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Hisham ' s Palace ( Arabic :    Khirbat al - Mafjar or Arabic :    Qar Hishm ) is an important early Islamic archaeological site five km ___MASK32___ ___MASK43___ the town ___MASK43___ Jericho , at Khirbat al - Mafjar in the West Bank . Spreading over 60 hectares ( 150 acres ) , it consists ___MASK43___ three main parts : a palace , an ornate bath complex , and an agricultural estate . Also associated with the site is a large park or agricultural enclosure ( ayr ) which extends east ___MASK43___ the palace . An elaborate irrigation system provided the complex with water from nearby springs . " ___MASK92___ " and " occupied ___MASK92___ " ( OPT or oPt ) are descriptions often used to describe the West Bank ( including East Jerusalem ) and the Gaza Strip , which are occupied or otherwise under the control ___MASK43___ Israel . Israeli governments have maintained that the area involved is within territorial dispute . The extent ___MASK43___ the territories , while subject to future negotiations , have frequently been defined by the Green Line . The ___MASK12___ ( PA or PNA ; "") is the interim self - government body established in 1994 following the Gaza  ___MASK6___ Agreement to govern the ___MASK86___ and Areas A and B ___MASK43___ the West Bank , as a consequence ___MASK43___ the 1993 Oslo Accords . Following elections in 2006 and the subsequent Gaza conflict between the Fatah and Hamas parties , its authority had extended only in areas A and B ___MASK43___ the West Bank . Since January 2013 , the Fatah - controlled Palestinian Authority uses the name " State ___MASK43___ Palestine " on official documents . Fata ('), formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement is a Palestinian nationalist political party and the largest faction ___MASK43___ the confederated multi - party Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ). The Dead Sea ( lit . ___MASK51___ Sea ), is a ___MASK51___ lake bordered by ___MASK85___ to the east and Israel and Palestine to the west . Its surface and shores are below sea level , ___MASK62___ ' s lowest elevation on land . The Dead Sea is deep , the deepest hypersaline lake in the world . With 34 . 2 % salinity ( in 2011 ), it is 9 . 6 times as salty as the ocean , and one ___MASK43___ the world ' s saltiest bodies ___MASK43___ water . This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish , hence its name . The Dead Sea is long and wide at its widest point . It lies in the ___MASK85___ Rift Valley and its main tributary is the ___MASK85___ River . The ___MASK85___ River ( also River ___MASK85___ ; " Nahar ha - Yarden "; " Nahr al - Urdun ", Ancient Greek :  , " Iordànes ") is a - long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea ___MASK43___ Galilee and on to the Dead Sea . Israel and the West Bank border the river to the west , while the Golan Heights and ___MASK85___ lie to its east . Both ___MASK85___ and the West Bank take their names from the river . Western Asia , ___MASK35___ Asia , Southwestern Asia or ___MASK56___ Asia is the westernmost subregion ___MASK43___ Asia . The concept is in limited use , as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East ( or Near East ), the main difference being the exclusion ___MASK43___ Egypt ( which would be counted as part ___MASK43___ North Africa ). The term is sometimes used for the purposes ___MASK43___ grouping countries in statistics . ___MASK10___ , officially known as the State ___MASK43___ ___MASK10___ , is a country in the Middle East , on the southeastern shore ___MASK43___ the Mediterranean Sea and the ___MASK42___ shore ___MASK43___ the Red Sea . It has land borders with Lebanon to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories ___MASK43___ the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . ___MASK10___ ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat ___MASK43___ government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city ___MASK43___ Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . ___MASK46___ , officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (""), is a country in Western Asia , bordering ___MASK50___ and the Mediterranean Sea to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest . ___MASK46___ ' s capital and largest city is Damascus . ___MASK85___ ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom ___MASK43___ ___MASK85___ ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia , on the East Bank ___MASK43___ the ___MASK85___ River . ___MASK85___ is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south , Iraq to the north - east , Syria to the north , Israel , Palestine and the Dead Sea to the ___MASK35___ and the Red Sea in its extreme south - ___MASK35___ . ___MASK85___ is strategically located at the crossroads ___MASK43___ Asia , Africa and Europe . The capital , Amman , is ___MASK85___ ' s most populous city as well as the country ' s economic , political and cultural centre . The ___MASK3___ ("" " HaGadah ___MASK93___ ' aravit ") is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast ___MASK43___ Western Asia , forming the bulk ___MASK43___ the Palestinian territories . The ___MASK3___ shares boundaries ( demarcated by the Jordanian - Israeli armistice ___MASK43___ 1949 ) to the west , north , and south with Israel , and to the east , across the Jordan River , with Jordan . The ___MASK3___ also contains a significant section ___MASK43___ the western Dead Sea shore . The ___MASK24___ ("" translit . " Nafat Yerio ") is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine . It is located along the eastern areas of the West Bank , along the northern Dead Sea and southern Jordan River valley bordering Jordan . The governorate spans west to the mountains east of Ramallah and the eastern slopes of Jerusalem , including the northern reaches of the Judaean Desert . The population of the ___MASK24___ is estimated to be 31 , 501 , including approximately 6 , 000 Palestinian refugees in the governorate ' s camps . ___MASK6___ (' ; ') is a city in the ___MASK92___ and is located near the ___MASK85___ River in the West Bank . It is the administrative seat ___MASK43___ the ___MASK24___ , and is governed by the Fatah faction ___MASK43___ the Palestinian National Authority . In 2007 , it had a population ___MASK43___ 18 , 346 . The city was occupied by ___MASK85___ from 1949 to 1967 , and has been held under Israeli occupation since 1967 ; administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994 . It is believed to be one ___MASK43___ the oldest inhabited cities in the world and the city with the oldest known protective wall in the world . It was thought to have the oldest stone tower in the world as well , but excavations at Tell Qaramel in Syria have discovered stone towers that are even older .