West Bank of Jordan

West Bank
الضفة الغربية Aḍ-Ḍiffah l-Ġarbiyyah
Area annexed by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
1948–1967
Flag Coat of arms
Contemporary map, 1955
Capital		Not specified
Languages		Arabic
Religion		Sunni Islam
Political structure		Area annexed by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
History
•	Established	1948
•	Disestablished	1967
•	Surrender of Jordanian claims	31 July 1988
Currency		Jordanian dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Mandatory Palestine Israeli Military Governorate State of Palestine
Today part of		Palestinian Authority Judea and Samaria area East Jerusalem

The Jordanian annexation of the West Bank was the occupation and consequent annexation of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) by Jordan (formerly Transjordan) in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. During the war, Jordan's Arab Legion conquered the Old City of Jerusalem and took control of territory on the western side of the Jordan River, including the cities of Jericho, Bethlehem, Hebron and Nablus. At the end of hostilities, Jordan was in complete control of the West Bank.

Following the December 1948 Jericho Conference, and the 1949 renaming of the country from Transjordan to Jordan, the West Bank was formally annexed on 24 April 1950.

The annexation was widely considered as illegal and void by the international community.A month afterward, the Arab League declared that they viewed the area "annexed by Jordan as a trust in its hands until the Palestine case is fully solved in the interests of its inhabitants." Recognition of Jordan's declaration of annexation was only granted by the United Kingdom, Iraq and Pakistan.

Jordan transferred its full citizenship rights to the residents of the West Bank, the annexation more than doubled the population of Jordan. The naturalized Palestinians enjoyed equal opportunities in all sectors of the state without discrimination, and they were given half of the seats of the Jordanian Parliament.

After Jordan lost the West Bank to Israel in the 1967 Six Day War, the Palestinians there remained Jordanian citizens until Jordan decided to renounce claims and severe administrative ties with the territory in 1989.