The State of Palestine claims a territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and is contested.
The Gaza Strip ( [ ` gɑːzə ` strɪp ] [ qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣazza ] ) , or simply Gaza , is a small self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea , that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 km and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km border . Palestine ( فلسطين , , ; Παλαιστίνη , Palaistinē ; Palaestina Hebrew : פלשתינה Palestina ) is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River . 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 .