Interesting Facts about West Bank

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2 curious facts about West Bank.

• Prior to the First World War, the area now known as the West Bank was under Ottoman rule as part of the province of Syria.
• The region did not have a separate existence until 1948–1949, when it was defined by the Armistice Agreement of April 1949 between Israel and Jordan (until then known as Transjordan).