The Palestinians are an Arab national group from the Southern Levant, predominantly the modern State of Israel.
Palestinians are predominantly Sunni Muslims, thought there are a minority of Christian and Shia Palestinians, as well as Druze and Samaritians that identify as Palestinian. There is dispute about when the Palestinian identity coalesced, be it in the post- or pre-war periods, and if it was an internal development or in direct response to the zionist movement.
The war that established Israel between Jewish and Arab forces resulted in a mass displacement of Palestinian Arabs. There is a significant diaspora of Palesitnians, especially in neighbouring Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. 20% of Israeli citizens are Arabs, of which many also identify as Palestinian. Many Diaspora Palesitnians, as well as those from families displaced from beyond the 1948 armistice lines, identify as refugees.
Many Palestinian political movements lay claim to all the land of Israel as the future Palestinian state. The Palestinian Authority is one of the pirmary bodies that governs the Palestinians, with varying degrees of control in the West Bank. Palestinians have autonomy in Gaza, which is under the rule of Hamas.
The call was understood by many Palestinians as a direct incitement to kill Fatah members and protestors, sparking rage online.
On Tuesday, the military said some 30 masked men, believed to be Jewish residents from the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council area, entered the village, torching property.
A similar report by the Henry Jackson Society in December also concluded that Hamas had inflated the number of casualties in the war.
The protesters in Gaza, chanting “Hamas are terrorists!” are risking not only their livelihoods but their lives to speak out against an oppressive regime.
Although the raid was authorized to search for illegal weapons, the sites in question: a school and a pharmacy, were not authorized to be searched.
IDF probe reveals IDF failures in defending against Hamas attack on Erez Crossing • Nine soldiers killed, three hostages taken
Hamas loyalists claimed that Odai al-Rabei's alleged participation in anti-Hamas protests meant he was a "traitor."
"We want to occupy the territory in order to cleanse it of the enemy; otherwise, he will kill your children and kidnap your grandchildren again," he said.
A Palestinian group urged a mass “march of anger” to protest against what it described as years of oppression and misrule by Hamas.
This is part of a new voluntary migration project led by Major-General Ghassan Alian, head of Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).
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