The State of Palestine claims the West Bank and is contested.
Palestinians . Despite various wars and exoduses ( such as that in 1948 ) , roughly one half of the world 's Palestinian population continues to reside in historic Palestine , the area encompassing the West Bank , the Gaza Strip and Israel . The Palestinian National Authority , officially established as a result of the Oslo Accords , is an interim administrative body nominally responsible for governance in Palestinian population centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip . The State of Judea ( , Medīnat Yəhuda ) is a proposed halachic state in the West Bank put forward by Israeli Jewish settlers . State of Palestine . The State of Palestine claims the West Bank ( bordering Israel and Jordan ) and Gaza Strip ( bordering Israel and Egypt ) with East Jerusalem as the designated capital .