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Yesha is the Hebrew acronym for Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip (Yehuda, Shomron and Aza are the Hebrew equivalents). Israel captured these areas, as well as the eastern half of Jerusalem and the Sinai Peninsula, in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Judea and Samaria are Biblical names for the areas making up the West Bank. Judea extends from Jerusalem southward along the Judean mountain ridgeline, extending east from the mountains down to the Dead Sea. Samaria refers to hill country north and west of Jerusalem
The area is also known as the West Bank because of its location on the west bank of the Jordan River.
The Gaza Strip is a narrow, 40-kilometer (25-mile) long strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, with Egypt to the west and Israel to the east.
The decision whether to use the terms Yesha, West Bank and Gaza Strip, or the territories is largely a political one. Generally speaking, Palestinians reject the term Yesha because it stresses the Jewish link to the land. On the other hand, some Israelis, particularly settlers, use the term for this very reason.
