Claim: The State of Palestine lays claim to a region on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Evidence: The State of Palestine claims the West Bank -LRB- bordering Israel and Jordan -RRB- and Gaza Strip -LRB- bordering Israel and Egypt -RRB- with East Jerusalem as the designated capital.
The Gaza Strip -LRB- -LSB- ` gɑːzə ` strɪp -RSB- -LSB- qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣazza -RSB- -RRB- , 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.