Palestine
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Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It encompasses the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, both of which are occ
Deir Yassin massacre of Palestinian villagers was carried out by Zionist militias, the Irgun and Lehi during the 1948 Palestine war.
The First Intifada in Gaza, 1987
Yasser Arafat was the first president of Palestine, serving from 1989 to 2004.
Friday prayer in Jerusalem after the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Mahmoud Abbas
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Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority since 2005. He has also b
Palestine
…0.05% Baháʼí Faith 5.27% irreligion Demonym Palestinian Government Unitary semi-presidential republic under a provisional government • President Mahmoud Abbas • Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh • Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa • Speaker of the Parliament Aziz Dweik Legislature Legislative Council Formation…
Abbas in 2024
Abbas with Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush in Aqaba, Jordan, 4 June 2003.
Abbas with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, January 2011
Abbas with U.S. president Joe Biden at the Palestinian Presidential Palace in Bethlehem, July 2022