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.
It was also urgently important that Israel pause implementation of a law banning the operation of the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, Thomas-Greenfield added.
While it’s essential for Israel to develop an alternative strategic plan for Palestinians to prevent regional instability and security concerns, Israel has every right to proceed with this decision.
The IDF also arrested a number of wanted persons, located weapons, and destroyed an explosives laboratory.
Their goal is to reach elected offices and lay the groundwork for a major Islamic revolution. The threat is not theoretical. Any American who does not share their vision is a potential target.
Here are eight takes on what UNRWA is and why and how it has placed Israel in the international hot seat.
According to the bill's explanatory section, the law only applies to new embassies, and existing embassies will remain in place.
These people, who know no history and make no sense, don’t really like Palestine or Palestinians. What they share with each other is pure hate for the Jew, and this includes the Jews among them.
Netflix explained, "We launched this licensed collection of films in 2021 for three years. Those licenses have now expired."
The driver has been apprehended and emergency services are at the scene treating the wounded.
Too often, the Palestinian leadership chose the path of violence and terror. But placing the entire blame on them is not only incorrect, it is also dangerous. It covers up our own failures.
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