Editing Judea and Samaria Area (section)

{{Short description|Israeli administrative division in the West Bank}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Area C (West Bank)]], the administrative area defined in the [[Oslo II Accord]]}}
{{Hatnote|This article is about an Israeli administrative division that overlaps the [[West Bank]]. For the proposed state, see [[State of Judea]]. For the biblical regions that serve as its namesake, see [[Judea]] and [[Samaria]]. For the biblical kingdoms, see [[Kingdom of Judah]] and [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Samaria]].}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Judea and Samaria Area
| type                     = [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli administrative division]]
| image_map                = Israel judea and samaria dist.png
| mapsize                  = 150px
| map_caption              = Map of Israel and the [[Golan Heights]], with the Judea and Samaria Area ([[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli-occupied West Bank]] excluding [[East Jerusalem]]) highlighted in peach
| mapframe                 = yes
| mapframe-zoom            = 8
| mapframe-height          = 300
| subdivision_type         = 
| subdivision_name         = 
| subdivision_type1        = Region
| subdivision_name1        = [[West Bank]]
| coordinates              = 
| seat_type                = Capital
| seat                     = [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]]
| seat1_type               = 
| seat1                    = 
| area_total_km2           = 5,878
| population_total         = 529,455 residents (Israeli citizens only)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402786|title=Judea and Samaria 2024 population growth double the regular rate|website=Israel National News|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref> 
| population_as_of         = 2024
| native_name              = {{lang|he|{{Script|Hebrew|אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן}}|rtl=yes}}<br/>{{Lang|ar|{{Script|Arabic|يَهُودَا وَالسَّامِرَةِ}}|rtl=yes}}
| named_for                = [[Judea]], [[Samaria]]
| native_name_lang         = <!-- he, ar -->
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}{{Use Oxford spelling|date=May 2022}}The '''Judea and Samaria Area''' ({{langx|he|אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן|translit=Ezor Yehuda VeShomron}};{{Efn|Also an acronym: {{Script/Hebrew|יו"ש}} (''Yosh'') or {{Script/Hebrew|ש"י}} (''Shai'').}} {{langx|ar|يهودا والسامرة|translit=Yahūda wa-s-Sāmara}}) is an administrative division used by the [[Israel|State of Israel]] to refer to the entire [[West Bank]], which has been [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|occupied by Israel since 1967]], but excludes [[East Jerusalem]] (see [[Jerusalem Law]]).<ref name="GalnoorBlander2018">{{citation|author1=Itzhak Galnoor|author2=Dana Blander|title=The Handbook of Israel's Political System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UiViDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA184|date=30 April 2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-54815-1|page=184}}</ref><ref name="SAI2012">{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton63/map/01_01e.pdf |title=Statistical Abstract of Israel 2012 |access-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215195555/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton63/map/01_01e.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2013 }}</ref> Its area is split into 165 [[Palestinian enclaves|Palestinian "islands"]] that are under total or partial civil administration by the [[Palestinian National Authority]] (PNA), and a contiguous territory of [[Area C]] containing 230 [[Israeli settlement]]s into which [[Israeli law in the West Bank settlements|Israeli law is "pipelined"]].

While its area is internationally recognized as a part of the [[State of Palestine]], some Israeli authorities group it together with the [[Districts of Israel|districts of Israel proper]], largely for statistical purposes.<ref name="SAI2012" /><ref>[http://www.oecd.org/social/family/48442642.pdf Study On The Geographic Coverage Of Israeli Data] "All references in the Statistical Abstract refer to "6 districts", which thus excludes the Israeli settlements in the West Bank as a District. In the Key to Codes for Maps, though, "Judea and Samaria" (West Bank) is listed under the heading "District", though the maps themselves do not delineate or list Judea and Samaria (West Bank) as a district. Nevertheless, while the place of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank in the geographic hierarchy is unclear, statistics provided at the District level are normally available for the "Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria" as well."</ref><ref name="Otto2011">{{cite book|author=Roland Otto|title=Targeted Killings and International Law: With Special Regard to Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gRuiNWNj_yEC&pg=PA38|date=1 December 2011|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-24858-0|page=38}}</ref>