evidence: The political geography of Israel and the Palestinian territories has been changing for more than a century. British imperial control, wars, Jewish settlements and Israeli occupation have greatly shrunk the Palestinian people’s land area, while Israel has expanded its footprint. Both Palestinians and Israelis see the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea as their own, and Christians, Jews and Muslims all consider parts of the land sacred. [...] The area was then divided into three parts. The 1949 armistice line, or "Green Line," made up the boundaries of Israel, the West Bank (the area west of the Jordan River) and the Gaza Strip. Until 1967, Egypt retained control of Gaza and Jordan retained control of the West Bank. [...] Modern-day boundaries sourced from the State Department. U.N. 1947 partition plan boundaries sourced from the United Nations. Armistice lines sourced from the U.N. Digital Library and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. British and French mandate boundaries sourced from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the CIA via the Library of Congress. West Bank territory data sourced from the U.N. OCHA West Bank Access and Restrictions map dated May 2023.