Palestinians
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Palestinians are an Arab national group native to the region of Palestine, descended from those who have inhabited the area over the millennia. They represent a highly homogenized community who share
Embroidered panel on a 1920s dress from Bayt Dajan, Jaffa area
Khalil Beidas (1874–1949) whose writings played an important role in the development of Palestinian nationalist consciousness
Palestinian mother and child
Dendrogram based on mtDNA haplogroup frequencies from Badro et al. 2013.
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
Palestinians
…half of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the territory of former Mandatory Palestine, now encompassing Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Israel proper, Palestinians constitute almost 21 percent of the population as part of its Arab citizens. Many are…
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