Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Field Note
“Just a few miles into the West Bank, not far from Jerusalem,
the expanding Israeli presence could not be missed. New
settlements dot the landscape, often occupying strategic
sites that are also easily defensible. These 'facts on the
ground' will certainly complicate the effort to carve out a
stable territorial order in this much-contested region. That,
of course, is the goal of the settlers and their supporters,
but it is salt on the wound for those who contest the Israeli
right to be there in the fi rst place.”
Figure 3.15
The West Bank, outside Jerusalem, Israel.
© Alexander B. Murphy.
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Figure 3.16
Changing Center of Population
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Data
from
: United States Census Bureau,
Statistical Abstract
, 2011.
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