The West Bank is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, bordered by Jordan to the east and by the Green Line separating it and Israel on the south, west and north.

The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore.

The "West Bank" is the name given to the territory that is captured by Jordan in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and subsequently annexed in 1950, until 1967 when it is occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

The Oslo Accords, signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, create administrative districts with varying levels of Palestinian autonomy within each area.

Area C, in which Israel maintained complete civil and security control, accounts for over sixty percent of the territory of the West Bank.

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has a land area of five thousand six hundred and forty square kilometers plus a water area of two hundred and twenty square kilometers, consisting of the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea.

As of July 2017 it has an estimated population of 2,747,943 Palestinians, and approximately 391,000 Israeli settlers and approximately another 201,200 Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.

The International Court of Justice advisory ruling (2004) concludes that events that came after the 1967 occupation of the West Bank by Israel, including the Jerusalem Law, Israel's peace treaty with Jordan and the Oslo Accords, did not change the status of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) as occupied territory with Israel as the occupying power.