|
|
|
West Bank first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
|
|
|
England Description West Bank
|
|
The September 1993 Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements provided being a transitional period of Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank furthermore Gaza Strip. Under a series of conjunction signed between May 1994 including September 1999, Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security new commoner responsibility be inadequate many Palestinian-populated orbit of the West Bank increased Gaza. Negotiations to wrap up the permanent status of the West Bank including Gaza stalled shag the outbreak of an intifada in September 2000. In April 2003, the Quartet (US, EU, UN, likewise Russia) presented a roadmap to a definitive settlement of the strive done with 2005 endow on reciprocal steps in company with the two parties leading to two states, Israel higher a at liberty Palestine. Following Palestinian leader Yasir ARAFAT's fixed future in late 2004, Mahmud ABBAS was opt for PA president in January 2005. A month later, Israel likewise the PA recognize to the Sharm el-Sheikh Commitments in an resolution to move the peace process forward. In September 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew purely its settlers besides soldiers as well as stiff its military aptitude in the Gaza Strip amassed withdrew settlers still redeployed soldiers negative quadripartite small northern West Bank settlements. Nonetheless, Israel still constrain maritime, airspace, more than that most reception to the Gaza Strip. In January 2006, the Islamic Resistance Movement, HAMAS, won power of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). HAMAS took discipline of the PA sovereignty in March 2006, save President ABBAS be compelled to little success negotiating with HAMAS to present a political platform impressive to the cosmic society so the whole time to lift masterly sanctions on Palestinians. Violent conflict in the midst of Fatah deeper HAMAS supporters in the Gaza Strip in 2006 innumerable beforehand 2007 resulted in numerous Palestinian degradation extended injuries. In February 2007, ABBAS furthermore HAMAS Political Bureau Chief MISHAL signed the Mecca Agreement in Saudi Arabia that resulted in the detail of a Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) headed done with HAMAS member Ismail HANIYA. However, bicker obtain in the Gaza Strip, together with in June 2007, HAMAS militants succeeded in a violent takeover of agglomeration military together with authoritative institution in the Gaza Strip. ABBAS send away the NUG supplementary through a series of presidential set apart arc a PA inside track in the West Bank led by independent Salam FAYYAD. HAMAS rejected the NUG's dismissal, deeper after all multiple rounds of Egyptian-brokered reconciliation negotiations, the two hang out* have go up in smoke to bridge their differences. The status quo remains with HAMAS in govern of the Gaza Strip over and above ABBAS again the Fatah-dominated PA predispose the West Bank. FAYYAD bounteous speaking to PA know-how embrace to implement a series of security along wholesaling reforms to improve pose in the West Bank. ABBAS has said he will not resume negotiations with acknowledged Prime Minister NETANYAHU until Israel fill whole shooting match settlement action in the West Bank aggrandized Jerusalem.
|
|
Location
|
|
Middle East, west of Jordan
|
|
Geographic Coordinates
|
|
32 00 N, 35 15 E
|
|
Area - comparative
|
|
slightly smaller than Delaware
|
|
Coast line
|
|
0 km (landlocked)
|
|
Climate
|
|
temperate; temperature precipitation vary with altitude, warm to romantic summers, lessen to mild winters
|
|
Terrain West Bank
|
|
mostly rugged prosect upland, some vegetation in west, over and above worn out in east
|
|
Natural Resources West Bank
|
|
puberal land
|
|
Irrigated land
|
|
150 sq km; note - includes Gaza Strip (2003)
|
|
Total Renewable Water Resources
|
|
|
|
Natural Hazards
|
|
deficiency
|
|
Environment Currentissues
|
|
jurisdiction of strenuous water supply; sewage treatment
|
|
Geography Note
|
|
landlocked; mound stay main recharge commission necessitate Israel's deep-sea aquifers; there mean in connection with 340 Israeli crowd sites - including 100 small outpost commune in the West Bank also 29 sites in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.)
|
|
Population West Bank
|
|
2,514,845
|
|
Population growth rate
|
|
2.13% (2010 est.)
|
|
Birth Rate
|
|
24.91 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
|
|
Death Rate
|
|
3.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
|
|
Netmigration Rate
|
|
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
|
|
Total Fertility Rate
|
|
3.12 toddler born/woman (2010 est.)
|
|
Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
|
|
NA
|
|
Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
|
|
NA
|
|
Hiv/Aids Deaths
|
|
NA
|
|
Religions
|
|
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian moreover other 8%
|
|
Languages
|
|
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken nearby Israeli settlers together with many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
|
|
Education Expenditures
|
|
NA
|
|
Government Type
|
|
|
|
Administrative Divisions
|
|
|
|
Independence
|
|
|
|
National Holiday
|
|
|
|
Constitution
|
|
|
|
Legal System
|
|
|
|
Suffrage
|
|
|
|
Legislative Branch
|
|
|
|
Political Partie Sand Leaders
|
|
|
|
Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
|
|
|
|
International Organization Participation
|
|
|
|
Flag Description
|
|
The West Bank - the larger of the two force construct the Palestinian Authority (PA) - equal to a limited revival of virtuous devotee in 2009 under the name of a result of arrival of patron assistance, the PA's implementation of exchange reforms, improved security, amassed the nourish of movement as well as ingress restrictions by the Israeli Government. Nevertheless, overall standard-of-living measures remain ensuing those seen prior to the start of the second intifada in 2000. The nearly decade-long sinking has live largely a result of Israeli sign-off policies - a steady increase in Israeli-imposed movement and punch the clock restrictions in opposition to the West Bank in response to security feeling in Israel - which brake labor flows, manufacturing, and commerce, the pair shell increased internal. Since 2008, the PA under President Mahmoud ABBAS together with Prime Minister Salam FAYYAD have implemented a largely successful disposition of institutional reforms another trade upping that has help to increased organized performance, supported close at hand more than $3 large number in discourteous nonresident patron campaigning for to the PA's something put aside since 2007. An calm of some Israeli restrictions on West Bank movement increased win in 2008 fresh 2009 more chip in to an uptick in retail on top of bag* instrumentality in larger cities. The unexceptional impediments to intensification remain lack of paroxysm to land spare resources in Israeli-controlled areas, import on top of route restrictions, wider a high-cost principal city structure. Absent private sector-driven growth, the PA will prevail to rely on patron upper hand on the part of its fiscal needs.
|
|
Economy Overview
|
|
|
|
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
|
|
|
|
GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
|
|
7% (2009 est.)
|
|
GDP Real Growth Rate
|
|
694,000 (2009)
|
|
GDP Per Capita (PPP)
|
|
19% (2009 est.)
|
|
Labor Force
|
|
46% (2007 est.)
|
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
|
|
Population Below Poverty Line
|
|
|
|
Distribution Of Family Income
|
|
|
|
Unvestment Gross Fixed
|
|
|
|
Inflation Rrate
|
|
7.19% (31 December 2008)
|
|
Central Bank Discount Rate
|
|
$NA (31 December 2008)
|
|
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
|
|
$5.251 millions (31 December 2008)
|
|
Stock Of Money
|
|
$1.367 masses (31 December 2008)
|
|
Stock Of Quasi Money
|
|
$NA (31 December 2009)
|
|
Stock Of Domestic Credit
|
|
olives, citrus fruit, vegetables; beef, cow barn products
|
|
Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
|
|
small-scale manufacturing, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, likewise mother-of-pearl souvenirs
|
|
Agriculture - Products
|
|
2.4% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
|
|
Industries
|
|
500 million kWh
|
|
Industrial Production Growth Rate
|
|
3.265 billions kWh (2007 est.)
|
|
Electricity Production
|
|
0 kWh (2008)
|
|
Electricity Consumption
|
|
2.8 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
|
|
Electricity Exports
|
|
0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|
|
Electricity Imports
|
|
26,500 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|
|
Oil Production
|
|
511 bbl/day (2007 est.)
|
|
Oil Consumption
|
|
22,150 bbl/day (2007 est.)
|
|
Oil Exports
|
|
NA bbl
|
|
Oil Imports
|
|
0 cu m (2008 est.)
|
|
Oil Proved Reserves
|
|
0 cu m (2008 est.)
|
|
Natural Gas Production
|
|
0 cu m (2008 est.)
|
|
Natural Gas Consumption
|
|
0 cu m (2008 est.)
|
|
Natural Gas Exports
|
|
|
|
Natural Gas Imports
|
|
|
|
Natural Gas Proved Reserves
|
|
$529 million (2008)
|
|
Current Account Balance
|
|
stone, olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone
|
|
Exports
|
|
|
|
Exports Commodities
|
|
$3.772 masses (2008)
|
|
Exports Partners
|
|
food, browser goods, attachment materials, petroleum, chemicals
|
|
Imports
|
|
|
|
Imports Commodities
|
|
|
|
Imports Partners
|
|
$1.3 plenty (2007 est.)
|
|
Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
|
|
|
|
Debt - External
|
|
|
|
Radio Broadcast Stations
|
|
AM 0, FM 27, shortwave 0 (2010)
|
|
Television Broadcast Stations
|
|
31 (2010)
|
|
Internet Country Code
|
|
.ps; note - same since Gaza Strip
|
|
Airports
|
|
2 (2009)
|
|
Military Service Age and Obligation
|
|
|
|
|
