Jericho: Quick Facts

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Palestinian Authority land freeze targets Arab Israelis after Jewish home purchases near Jericho • Nov. 9, 2026, 11:20 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

Settlers establish outpost on Jericho border after secretly purchasing houses • Nov. 5, 2026, 12:34 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Political map of the West Bank showing its boundaries, major cities including Jenin, Tulkarm, Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, Jericho, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron, as well as the Dead Sea to the southeast. The map includes a locator inset highlighting the West Bank's position relative to Israel, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt.

Jericho, West Bank: mosaic in the Khirbat al-Mafjar complex

A group of visitors walks among the stone ruins and standing columns of Khirbat al-Mafjar, or Hisham's Palace, with desert hills in the background.

Excavation of the Tall As-Sulṭān, Jericho

Black and white illustration by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld showing Joshua and Israelites blowing trumpets as the walls of Jericho collapse, based on the passage Joshua 6:20 in the Bible.

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The caves of Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, in the West Bank. The site of the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in 1947.

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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.

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