Yesha

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For the moshav (Israeli communal town) see Yesha, moshav

Yesha (יש"ע) is a Hebrew acronym for "Judea Samaria Gaza" (Hebrew: יהודה שומרון עזה, "Yehuda Shomron 'Azza", the West Bank and Gaza Strip), and is one of a number of terms used to describe the areas Israel gained control over during the Six-Day War of June 1967. The areas had previously been captured by Egypt and Jordan during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The term "Yesha" is still commonly used in Israel even though Israel has evacuated the settlements and military bases from Gush Katif and retreated to the Green Line.

The Yesha Council is the umbrella organization of the various municipal councils (local, regional, and cities) which oversees the settlement of Jews in the area. The population is predominantly Muslim Arab.

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[edit] Terminology

The territories are referred to by the United Nations and from the Palestinian perspective as the "Palestinian territories," and from the Israeli perspective, the "disputed territories." After 1967, the UN used the term the "Occupied Palestinian Territory," but the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 passed on November 29, 1947 used "Samaria and Judea." [1]

Various Israelis and their supporters consider the acquisition of these territories as a legitimate liberation of land that rightfully belongs to Israel, while others favor the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in parts or all of the territories. It is expected that the final status of the territories will be negotiated in peace talks aimed at the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but none have taken place since 2001.