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.
"Our goal is to unite in support of Palestinian liberation, contribute to rebuilding efforts, and uphold the steadfastness of the Palestinian people to remain on their land," PYM said on Instagram.
Reports cited the police as saying the two victims were visiting from Israel but did not note whether they were Palestinian.
The police raid on the Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem reveals dark depths and sparks new light.
The IDF said that four Palestinians were injured in the incident, while the Palestinian Red Crescent claims that 16 were injured.
When asked, an overwhelming majority (86%) of secular Israelis said the deal needed to be completed until the last of the hostages return home.
Israeli diplomacy should take advantage of Trump's plan and its underlying assumptions to undermine entrenched views around the world regarding the nature of the conflict in our region.
There is now an awareness that Hamas is a movement informed by decades-old ideology whose roots reach all the way to Nazi propaganda.
Trump's Gaza plan has large support from Netanyahu, coalition voters • 10% say plan is morally reprehensible, 35% want Jewish state 'from river to sea'
The Egyptian summit comes amid regional and global condemnation of US President Donald Trump's suggestion to "take over the Gaza Strip."
Donald Trump, disrupter-in-chief, is saying that it is time for new thinking. He is challenging conventions and forcing everybody to abandon failed fallback templates.
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