(west bank is a part of ...) a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born
(west bank is a part of ...) a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land
(west bank is the region of the domain of ...) a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002