative and political center of the Palestinian Authority.
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E.
Dead Sea shore
The Dead Sea shore is the hypersaline coastline of the landlocked Dead Sea, renowned as the lowest exposed land on Earth and a major natural and tourist landmark in the Middle East.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: West Bank Target entity description: The West Bank is a landlocked territory in the Middle East, located west of the Jordan River, that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967 and is central to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and future Palestinian statehood.
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A.
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is a densely populated Palestinian coastal enclave on the eastern Mediterranean, governed by Hamas and frequently at the center of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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B.
Judea
Judea was an ancient region in the Levant, centered around Jerusalem, that served as a major cultural and religious heartland for the Jewish people and the early development of Christianity.
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C.
Galilee
Galilee is a region in northern Israel historically significant as the primary setting for much of Jesus Christ’s early life and ministry.
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D.
Ramallah
Ramallah is a major Palestinian city in the central West Bank that functions as the de facto administrative and political center of the Palestinian Authority.
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E.
Dead Sea shore
The Dead Sea shore is the hypersaline coastline of the landlocked Dead Sea, renowned as the lowest exposed land on Earth and a major natural and tourist landmark in the Middle East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disputed territory
ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ landlocked territory ⓘ part of the Palestinian territories ⓘ territory ⓘ |
| administeredInPartBy |
Israeli Military Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli Civil Administration
Palestinian Authority ⓘ |
| borders |
Dead Sea
ⓘ
Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ |
| capturedDuring | Six-Day War ⓘ |
| capturedFrom | Jordan ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Arab–Israeli conflict
ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
future Palestinian statehood ⓘ |
| contains |
Israeli settlements
ⓘ
Palestinian refugee camps ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
East Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
East Jerusalem (disputed)
Hebron ⓘ Jenin ⓘ Jericho ⓘ Nablus ⓘ Qalqilya ⓘ Ramallah ⓘ Salfit ⓘ Tubas ⓘ Tulkarm ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Israel ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Area A
ⓘ
Area B ⓘ Area C ⓘ |
| divisionDefinedBy | Oslo Accords ⓘ |
| hasCapitalCity |
Ramallah
ⓘ
surface form:
Ramallah (administrative, Palestinian Authority)
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| hasDeJureStatusClaimedBy |
Israel
ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Israeli settlers
ⓘ
Palestinian ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian Arabs
|
| hasKeyEconomicSector |
agriculture
ⓘ
light industry ⓘ services ⓘ |
| hasMajorReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasWidelySpokenLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| internationalLawStatus | Israeli settlements widely considered illegal under international law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Middle East
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Western Asia
|
| locatedWestOf | Jordan River ⓘ |
| occupationBegan | 1967 ⓘ |
| partOf |
State of Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Palestine (claimed)
|
| UNConsiders | occupied Palestinian territory ⓘ |
| underMilitaryOccupationBy | Israel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: West Bank Description of subject: The West Bank is a landlocked territory in the Middle East, located west of the Jordan River, that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967 and is central to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and future Palestinian statehood.
Referenced by (420)
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