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id="toc-Second_intifada_and_civil_war" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_intifada_and_civil_war"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.6 Second intifada and civil war </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_intifada_and_civil_war-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Continued_conflict" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Continued_conflict"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.7 Continued conflict </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Continued_conflict-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Geography </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Geography subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1 Climate </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Biodiversity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biodiversity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Biodiversity </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Biodiversity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_and_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_and_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Government and politics </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Government and politics subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Administrative_divisions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administrative_divisions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Administrative divisions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administrative_divisions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foreign_relations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foreign_relations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 Foreign relations </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foreign_relations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Status_and_recognition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Status_and_recognition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Status and recognition </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Status_and_recognition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_recognition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Energy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.4 Energy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Energy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Oil_and_gas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Oil_and_gas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.5 Oil and gas </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Oil_and_gas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.6 Transportation </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.7 Tourism </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Communications" 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href="#Maps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12.4 Maps </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Maps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">State of Palestine</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 172 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-172" aria-hidden="true" > 172 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filastin" title="Filastin – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Filastin" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Acèh</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staat_Palestina" title="Staat Palestina – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Staat Palestina" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target">Afrikaans</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staat_Pal%C3%A4stina" title="Staat Palästina – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Staat Palästina" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Alemannisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8" title="फिलिस्तीन – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="फिलिस्तीन" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target">अंगिका</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_of_Palest%C4%ABn" title="Rice of Palestīn – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Rice of Palestīn" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ænglisc</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="دولة فلسطين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="دولة فلسطين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6" title="Պաղեստին – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պաղեստին" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Արեւմտահայերէն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="পেলেষ্টাইন – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="পেলেষ্টাইন" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">অসমীয়া</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1u_de_Palestina" title="Estáu de Palestina – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Estáu de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palet%C3%ADna" title="Paletína – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Paletína" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Avañe'ẽ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="ПилистӀин – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="ПилистӀин" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target">Авар</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C9%99l%C9%99stin_D%C3%B6vl%C9%99ti" title="Fələstin Dövləti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fələstin Dövləti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="فیلیسطین دؤولتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="فیلیسطین دؤولتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8" title="ফিলিস্তিন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফিলিস্তিন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Kok" title="Palestine Kok – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Palestine Kok" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Banyumasan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D3%99%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%94%D3%99%D2%AF%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Фәләстин Дәүләте – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Фәләстин Дәүләте" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target">Башҡортса</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Дзяржава Палесціна – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дзяржава Палесціна" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Дзяржава Палестына – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дзяржава Палестына" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8" title="फिलिस्तीन – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="फिलिस्तीन" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_kan_Palestina" title="Estado kan Palestina – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Estado kan Palestina" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bikol Central</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Палестина (държава) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Палестина (държава)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina_(dr%C5%BEava)" title="Palestina (država) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Palestina (država)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stad_Palestina" title="Stad Palestina – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Stad Palestina" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estat_de_Palestina" title="Estat de Palestina – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estat de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A1t_Palestina" title="Stát Palestina – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Stát Palestina" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Palestine" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target">ChiShona</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statu_di_Palestina" title="Statu di Palestina – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Statu di Palestina" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target">Corsu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwladwriaeth_Palesteina" title="Gwladwriaeth Palesteina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwladwriaeth Palesteina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="State of Palestine" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dagbanli</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%C3%A6stina_(stat)" title="Palæstina (stat) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Palæstina (stat)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="فلسطين – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="فلسطين" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">الدارجة</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staat_Pal%C3%A4stina" title="Staat Palästina – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Staat Palästina" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%8A%DE%A6%DE%8D%DE%A6%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%A0%DE%A9%DE%82%DE%AA%DE%8E%DE%AC_%DE%8B%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%AA%DE%8D%DE%A6%DE%8C%DE%B0" title="ފަލަސްޠީނުގެ ދައުލަތް – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ފަލަސްޠީނުގެ ދައުލަތް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ދިވެހިބަސް</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestiina" title="Palestiina – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Palestiina" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Κράτος της Παλαιστίνης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κράτος της Παλαιστίνης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Palestina" title="Estado de Palestina – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estado de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctato_Palestino" title="Ŝtato Palestino – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtato Palestino" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estau_de_Palestina" title="Estau de Palestina – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Estau de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target">Estremeñu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinako_Estatua" title="Palestinako Estatua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Palestinako Estatua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دولت فلسطین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دولت فلسطین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(%C3%89tat)" title="Palestine (État) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Palestine (État)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Palestine" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Furlan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A1t_na_Palaist%C3%ADne" title="Stát na Palaistíne – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Stát na Palaistíne" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gagauz</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Palestina" title="Estado de Palestina – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estado de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Palestine" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gĩkũyũ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AB%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A8" title="ફિલસ્ટીન – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ફિલસ્ટીન" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target">ગુજરાતી</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Koet" title="Palestine Koet – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Palestine Koet" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%94%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B8" title="팔레스타인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="팔레스타인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="State of Palestine" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hausa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6" title="Պաղեստին – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պաղեստին" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="फिलिस्तीन राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="फिलिस्तीन राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hornjoserbsce</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C5%BEava_Palestina" title="Država Palestina – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Država Palestina" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cch%E1%BB%8Bch%E1%BB%8B_Palesta%E1%BB%8Bn" title="Ọchịchị Palestaịn – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ọchịchị Palestaịn" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Igbo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_ti_Palestina" title="Estado ti Palestina – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Estado ti Palestina" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ilokano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stato_de_Palestina" title="Stato de Palestina – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Stato de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingua</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%C3%A6_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Палестинæ (паддзахад) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Палестинæ (паддзахад)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palest%C3%ADnur%C3%ADki" title="Palestínuríki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Palestínuríki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stato_di_Palestina" title="Stato di Palestina – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stato di Palestina" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA" title="מדינה פלסטינית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מדינה פלסטינית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagara_Pal%C3%A8stina" title="Nagara Palèstina – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Nagara Palèstina" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%C9%9Bstiinii" title="Palɛstiinii – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Palɛstiinii" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kabɩyɛ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%AB%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಸ್ಟೇಟ್ ಆಫ್ ಪ್ಯಾಲೆಸ್ಟೈನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಸ್ಟೇಟ್ ಆಫ್ ಪ್ಯಾಲೆಸ್ಟೈನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AC%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D" title="პალესტინის სახელმწიფო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პალესტინის სახელმწიფო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%90_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%86" title="ریاستِ فلسطیٖن – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="ریاستِ فلسطیٖن" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target">कॉशुर / کٲشُر</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Палестина – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Палестина" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestin" title="Palestin – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Palestin" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kernowek</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Palestine" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ikinyarwanda</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Palestine" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kongo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestin_(L%C3%A9ta)" title="Palestin (Léta) – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Palestin (Léta)" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kriyòl gwiyannen</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewleta_Filist%C3%AEn%C3%AA" title="Dewleta Filistînê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Dewleta Filistînê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Палестина мамлекети – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Палестина мамлекети" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Palestina" title="Estado de Palestina – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Estado de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ladino</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B2%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%84%E0%BA%95" title="ລັດປາແລັດສະໄຕ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ລັດປາແລັດສະໄຕ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target">ລາວ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civitas_Palaestinae" title="Civitas Palaestinae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Civitas Palaestinae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palest%C4%ABnas_Valsts" title="Palestīnas Valsts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Palestīnas Valsts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Палестина – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Палестина" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Лезги</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinos_valstyb%C4%97" title="Palestinos valstybė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Palestinos valstybė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A2to_de_Palest%C3%ACnn-a" title="Stâto de Palestìnn-a – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Stâto de Palestìnn-a" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ligure</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filastin" title="Filastin – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Filastin" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lingua Franca Nova</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palesztina" title="Palesztina – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Palesztina" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Палестина (држава) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Палестина (држава)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%80%E0%B5%BB_(%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82)" title="പലസ്തീൻ (രാജ്യം) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പലസ്തീൻ (രാജ്യം)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihitini" title="Parihitini – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Parihitini" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target">Māori</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AC%E1%83%B7%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D" title="პალესტინაშ სახენწჷფო – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="პალესტინაშ სახენწჷფო" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="دولة فلسطين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دولة فلسطين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negara_Palestin" title="Negara Palestin – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Negara Palestin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagara_Palestina" title="Nagara Palestina – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Nagara Palestina" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target">Minangkabau</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Gu%C3%B3k" title="Palestine Guók – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Palestine Guók" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%BB%D1%81" title="Палестин Улс – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Палестин Улс" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%AB%E1%80%9C%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="ပါလက်စတိုင်းနိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ပါလက်စတိုင်းနိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisitaina" title="Palisitaina – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Palisitaina" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Na Vosa Vakaviti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina_(staat)" title="Palestina (staat) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Palestina (staat)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nedersaksies</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="प्यालेस्टाइन राज्य – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="प्यालेस्टाइन राज्य" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%8A%E5%9B%BD" title="パレスチナ国 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="パレスチナ国" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%85%D1%8C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%85" title="Палестина пачхьалкх – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Палестина пачхьалкх" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target">Нохчийн</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestiina" title="Palestiina – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Palestiina" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nordfriisk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestiin" title="Palestiin – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Palestiin" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norfuk / Pitkern</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falastin_davlati" title="Falastin davlati – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Falastin davlati" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8" title="फिलिस्तीन – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="फिलिस्तीन" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target">पालि</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دولت فلسطین – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دولت فلسطین" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target">Papiamentu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%A1%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%93" title="រដ្ឋប៉ាឡេស្ទីន – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="រដ្ឋប៉ាឡេស្ទីន" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target">ភាសាខ្មែរ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestyna_(pa%C5%84stwo)" title="Palestyna (państwo) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Palestyna (państwo)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7" title="Παλαιστίνη – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" data-title="Παλαιστίνη" data-language-autonym="Ποντιακά" data-language-local-name="Pontic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ποντιακά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_da_Palestina" title="Estado da Palestina – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Estado da Palestina" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Qaraqalpaqsha</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filistin" title="Filistin – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Filistin" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Qırımtatarca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statul_Palestina" title="Statul Palestina – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Statul Palestina" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalistina_mamallaqta" title="Phalistina mamallaqta – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Phalistina mamallaqta" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Палестина (штат) – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Палестина (штат)" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русиньскый</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Государство Палестина – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Государство Палестина" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B1" title="ᱯᱮᱞᱮᱥᱴᱟᱭᱤᱱ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱯᱮᱞᱮᱥᱴᱟᱭᱤᱱ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="فلسطین – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="فلسطین" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target">سرائیکی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istadu_de_Palestina" title="Istadu de Palestina – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Istadu de Palestina" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sardu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_o_Palestine" title="State o Palestine – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="State o Palestine" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shteti_i_Palestin%C3%ABs" title="Shteti i Palestinës – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Shteti i Palestinës" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%BA" title="පලස්තීන රාජ්‍යය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="පලස්තීන රාජ්‍යය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target">සිංහල</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="State of Palestine" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="فلسطين – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="فلسطين" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target">سنڌي</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhalestina" title="IPhalestina – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="IPhalestina" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target">SiSwati</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palest%C3%ADna_(%C5%A1t%C3%A1t)" title="Palestína (štát) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Palestína (štát)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestyna_(pa%C5%84stwo)" title="Palestyna (państwo) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Palestyna (państwo)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ślůnski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%D9%88%DA%B5%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%81%DB%95%D9%84%DB%95%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دەوڵەتی فەلەستین – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دەوڵەتی فەلەستین" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Држава Палестина – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Држава Палестина" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina_(dr%C5%BEava)" title="Palestina (država) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Palestina (država)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestiina_(valtio)" title="Palestiina (valtio) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Palestiina (valtio)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina_(stat)" title="Palestina (stat) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Palestina (stat)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_ng_Palestina" title="Estado ng Palestina – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Estado ng Palestina" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81" title="பலத்தீன் நாடு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பலத்தீன் நாடு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fales%E1%B9%ADin_(Awanek)" title="Falesṭin (Awanek) – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Falesṭin (Awanek)" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target">Taqbaylit</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B5%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88%E1%80%9E%E1%80%90%E1%81%A2%E1%82%86%E1%80%B8" title="မိူင်းပႃးလဵတ်ႈသတၢႆး – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းပႃးလဵတ်ႈသတၢႆး" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target">ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestina" title="Palestina – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Palestina" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tetun</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C" title="รัฐปาเลสไตน์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐปาเลสไตน์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Давлати Фаластин – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Давлати Фаластин" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target">Тоҷикӣ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palesitaine" title="Palesitaine – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Palesitaine" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lea faka-Tonga</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filistin_Devleti" title="Filistin Devleti – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Filistin Devleti" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filistin_D%C3%B6wleti" title="Filistin Döwleti – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Filistin Döwleti" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkmençe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%CC%B1la%CC%B1sti%CC%B1n_(a%CC%B1byin)" title="Pa̱la̱sti̱n (a̱byin) – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Pa̱la̱sti̱n (a̱byin)" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tyap</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Палестинська держава – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Палестинська держава" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دولت فلسطین – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="دولت فلسطین" data-language-autonym="اردو" 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class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Palestine.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Palestine"><img alt="Flag of Palestine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/125px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/188px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/250px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Palestine" title="Flag of Palestine">Flag</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><a 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href="#cite_note-2">[a]</a> <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">Recognized by 146 UN member states</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;">Capital</li><li>Administrative center</li></ul></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="margin-bottom:2px;"><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> (<a href="/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem" title="Status of Jerusalem">limited recognition</a>)<a href="#cite_note-5">[b]</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a> (before 2023), currently in flux<a href="#cite_note-flux1-3">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-flux2-4">[3]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">Ethnic groups</a> <div class="ib-country-ethnic"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinian</a> <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"> (2014 est.)</div></th><td 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government">provisional</a> <a href="/wiki/Semi-presidential_republic" title="Semi-presidential republic">semi-presidential republic</a><a href="#cite_note-declaration1988-6">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-UN_RES_6719-7">[5]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="President of the State of Palestine">President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a><a href="#cite_note-PLOchair-8">[c]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Prime Minister of the State of Palestine">Prime Minister</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mustafa_(economist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Mustafa (economist)">Mohammad Mustafa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Palestinian_Legislative_Council" title="Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council">Speaker of the Parliament</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Dweik" title="Aziz Dweik">Aziz Dweik</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council" title="Palestinian National Council">National Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="#History">Formation</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Palestinian Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">15 November 1988</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution_67/19" title="United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19">UNGA observer state resolution</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">29 November 2012</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Sovereignty dispute with <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Ongoing</a><a href="#cite_note-control-9">[d]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-Limitations-11">[7]</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of Palestine">Area </a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,020<a href="#cite_note-UN_Stats-2012-12">[8]</a> km2 (2,320 sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">163rd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3.5<a href="#cite_note-13">[9]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,655 km2</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">365 km2<a href="#cite_note-14">[10]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of Palestine">Population</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• 2023 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,483,450<a href="#cite_note-census-15">[11]</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">121st</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">731/km2 (1,893.3/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style>(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">2023 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> $36.391 billion<a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.PS-16">[12]</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">138th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> $6,642<a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.PS-16">[12]</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">140th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(nominal)</th><td class="infobox-data">2021 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> $18.109 billion<a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.PS-16">[12]</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">121st</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> $3,464<a href="#cite_note-IMFWEO.PS-16">[12]</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita">131st</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(2016)</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Positive decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/11px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/17px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/22px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 33.7<a href="#cite_note-gini-index-17">[13]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style>medium inequality</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488">(2021)</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 0.715<a href="#cite_note-UNHDR-18">[14]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494">high (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">106th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pound" title="Egyptian pound">Egyptian pound</a> (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">EGP</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_new_shekel" title="Israeli new shekel">Israeli new shekel</a> (ILS)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Jordanian_dinar" title="Jordanian dinar">Jordanian dinar</a> (JOD)</li><li>(<a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a>)<a href="#cite_note-19">[15]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+2 (<a href="/wiki/Palestine_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestine Standard Time">Palestine Standard Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+3 (<a href="/wiki/Palestine_Summer_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestine Summer Time">Palestine Summer Time</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date format</th><td class="infobox-data">dd/mm/yyyy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Drives on</a></th><td class="infobox-data">right</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Telephone numbers in Palestine">Calling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%2B970" class="mw-redirect" title="+970">+970</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:PS" title="ISO 3166-2:PS">PS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.ps" title=".ps">.ps</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Palestine,<a href="#cite_note-20">[i]</a> officially the State of Palestine,<a href="#cite_note-21">[ii]</a><a href="#cite_note-naming-25">[e]</a> is a country in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Levant" title="Southern Levant">southern Levant</a> region of <a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">West Asia</a> recognized by <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">146 out of 193 UN member states</a>. It encompasses the <a href="/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories" title="Israeli-occupied territories">Israeli-occupied</a> <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>, including <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>, collectively known as the <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Palestinian_territories" title="Occupied Palestinian territories">occupied Palestinian territories</a>, within the broader geographic and historical <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine region</a>. Palestine shares most of its borders with <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, and it borders <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> to the east and <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> to the southwest. It has a total land area of 6,020 square kilometres (2,320 sq mi) while <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Demographics of the State of Palestine">its population</a> exceeds five million people. Its <a href="/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem" title="Status of Jerusalem">proclaimed capital</a> is <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a> serves as its administrative center. <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a> was its largest city prior to <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip_evacuations" title="Gaza Strip evacuations">evacuations in 2023</a>.<a href="#cite_note-flux1-3">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-flux2-4">[3]</a> Situated at a <a href="/wiki/Levantine_corridor" title="Levantine corridor">continental crossroad</a>, the region of Palestine was ruled by various empires and experienced <a href="/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palestine_(region)" title="Demographic history of Palestine (region)">various demographic changes</a> from antiquity to the modern era. Being a bridge between <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, it was treading ground for the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamian</a> armies and merchants from <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient China">China</a> and <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. The region is known for its religious significance. The ongoing <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian conflict</a> dates back to the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionist movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration" title="Balfour Declaration">supported</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. The war saw Britain occupying Palestine from the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, where it set up <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a> under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a>. During this period, large-scale <a href="/wiki/Jewish_immigration_to_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish immigration to Palestine">Jewish immigration</a> allowed by the British authorities led to increased tensions and violence with the local Palestinian Arab population. In 1947, Britain handed the issue to the United Nations, which proposed a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine" title="United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine">partition plan</a>, for two independent Arab and Jewish states and an <a href="/wiki/Corpus_separatum_(Jerusalem)" title="Corpus separatum (Jerusalem)">independent entity for Jerusalem</a>, but a <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%931948_civil_war_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine">civil war</a> broke out, and the plan was not implemented.<a href="#cite_note-26">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-nam.ac.uk-27">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-nam.ac.uk-27">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-29">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[25]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestine_war" title="1948 Palestine war">1948 Palestine war</a> saw the <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestinian_expulsion_and_flight" title="1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight">forcible displacement</a> of most of its predominantly Arab population, and consequently the establishment of Israel, in what <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> call the <a href="/wiki/Nakba" title="Nakba">Nakba</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> in 1967, Israel <a href="/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Israeli occupation of the West Bank">occupied the West Bank</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>, which had been held by <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan" title="Emirate of Transjordan">Jordan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Egypt_(1953%E2%80%931958)" title="Republic of Egypt (1953–1958)">Egypt</a> respectively. The <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a> (PLO) <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Palestinian Declaration of Independence">declared independence</a> in 1988. In 1993, the PLO signed the <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords">Oslo peace accords</a> with Israel, creating limited PLO governance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a> (PA). Israel withdrew from Gaza in its <a href="/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_Gaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli disengagement from Gaza">unilateral disengagement</a> in 2005, but the territory is still considered to be under military occupation and has been <a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Blockade of the Gaza Strip">blockaded</a> by Israel. In 2007, <a href="/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict" title="Fatah–Hamas conflict">internal divisions</a> between political factions led to a <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)" title="Battle of Gaza (2007)">takeover of Gaza</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>. Since then, the West Bank has been governed in part by the <a href="/wiki/Fatah" title="Fatah">Fatah</a>-led PA, while the Gaza Strip has remained under the <a href="/wiki/Hamas_government_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Hamas government in the Gaza Strip">control of Hamas</a>. Israel has constructed large <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">settlements</a> in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967, where currently more than 670,000 <a href="/wiki/Population_statistics_for_Israeli_settlements_in_the_West_Bank" title="Population statistics for Israeli settlements in the West Bank">Israeli settlers</a>, which are <a href="/wiki/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="International law and Israeli settlements">illegal under international law</a>. <a href="#cite_note-gelber1772-33">[26]</a> Currently, the biggest challenges to the country include ineffective government, Israeli occupation, Islamist factions, a <a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Blockade of the Gaza Strip">blockade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_freedom_of_movement" title="Palestinian freedom of movement">restrictions on movement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli settlements">Israeli settlements</a> and <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence" title="Israeli settler violence">settler violence</a>, as well as an overall poor security situation. The questions of <a href="/wiki/Borders_of_Israel" title="Borders of Israel">Palestine's borders</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem" title="Status of Jerusalem">legal and diplomatic status of Jerusalem</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_right_of_return" title="Palestinian right of return">right of return</a> of <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_refugees" title="Palestinian refugees">Palestinian refugees</a> remain unsolved. Despite these challenges, the country maintains an emerging <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Economy of the State of Palestine">economy</a> and sees frequent <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Tourism in the State of Palestine">tourism</a>. <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> is the official language of the country. While the majority of <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Palestine" title="Islam in Palestine">practice Islam</a>, Christianity also has a <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Christians" title="Palestinian Christians">presence</a>. Palestine is also a member of several <a href="/wiki/International_organizations" class="mw-redirect" title="International organizations">international organizations</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Islamic_Cooperation" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of Islamic Cooperation">Organization of Islamic Cooperation</a>. It has been a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">non-member observer state of the United Nations</a> since 2012.<a href="#cite_note-34">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations-35">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-Associated_Press_News-36">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[30]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)#Etymology" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine (region) § Etymology</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_name_%22Palestine%22" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the name "Palestine"">Timeline of the name "Palestine"</a></div> The term "Palestine" (in Latin, Palæstina) comes via ancient Greek from a Semitic <a href="/wiki/Toponym" class="mw-redirect" title="Toponym">toponym</a> for the general area dating back to the late second millennium BCE., a reflex of which is also to be found in the Biblical <a href="/wiki/Ethnonym" title="Ethnonym">ethnonym</a> <a href="/wiki/Philistines" title="Philistines">Philistines</a>. The term "Palestine" has been used to refer to the area at the southeast corner of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> beside <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. In the 5th century BCE., in his work <a href="/wiki/Histories_(Herodotus)" title="Histories (Herodotus)">The Histories</a> <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a> used the term to describe a "district of Syria, called Palaistine" in which <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicians</a> interacted with other maritime peoples.<a href="#cite_note-Masalha2018-38">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terminology">Terminology</h3></div> This article uses the terms "Palestine", "State of Palestine", "occupied Palestinian territory (oPt or OPT)" interchangeably depending on context. Specifically, the term "occupied Palestinian territory" refers as a whole to the geographical area of the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Palestine can, depending on contexts, be referred to as a country or a state, and its authorities can generally be identified as the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Palestine" title="Government of Palestine">Government of Palestine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="History of the State of Palestine">History of the State of Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_Palestine" title="History of Palestine">History of Palestine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Levant">History of the Levant</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_prehistory_to_the_Ottoman_era">From prehistory to the Ottoman era</h3></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">These paragraphs are an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/History_of_Palestine" title="History of Palestine">History of Palestine</a>.[<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Palestine&action=edit">edit</a>]</div><div class="excerpt"> Situated between three continents, the region of <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> has a tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics. The region was among the earliest to see human habitation, agricultural communities and <a href="/wiki/Civilization" title="Civilization">civilization</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Canaanites" class="mw-redirect" title="Canaanites">Canaanites</a> established city-states influenced by surrounding civilizations, among them Egypt, which ruled the area in the Late Bronze Age. During the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a>, two related <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelite</a> kingdoms, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Israel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdom of Judah">Judah</a>, controlled much of Palestine, while the <a href="/wiki/Philistines" title="Philistines">Philistines</a> occupied its southern coast. The <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Assyrians</a> conquered the region in the 8th century BCE, then the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Babylonians</a> in c. 601 BCE, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> who conquered the Babylonian Empire in 539 BCE. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> conquered the Persian Empire in the late 330s BCE, beginning <a href="/wiki/Hellenization" title="Hellenization">Hellenization</a>. In the late 2nd century BCE, the <a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Hasmonean Kingdom</a> conquered most of Palestine, but the kingdom became a vassal of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Rome</a>, which annexed it in 63 BCE. <a href="/wiki/Judaea_(Roman_province)" title="Judaea (Roman province)">Roman Judea</a> was troubled by <a href="/wiki/Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_wars" title="Jewish–Roman wars">Jewish revolts</a> in 66 CE, so Rome <a href="/wiki/Destruction_of_jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Destruction of jerusalem">destroyed Jerusalem</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Jewish Temple</a> in 70 CE. In the 4th century, as the <a href="/wiki/Constantine_the_Great_and_Christianity" title="Constantine the Great and Christianity">Roman Empire transitioned to Christianity</a>, Palestine became a center for the religion, attracting pilgrims, monks and scholars. Following <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant" title="Muslim conquest of the Levant">Muslim conquest of the Levant</a> in 636–641, ruling dynasties succeeded each other: the <a href="/wiki/Rashiduns" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashiduns">Rashiduns</a>; <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_dynasty" title="Umayyad dynasty">Umayyads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbasids" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbasids">Abbasids</a>; the semi-independent <a href="/wiki/Tulunids" title="Tulunids">Tulunids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ikhshidids" class="mw-redirect" title="Ikhshidids">Ikhshidids</a>; <a href="/wiki/Fatimids" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatimids">Fatimids</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Seljuks" class="mw-redirect" title="Seljuks">Seljuks</a>. In 1099, the <a href="/wiki/Crusaders" class="mw-redirect" title="Crusaders">Crusaders</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem" title="Kingdom of Jerusalem">Kingdom of Jerusalem</a>, which the <a href="/wiki/Ayyubid_dynasty" title="Ayyubid dynasty">Ayyubid Sultanate</a> reconquered in 1187. Following the invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a> in the late 1250s, the Egyptian <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate_(Cairo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)">Mamluks</a> reunified Palestine under its control, before the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> conquered the region in 1516 and ruled it as <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Syria" title="Ottoman Syria">Ottoman Syria</a> to the 20th century, largely undisrupted.</div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_of_Palestinian_nationalism">Rise of Palestinian nationalism</h3></div> Though Palestinian elites, in particular urban notable families who worked within the Ottoman bureaucracy, generally retained their loyalty to the Ottomans, they also played a significant role proportionately in the rise of <a href="/wiki/Arab_nationalism" title="Arab nationalism">Arab nationalism</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Pan-Arabism" title="Pan-Arabism">Pan-Arabic</a> movements that arose in response to both the emergence of the <a href="/wiki/Young_Turks" title="Young Turks">Young Turks movement</a> and the subsequent weakening of Ottoman power in World War 1.<a href="#cite_note-41">[34]</a> The onset of the <a href="/wiki/Zionist_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Zionist movement">Zionist movement</a>, which sought to establish a <a href="/wiki/Jewish_homeland" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish homeland">Jewish homeland</a> in Palestine, also exercised a strong influence on Palestinian national consciousness. <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II" title="Abdul Hamid II">Abdul Hamid</a>, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, opposed the Zionist movement's efforts in Palestine. The <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire">end of the Ottoman Empire's</a> rule in Palestine coincided with the <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="End of World War I">conclusion of World War I</a>. The failure of <a href="/wiki/Faisal_I_of_Iraq" title="Faisal I of Iraq">Emir Faisal</a> to establish <a href="/wiki/Syria_(region)" title="Syria (region)">a Greater Syria</a> in the face of French and British colonial claims to the area, also shaped Palestinian elites' efforts to secure local autonomy. <a href="#cite_note-42">[35]</a> In the aftermath of the war Palestine came under <a href="/wiki/British-controlled_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="British-controlled Palestine">British control</a> with the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine" title="Mandate for Palestine">British Mandate for Palestine</a> in 1920.<a href="#cite_note-43">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Mandate">British Mandate</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deir_Yassin_1930s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Deir_Yassin_1930s.jpg/220px-Deir_Yassin_1930s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Deir_Yassin_1930s.jpg/330px-Deir_Yassin_1930s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Deir_Yassin_1930s.jpg/440px-Deir_Yassin_1930s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1028" data-file-height="766" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre" title="Deir Yassin massacre">Deir Yassin massacre</a> of Palestinian villagers was carried out by Zionist militias, the <a href="/wiki/Irgun" title="Irgun">Irgun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lehi_(militant_group)" title="Lehi (militant group)">Lehi</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestine_war" title="1948 Palestine war">1948 Palestine war</a>.</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire">defeat of the Ottoman Empire</a> in World War I resulted in the dismantling of their rule.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> In 1920, the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> granted <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland">Britain</a> the mandate to govern Palestine, leading to the subsequent period of British administration.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> In 1917, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem" title="Battle of Jerusalem">Jerusalem was captured</a> by <a href="/wiki/British_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="British forces">British forces</a> led by <a href="/wiki/General_Allenby" class="mw-redirect" title="General Allenby">General Allenby</a>, marking the end of Ottoman rule in the city.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> By 1920, tensions escalated between Jewish and Arab communities, resulting in violent clashes and riots across Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> The League of Nations approved the British <a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine" title="Mandate for Palestine">Mandate for Palestine</a> in 1922, entrusting Britain with the administration of the region.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> Throughout the 1920s, Palestine experienced growing resistance from both Jewish and Arab nationalist movements, which manifested in sporadic violence and protests against British policies.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> In 1929, <a href="/wiki/1929_Palestine_riots" title="1929 Palestine riots">violent riots</a> erupted in Palestine due to disputes over <a href="/wiki/Aliyah" title="Aliyah">Jewish immigration</a> and access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> The 1930s witnessed the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab Revolt</a>, as Arab nationalists demanded an end to Jewish immigration and the establishment of an independent Arab state.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> In response to the Arab Revolt, the British deployed military forces and implemented stringent security measures in an effort to quell the uprising.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2001-45">[38]</a> Arab nationalist groups, led by the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Higher_Committee" title="Arab Higher Committee">Arab Higher Committee</a>, called for an end to Jewish immigration and land sales to Jews.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> The issuance of the <a href="/wiki/White_Paper_of_1939" title="White Paper of 1939">1939 White Paper</a> by the British government aimed to address escalating tensions between Arabs and Jews in Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> This policy document imposed restrictions on Jewish immigration and land purchases, with the intention to limit the establishment of a Jewish state.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> Met with strong opposition from the Zionist movement, the White Paper was perceived as a betrayal of the Balfour Declaration and Zionist aspirations for a Jewish homeland.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> In response to the White Paper, the Zionist community in Palestine organized a strike in 1939, rallying against the restrictions on Jewish immigration and land acquisition.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> This anti-White Paper strike involved demonstrations, civil disobedience, and a shutdown of businesses.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> Supported by various Zionist organizations, including the Jewish Agency and the Histadrut (General Federation of Jewish Labor), the anti-White Paper strike aimed to protest and challenge the limitations imposed by the British government.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> In the late 1930s and 1940s, several Zionist militant groups, including the <a href="/wiki/Irgun" title="Irgun">Irgun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hagana" class="mw-redirect" title="Hagana">Hagana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lehi_(militant_group)" title="Lehi (militant group)">Lehi</a>, carried out <a href="/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine">acts of violence</a> against British military and civilian targets in their pursuit of an independent Jewish state.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> While the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, <a href="/wiki/Amin_al-Husseini" title="Amin al-Husseini">Haj Amin al-Husseini</a>, collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> during World War II, not all Muslims supported his actions, and there were instances where <a href="/wiki/Arab_and_Muslim_rescue_efforts_during_the_Holocaust" title="Arab and Muslim rescue efforts during the Holocaust">Muslims helped rescue Jews</a> during the Holocaust.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>][<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/FAQ#Assert_facts,_not_opinions" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/FAQ">opinion</a>] In 1946, a <a href="/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing" title="King David Hotel bombing">bombing orchestrated</a> by the Irgun at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem resulted in the deaths of 91 people, including British officials, civilians, and hotel staff.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> <a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Menachem Begin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Shamir" title="Yitzhak Shamir">Yitzhak Shamir</a>, who later became political leaders in the state of Israel, were behind these terrorist attacks.<a href="#cite_note-47">[40]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Exodus_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Exodus 1947">Exodus 1947</a> incident unfolded when a ship carrying Jewish Holocaust survivors, who sought refuge in Palestine, was intercepted by the British navy, leading to clashes and the eventual deportation of the refugees back to Europe.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Palestine served as a strategically significant location for British military operations against Axis forces in <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> In 1947, the United Nations proposed a partition plan for Palestine, suggesting separate Jewish and Arab states, but it was rejected by Arab nations while accepted by Jewish leaders.<a href="#cite_note-TheCollector-2024-46">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arab–Israeli_wars">Arab–Israeli wars</h3></div> In 1947, the UN adopted a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine" title="United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine">partition plan</a> for a two-state solution in the remaining territory of the mandate. The plan was accepted by the Jewish leadership but rejected by the Arab leaders, and Britain refused to implement the plan. On the eve of final British withdrawal, the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Agency_for_Israel" title="Jewish Agency for Israel">Jewish Agency for Israel</a>, headed by <a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">David Ben-Gurion</a>, declared the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Israel">State of Israel</a> according to the proposed UN plan. The <a href="/wiki/Arab_Higher_Committee" title="Arab Higher Committee">Arab Higher Committee</a> did not declare a state of its own and instead, together with <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan" title="Emirate of Transjordan">Transjordan</a>, Egypt, and the other members of the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a> of the time, commenced military action resulting in the <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a>. During the war, Israel gained additional territories that were designated to be part of the Arab state under the UN plan. <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Gaza_Strip_by_the_United_Arab_Republic" title="Occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United Arab Republic">Egypt occupied the Gaza Strip</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jordanian_annexation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Jordanian annexation of the West Bank">Transjordan occupied and then annexed the West Bank</a>. Egypt initially supported the creation of an <a href="/wiki/All-Palestine_Government" title="All-Palestine Government">All-Palestine Government</a> but disbanded it in 1959. Transjordan never recognized it and instead decided to incorporate the West Bank with its own territory to form <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>. The annexation was ratified in 1950 but was rejected by the international community. In 1964, when the West Bank was controlled by Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organization was established there with the goal to confront Israel. The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Charter" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian National Charter">Palestinian National Charter</a> of the PLO defines the boundaries of Palestine as the whole remaining territory of the mandate, including Israel. The <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> in 1967, when Israel fought against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, ended with <a href="/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Israeli occupation of the West Bank">Israel occupying the West Bank</a> and the Gaza Strip, besides other territories.<a href="#cite_note-48">[41]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] Following the Six-Day War, the PLO moved to Jordan, but later relocated to <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> in 1971.<a href="#cite_note-49">[42]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] The October <a href="/wiki/1974_Arab_League_summit" title="1974 Arab League summit">1974 Arab League summit</a> designated the PLO as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" and reaffirmed "their right to establish an independent state of urgency."<a href="#cite_note-50">[43]</a> In November 1974, the PLO was recognized as competent on all matters concerning the question of Palestine by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">UN General Assembly</a> granting them <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations#Observers_and_non-members" title="Member states of the United Nations">observer status</a> as a "non-state entity" at the UN.<a href="#cite_note-GA3237-51">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[45]</a> Through the <a href="/wiki/Camp_David_Accords" title="Camp David Accords">Camp David Accords</a> of 1979, Egypt signaled an end to any claim of its own over the Gaza Strip. In July 1988, Jordan <a href="/wiki/Jordan%27s_disengagement_from_the_West_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordan's disengagement from the West Bank">ceded its claims to the West Bank</a>—with the exception of guardianship over Haram al-Sharif—to the PLO. After Israel captured and occupied the West Bank from Jordan and Gaza Strip from Egypt, it began to establish <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlements</a> there. Administration of the Arab population of these territories was performed by the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Civil_Administration" title="Israeli Civil Administration">Israeli Civil Administration</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Coordinator_of_Government_Activities_in_the_Territories" title="Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories">Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories</a> and by local <a href="/wiki/Municipality_(Palestinian_Authority)" title="Municipality (Palestinian Authority)">municipal councils</a> present since before the Israeli takeover. In 1980, Israel decided to freeze elections for these councils and to establish instead Village Leagues, whose officials were under Israeli influence. Later this model became ineffective for both Israel and the Palestinians, and the Village Leagues began to break up, with the last being the Hebron League, dissolved in February 1988.<a href="#cite_note-53">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uprising,_declaration_and_peace_treaty">Uprising, declaration and peace treaty</h3></div> The <a href="/wiki/First_Intifada" title="First Intifada">first Intifada</a> broke out in 1987, characterized by widespread protests, strikes, and acts of civil disobedience by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank against Israeli occupation.<a href="#cite_note-GA43177-24">[18]</a> In November 1988, the PLO legislature, while in exile, declared the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_declaration_of_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian declaration of independence">establishment of the "State of Palestine"</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GA43177-24">[18]</a> In the month following, it was quickly recognized by many states, including Egypt and Jordan.<a href="#cite_note-GA43177-24">[18]</a> In the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, the State of Palestine is described as being established on the "Palestinian territory", without explicitly specifying further.<a href="#cite_note-GA43177-24">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-Hillier-1998-54">[47]</a> After the 1988 Declaration of Independence, the UN General Assembly officially acknowledged the proclamation and decided to use the designation "Palestine" instead of "Palestine Liberation Organization" in the UN.<a href="#cite_note-GA43177-24">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-Hillier-1998-54">[47]</a> In spite of this decision, the PLO did not participate at the UN in its capacity of the State of Palestine's government.<a href="#cite_note-55">[48]</a> Violent clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces intensified throughout 1989, resulting in a significant loss of life and escalating tensions in the occupied territories.<a href="#cite_note-Hillier-1998-54">[47]</a> 1990 witnessed the imposition of strict measures by the Israeli government, including curfews and closures, in an attempt to suppress the Intifada and maintain control over the occupied territories.<a href="#cite_note-Hillier-1998-54">[47]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_(FL45956496).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_%28FL45956496%29.jpg/220px-Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_%28FL45956496%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_%28FL45956496%29.jpg/330px-Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_%28FL45956496%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_%28FL45956496%29.jpg/440px-Intifada_in_Gaza_Strip_%28FL45956496%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2268" data-file-height="1478" /></a><figcaption>Intifada in Gaza</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">1990–1991 Gulf War</a> brought increased attention to conflict, leading to heightened diplomatic efforts to find a peaceful resolution.<a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-2024-56">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-MIFTAH-57">[50]</a> <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> was a supporter of <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_cause" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian cause">Palestinian cause</a> and won support from Arafat during the war.<a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-2024-56">[49]</a> Following the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Kuwait">invasion of Kuwait</a>, Saddam surprised the international community by presenting a peace offer to Israel and withdrawing Iraqi forces from Kuwait, in exchange of withdrawal from the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights.<a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-2024-56">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-MIFTAH-57">[50]</a> Though the peace offer was rejected, Saddam then ordered firing of scud missiles into Israeli territory.<a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-2024-56">[49]</a> This movement was supported by Palestinians.<a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-2024-56">[49]</a> The war also led <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_exodus_from_Kuwait_(1990%E2%80%9391)" title="Palestinian exodus from Kuwait (1990–91)">expulsion of Palestinians from Kuwait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, as their government supported <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-2024-56">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-MIFTAH-57">[50]</a> In 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), leading to the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and a potential path to peace.<a href="#cite_note-Murphy-1993-58">[51]</a> Yasser Arafat was elected as president of the newly formed Palestinian Authority in 1994, marking a significant step towards self-governance.<a href="#cite_note-control-9">[d]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arafat_saluda_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Arafat_saluda_3.jpg/180px-Arafat_saluda_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Arafat_saluda_3.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="269" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yasser_Arafat" title="Yasser Arafat">Yasser Arafat</a></figcaption></figure> Israel acknowledged the PLO negotiating team as "representing the Palestinian people", in return for the PLO recognizing Israel's right to exist in peace, acceptance of <a href="/wiki/UN_Security_Council_resolution" class="mw-redirect" title="UN Security Council resolution">UN Security Council resolutions</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_242" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 242">242</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_338" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 338">338</a>, and its rejection of "violence and terrorism".<a href="#cite_note-Murphy-1993-58">[51]</a> As a result, in 1994 the PLO established the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian National Authority">Palestinian National Authority</a> (PNA or PA) territorial administration, that exercises some governmental functions<a href="#cite_note-control-9">[d]</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bank Areas in the Oslo II Accord">parts of</a> the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a> and the Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-GA52250-67">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-ICJ-2004-68">[61]</a> As envisioned in the Oslo Accords, Israel allowed the PLO to establish interim administrative institutions in the Palestinian territories, which came in the form of the PNA.<a href="#cite_note-GA52250-67">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-ICJ-2004-68">[61]</a> It was given civilian control in <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_enclaves" title="Palestinian enclaves">Area B</a> and civilian and security control in Area A, and remained without involvement in <a href="/wiki/Area_C_(West_Bank)" title="Area C (West Bank)">Area C</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ICJ-2004-68">[61]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clashes_following_the_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre,_1994_Dan_Hadani_Archive_V.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Clashes_following_the_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre%2C_1994_Dan_Hadani_Archive_V.jpg/220px-Clashes_following_the_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre%2C_1994_Dan_Hadani_Archive_V.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Clashes_following_the_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre%2C_1994_Dan_Hadani_Archive_V.jpg/330px-Clashes_following_the_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre%2C_1994_Dan_Hadani_Archive_V.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Clashes_following_the_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre%2C_1994_Dan_Hadani_Archive_V.jpg/440px-Clashes_following_the_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre%2C_1994_Dan_Hadani_Archive_V.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2043" data-file-height="1382" /></a><figcaption>Civil unrest in Jerusalem as a result of <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre" title="Cave of the Patriarchs massacre">1994 massacre</a></figcaption></figure> The peace process gained opposition from both Palestinians and Israelis. Islamist militant organizations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad opposed the attack and responded by conducting attacks on civilians across Israel. In 1994, <a href="/wiki/Baruch_Goldstein" title="Baruch Goldstein">Baruch Goldstein</a>, an Israeli extremist shot 29 people to death in Hebron, known as the <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre" title="Cave of the Patriarchs massacre">Cave of the Patriarchs massacre</a>. These events led an increase in Palestinian opposition to the peace process. Tragically, in 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by <a href="/wiki/Yigal_Amir" title="Yigal Amir">Yigal Amir</a> – an extremist, causing political instability in the region. The first-ever <a href="/wiki/1996_Palestinian_general_election" title="1996 Palestinian general election">Palestinian general elections</a> took place in 1996, resulting in Arafat's re-election as president and the formation of a <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Legislative_Council" title="Palestinian Legislative Council">Palestinian Legislative Council</a>. Initiating the implementation of the Oslo Accords, Israel began redeploying its forces from select Palestinian cities in the West Bank in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-EB-2024b-69">[62]</a> Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority continued, albeit with slow progress and contentious debates on Jerusalem, settlements, and refugees in 1998.<a href="#cite_note-EB-2024b-69">[62]</a> In 1997, Israeli government led by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> and the Palestinian government signed the <a href="/wiki/Hebron_Protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebron Protocol">Hebron Protocol</a>, which outlined the redeployment of Israeli forces from parts of Hebron in the West Bank, granting the government greater control over the city.<a href="#cite_note-EB-2024b-69">[62]</a> Israel and the Palestinian government signed the <a href="/wiki/Wye_River_Memorandum" title="Wye River Memorandum">Wye River Memorandum</a> in 1998, aiming to advance the implementation of the Oslo Accords.<a href="#cite_note-EB-2024b-69">[62]</a> The agreement included provisions for Israeli withdrawals and security cooperation.<a href="#cite_note-EB-2024b-69">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-churchtimes.co.uk-70">[63]</a> The period of the Oslo Years brought a great prosperity to the government-controlled areas, despite some economic issues. The Palestinian Authority built the country's second airport in Gaza, after the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_International_Airport" title="Jerusalem International Airport">Jerusalem International Airport</a>. Inaugural ceremony of the airport was attended by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>. In 1999, Ehud Barak assumed the position of Israeli Prime Minister, renewing efforts to reach a final status agreement with the Palestinians. The Camp David Summit in 2000 aimed to resolve the remaining issues but concluded without a comprehensive agreement, serving as a milestone in the peace process. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_intifada_and_civil_war">Second intifada and civil war</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict" title="Fatah–Hamas conflict">Fatah–Hamas conflict</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)" title="Battle of Gaza (2007)">Battle of Gaza (2007)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8_2000_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8_2000_1.jpg/220px-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8_2000_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8_2000_1.jpg/330px-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8_2000_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8_2000_1.jpg/440px-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8_2000_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Civil unrest in Hebron</figcaption></figure> A peace summit between Yasser Arafat and <a href="/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Ehud Barak</a> was mediated by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> in 2000.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> It was supposed to be the final agreement ending conflict officially forever. However the agreement failed to address the Palestinian refugee issues, status of Jerusalem and Israeli security concerns.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> Both sides blamed each other for the summit failures.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> This became of the main triggers for the uprising that would happen next.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> In September 2000, then opposition leader from the <a href="/wiki/Likud" title="Likud">Likud Party</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Sharon" title="Ariel Sharon">Ariel Sharon</a> made a proactive visit to the Temple Mount and delivered a controversial speech, which angered <a href="/wiki/Jerusalemite" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerusalemite">Palestinian Jerusalemites</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> The tensions escalated into riots.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> Bloody clashes took place around Jerusalem. Escalating violence resulted closure of <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_International_Airport" title="Jerusalem International Airport">Jerusalem Airport</a>, which haven't operated till date.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> More and more riots between Jews and Arabs took place in <a href="/wiki/October_2000_protests_in_Israel" title="October 2000 protests in Israel">October 2000</a> in Israel.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F_21.jpg/220px-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F_21.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F_21.jpg/330px-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F_21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F_21.jpg/440px-%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9F_21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2896" data-file-height="2172" /></a><figcaption>The Church of the Nativity under siege in 2002</figcaption></figure> In the same month, two Israeli soldiers were <a href="/wiki/2000_Ramallah_lynching" title="2000 Ramallah lynching">lynched and killed</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> Between November and December clashes between Palestinians and Israelis increased further.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> In 2001 <a href="/wiki/Taba_summit" class="mw-redirect" title="Taba summit">Taba summit</a> was held between Israel and Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> But the summit failed to implement and Ariel Sharon became prime minister in the 2001 elections.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> By 2001, attacks from Palestinian militant groups towards Israel increased.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza Airport">Gaza Airport</a> was destroyed in an airstrike by the Israeli army in 2001, claiming itself in retaliation to previous attacks by Hamas.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> In January 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">IDF</a> <a href="/wiki/Shayetet_13" title="Shayetet 13">Shayetet 13</a> naval commandos captured the <a href="/wiki/Karine_A" class="mw-redirect" title="Karine A">Karine A</a>, a freighter carrying weapons from <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> towards Israel.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1397" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1397">UNSC Resolution 1397</a> was passed, which reaffirmed a <a href="/wiki/Two-state_solution" title="Two-state solution">two-state solution</a> and laid the groundwork for a <a href="/wiki/Road_map_for_peace" title="Road map for peace">road map for peace</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> <a href="/wiki/Passover_massacre" title="Passover massacre">Another attack</a> by Hamas left 30 people killed in <a href="/wiki/Netanya" title="Netanya">Netanya</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> A <a href="/wiki/2002_Arab_League_Peace_Initiative" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Arab League Peace Initiative">peace summit</a> was organized by the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, which was endorsed by Arafat and nearly ignored by Israel.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20050928-71">[64]</a> In 2002, Israel launched <a href="/wiki/Operation_Defensive_Shield" title="Operation Defensive Shield">Operation Defensive Shield</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Passover_massacre" title="Passover massacre">Passover massacre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> Heavy <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jenin_(2002)" title="Battle of Jenin (2002)">fighting between IDF and Palestinian fighters</a> took place in <a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Jenin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-churchtimes.co.uk-70">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[66]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Nativity" title="Church of the Nativity">Church of the Nativity</a> was <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Church_of_the_Nativity" title="Siege of the Church of the Nativity">besieged</a> by the <a href="/wiki/IDF" class="mw-redirect" title="IDF">IDF</a> for one week until successful negotiations took place, which resulted withdrawal of the Israeli troops from the church.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> Between 2003 and 2004, people from <a href="/wiki/Qawasameh_tribe" title="Qawasameh tribe">Qawasameh tribe</a> in Hebron were either killed or blew themselves in suicide bombing.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-EB-2024b-69">[62]</a> Ariel Sharon ordered <a href="/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli West Bank barrier">construction of barriers</a> across Palestinian-controlled areas and Israeli settlements in the West Bank to prevent future attacks.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> Saddam Hussein provided financial support to Palestinian militants from Iraq during the intifada period, from 2000 until his overthrow in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> A peace proposal was made in 2003, which was supported by Arafat and rejected by Sharon.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> In 2004 Hamas's leader and co-founder <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Yassin" title="Ahmed Yassin">Ahmed Yassin</a> was assassinated by the Israeli army in Gaza.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-EB-2024b-69">[62]</a> Yasser Arafat was confined to his headquarters in Ramallah.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> On 11 November, Yasser Arafat died in Paris.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Demonstration_against_road_block,_Kafr_Qaddum,_March_2012_3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Demonstration_against_road_block%2C_Kafr_Qaddum%2C_March_2012_3.JPG/220px-Demonstration_against_road_block%2C_Kafr_Qaddum%2C_March_2012_3.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Demonstration_against_road_block%2C_Kafr_Qaddum%2C_March_2012_3.JPG/330px-Demonstration_against_road_block%2C_Kafr_Qaddum%2C_March_2012_3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Demonstration_against_road_block%2C_Kafr_Qaddum%2C_March_2012_3.JPG/440px-Demonstration_against_road_block%2C_Kafr_Qaddum%2C_March_2012_3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a><figcaption>Demonstration against road block, <a href="/wiki/Kafr_Qaddum" title="Kafr Qaddum">Kafr Qaddum</a>, March 2012</figcaption></figure> In the first week of 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was elected as the president of the State of Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> In 2005, Israel completely withdrew from the Gaza Strip by destroying its settlements over there.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> By 2005, the situation began de-escalating.<a href="#cite_note-BBC-ME-3677206-72">[65]</a> In 2006, Hamas won in Palestinian legislative elections.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> This led a political standoff with Fatah.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> Armed clashes took place across both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> The clashes turned into a civil war, which ended in a bloody clashes on the Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> As a result, Hamas gained control over all the territory of Gaza.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> Hundreds of people were killed in the civil war, including militants and civilians.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> Since then Hamas has gained more independence in its military practices.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> Since 2007, Israel has been leading a partial blockade on Gaza.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> Another peace summit was organized by the Arab League in 2007, with the same offer which was presented in 2002 summit.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a> However the peace process could not progress.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20110504-74">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-alarabiya0701-76">[69]</a> The PNA gained full control of the Gaza Strip with the exception of its borders, airspace, and <a href="/wiki/Territorial_waters" title="Territorial waters">territorial waters</a>.<a href="#cite_note-control-9">[d]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continued_conflict">Continued conflict</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict" title="Fatah–Hamas conflict">Fatah–Hamas conflict</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)" title="Battle of Gaza (2007)">Battle of Gaza (2007)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gaza%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" title="Gaza–Israel conflict">Gaza–Israel conflict</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westbank_Control_%26_Access_Restrictions_Dec_2012.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Westbank_Control_%26_Access_Restrictions_Dec_2012.png/170px-Westbank_Control_%26_Access_Restrictions_Dec_2012.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Westbank_Control_%26_Access_Restrictions_Dec_2012.png/255px-Westbank_Control_%26_Access_Restrictions_Dec_2012.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Westbank_Control_%26_Access_Restrictions_Dec_2012.png/340px-Westbank_Control_%26_Access_Restrictions_Dec_2012.png 2x" data-file-width="3130" data-file-height="5106" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlement" title="Israeli settlement">Israeli settlements</a> in the West Bank</figcaption></figure>The division between the West Bank and Gaza complicated efforts to achieve <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_unity_government_of_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian unity government of 2014">Palestinian unity</a> and negotiate a comprehensive <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_peace_process" title="Israeli–Palestinian peace process">peace agreement with Israel</a>. Multiple rounds of reconciliation talks were held, but no lasting agreement was reached. The division also hindered the establishment of a unified Palestinian state and led to different governance structures and policies in the two territories.<a href="#cite_note-77">[70]</a> Throughout this period, there were sporadic outbreaks of violence and tensions between Palestinians and Israelis. Since 2001, Incidents of <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel" title="Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel">rocket attacks from Gaza</a> into Israeli territory and Israeli military operations in response often resulted in casualties and further strained the situation.<a href="#cite_note-78">[71]</a> Following the inter-Palestinian conflict in 2006, Hamas took over control of the Gaza Strip (it already had majority in the PLC), and Fatah took control of the West Bank. From 2007, the Gaza Strip was governed by Hamas, and the West Bank by the Fatah party led Palestinian Authority.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-79">[72]</a> International efforts to revive the peace process continued. The United States, under the leadership of different administrations, made various attempts to broker negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.<a href="#cite_note-80">[73]</a> However, significant obstacles such as settlement expansion, the status of Jerusalem, <a href="/wiki/Borders_of_Israel" title="Borders of Israel">borders</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_right_of_return" title="Palestinian right of return">right of return for Palestinian refugees</a>, remained unresolved.<a href="#cite_note-81">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[77]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] In recent years, diplomatic initiatives have emerged, including the <a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_normalization" title="Arab–Israeli normalization">normalization agreements</a> between Israel and several <a href="/wiki/Arab_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab states">Arab states</a>, known as the <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">Abraham Accords</a>.<a href="#cite_note-85">[78]</a> These agreements, while not directly addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, have reshaped regional dynamics and raised questions about the future of Palestinian aspirations for statehood.<a href="#cite_note-86">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[80]</a> The status quo remains challenging for Palestinians, with ongoing issues of occupation, settlement expansion, restricted movement, and economic hardships.<a href="#cite_note-88">[81]</a> The most recent outbreak of violence in the region is the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel-Hamas war</a> (2023–present), involving fighting between Israel and Hamas-led <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Joint_Operations_Room" title="Palestinian Joint Operations Room">Palestinian forces</a> in the Gaza Strip, with a simultaneous <a href="/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_the_West_Bank_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war">spillover of the war occurring in the West Bank</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Geography of the State of Palestine">Geography of the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg/220px-Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg/330px-Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg/440px-Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1572" /></a><figcaption>Located around <a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Gerizim" title="Mount Gerizim">Mount Gerizim</a> is holiest site for <a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></figcaption></figure> Areas claimed by the country, known as the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian territories">Palestinian territories</a>, lie in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Levant" title="Southern Levant">Southern Levant</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> region.<a href="#cite_note-United_Nations-2-89">[82]</a> Palestine is part of the <a href="/wiki/Fertile_Crescent" title="Fertile Crescent">Fertile Crescent</a>, along with Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria. The <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a> borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Egypt to the south, and Israel to the north and east.<a href="#cite_note-United_Nations-2-89">[82]</a> The West Bank is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> to the east, and Israel to the north, south, and west.<a href="#cite_note-United_Nations-2-89">[82]</a> Palestine shares its maritime borders with <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>. Thus, the two enclaves constituting the area claimed by the State of Palestine have no geographical border with one another, being separated by Israel.<a href="#cite_note-United_Nations-2-89">[82]</a> These areas would constitute the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">163rd largest country by land area</a>.<a href="#cite_note-UN_Stats-2012-12">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-United_Nations-2-89">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-Worldometers-2020-90">[83]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] The West Bank is a mountainous region. It is divided in three regions, namely the <a href="/wiki/Jibal_Nablus" class="mw-redirect" title="Jibal Nablus">Mount Nablus</a> (Jabal Nablus), the <a href="/wiki/Hebron_Hills" title="Hebron Hills">Hebron Hills</a> and Jerusalem Mountains (Jibal al–Quds).<a href="#cite_note-91">[84]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Samarian_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Samarian Hills">Samarian Hills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judean_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Judean Hills">Judean Hills</a> are mountain ranges in the West Bank, with <a href="/wiki/Mount_Nabi_Yunis,_Palestine" title="Mount Nabi Yunis, Palestine">Mount Nabi Yunis</a> at a height of 1,030 metres (3,380 ft) in <a href="/wiki/Hebron_Governorate" title="Hebron Governorate">Hebron Governorate</a> as their highest peak.<a href="#cite_note-92">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopædia_Britannica-93">[86]</a> Until 19th century, <a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a> was highest city in the Middle East.<a href="#cite_note-Encyclopædia_Britannica-93">[86]</a> While Jerusalem is located on a plateau in the central highlands and is surrounded by valleys.<a href="#cite_note-Encyclopædia_Britannica-93">[86]</a> The territory consists of fertile valleys, such as the <a href="/wiki/Jezreel_Valley" title="Jezreel Valley">Jezreel Valley</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordan River Valley">Jordan River Valley</a>. Palestine is home to world's largest olive tree, located in Jerusalem.<a href="#cite_note-94">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopædia_Britannica-93">[86]</a> Around 45% of Palestine's land is dedicated to growing olive trees.<a href="#cite_note-95">[88]</a> Palestine features significant lakes and rivers that play a vital role in its geography and ecosystems.<a href="#cite_note-Marsi-96">[89]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a> flows southward, forming part of Palestine's eastern border and passing through the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a> before reaching the Dead Sea.<a href="#cite_note-Adeel-2023-97">[90]</a> According to Christian traditions, it is site of the <a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" title="Baptism of Jesus">baptism of Jesus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Adeel-2023-97">[90]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Dead Sea</a>, bordering the country's east is the lowest point on the earth.<a href="#cite_note-98">[91]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jericho" title="Jericho">Jericho</a>, located nearby, is the lowest city in the world.<a href="#cite_note-99">[92]</a> Villages and suburban areas around Jerusalem are home to ancient water bodies.<a href="#cite_note-100">[93]</a> There are several river valleys (<a href="/wiki/Wadi" title="Wadi">wadi</a>) across the country.<a href="#cite_note-Marsi-96">[89]</a> These waterways provide essential resources for agriculture and recreation while supporting various ecosystems.<a href="#cite_note-Marsi-96">[89]</a> Three terrestrial ecoregions are found in the area: <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Mediterranean_conifer%E2%80%93sclerophyllous%E2%80%93broadleaf_forests" title="Eastern Mediterranean conifer–sclerophyllous–broadleaf forests">Eastern Mediterranean conifer–sclerophyllous–broadleaf forests</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Desert" title="Arabian Desert">Arabian Desert</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_shrub_desert" title="Mesopotamian shrub desert">Mesopotamian shrub desert</a>.<a href="#cite_note-DinersteinOlson2017-101">[94]</a> Palestine has a number of environmental issues; issues facing the Gaza Strip include <a href="/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification">desertification</a>; <a href="/wiki/Biosalinity" title="Biosalinity">salination</a> of fresh water; <a href="/wiki/Sewage_treatment" title="Sewage treatment">sewage treatment</a>; <a href="/wiki/Water-borne_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Water-borne disease">water-borne diseases</a>; <a href="/wiki/Soil_degradation" class="mw-redirect" title="Soil degradation">soil degradation</a>; and depletion and contamination of underground water resources. In the West Bank, many of the same issues apply; although fresh water is much more plentiful, access is restricted by the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories#Political_status_and_sovereignty" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian territories">dispute</a>.<a href="#cite_note-al_Haq-102">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Palestine">Climate of Palestine</a></div> Temperatures in Palestine vary widely. The climate in the West Bank is mostly <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean</a>, slightly cooler at elevated areas compared with the shoreline, west to the area. In the east, the West Bank includes much of the Judean Desert including the western shoreline of the Dead Sea, characterised by dry and hot climate. Gaza has a <a href="/wiki/Hot_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot semi-arid climate">hot semi-arid climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: BSh) with mild winters and dry hot summers.<a href="#cite_note-103">[96]</a> Spring arrives around March–April and the hottest months are July and August, with the average high being 33 °C (91 °F). The coldest month is January with temperatures usually at 7 °C (45 °F). Rain is scarce and generally falls between November and March, with annual precipitation rates approximately at 4.57 inches (116 mm).<a href="#cite_note-MSN-104">[97]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biodiversity">Biodiversity</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Biodiversity in Palestine">Biodiversity in Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Camel_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Camel_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Camel_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Camel_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Camel_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Camel_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Camel_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Camels on <a href="/wiki/Judaean_Desert" title="Judaean Desert">Judaean Desert</a></figcaption></figure> Palestine does not have officially recognized national parks or protected areas. However, there are areas within the West Bank that are considered to have ecological and cultural significance and are being managed with conservation efforts. These areas are often referred to as nature reserves or protected zones. Located near Jericho in the West Bank, <a href="/wiki/Wadi_Qelt" title="Wadi Qelt">Wadi Qelt</a> is a desert valley with unique flora and fauna. The reserve is known for its rugged landscapes, natural springs, and historical sites such as the <a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_George_of_Choziba" title="Monastery of Saint George of Choziba">St. George Monastery</a>.<a href="#cite_note-105">[98]</a> Efforts have been made to protect the biodiversity and natural beauty of the area.<a href="#cite_note-106">[99]</a> The Judaean Desert is popular for "Judaean Camels". <a href="/wiki/Qalqilya_Zoo" title="Qalqilya Zoo">Qalqilya Zoo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Qalqilya_Governorate" title="Qalqilya Governorate">Qalqilya Governorate</a>, is the only zoo currently active in the country. Gaza Zoo was closed due to poor conditions. Israeli government have built various national parks in the Area C, which is also considered illegal under international law. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Palestine" title="Government of Palestine">Government of Palestine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" title="Politics of the Palestinian National Authority">Politics of the Palestinian National Authority</a> and <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Palestine_Liberation_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of the Palestine Liberation Organization">Politics of the Palestine Liberation 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.tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:252px;max-width:252px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:116px;max-width:116px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:151px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister_meets_Mahmoud_Abbas_(53272300740)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/The_Prime_Minister_meets_Mahmoud_Abbas_%2853272300740%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/114px-The_Prime_Minister_meets_Mahmoud_Abbas_%2853272300740%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="114" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/The_Prime_Minister_meets_Mahmoud_Abbas_%2853272300740%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/171px-The_Prime_Minister_meets_Mahmoud_Abbas_%2853272300740%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/The_Prime_Minister_meets_Mahmoud_Abbas_%2853272300740%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/228px-The_Prime_Minister_meets_Mahmoud_Abbas_%2853272300740%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1073" data-file-height="1432" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Palestine">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:132px;max-width:132px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:151px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Mohammad_Mustafa_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Dr._Mohammad_Mustafa_%28cropped%29.JPG/130px-Dr._Mohammad_Mustafa_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="130" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Dr._Mohammad_Mustafa_%28cropped%29.JPG/195px-Dr._Mohammad_Mustafa_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Dr._Mohammad_Mustafa_%28cropped%29.JPG/260px-Dr._Mohammad_Mustafa_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2964" data-file-height="3456" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Palestine">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mustafa_(economist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Mustafa (economist)">Mohammad Mustafa</a></div></div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mausoleo_Arafat_(Muqata,_Ramallah)_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mausoleo_Arafat_%28Muqata%2C_Ramallah%29_02.JPG/220px-Mausoleo_Arafat_%28Muqata%2C_Ramallah%29_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mausoleo_Arafat_%28Muqata%2C_Ramallah%29_02.JPG/330px-Mausoleo_Arafat_%28Muqata%2C_Ramallah%29_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mausoleo_Arafat_%28Muqata%2C_Ramallah%29_02.JPG/440px-Mausoleo_Arafat_%28Muqata%2C_Ramallah%29_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2253" data-file-height="1587" /></a><figcaption>Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in Ramallah</figcaption></figure> Palestine operates a semi-presidential system of government.<a href="#cite_note-107">[100]</a> The country consists of the institutions that are associated with the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Palestine Liberation Organization">Palestine Liberation Organization</a> (PLO), which includes <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="President of the State of Palestine">President of the State of Palestine</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-PLOchair-8">[c]</a> – appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Central_Council" title="Palestinian Central Council">Palestinian Central Council</a>,<a href="#cite_note-p2008-111">[104]</a> <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council" title="Palestinian National Council">Palestinian National Council</a> – the legislature that established the State of Palestine<a href="#cite_note-declaration1988-6">[4]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Executive_Committee_of_the_Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization">Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization</a> – performs the functions of a government in exile,<a href="#cite_note-A67L28-109">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-GiE-110">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-unescogie-112">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[106]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] maintaining an extensive foreign-relations network. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is combination of several political parties. These should be distinguished from the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" title="President of the Palestinian National Authority">President of the Palestinian National Authority</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Legislative_Council" title="Palestinian Legislative Council">Palestinian Legislative Council</a> (PLC) and <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_government_of_June_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian government of June 2007">PNA Cabinet</a>, all of which are instead associated with the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian National Authority">Palestinian National Authority</a>. The State of Palestine's founding document is the Palestinian Declaration of Independence,<a href="#cite_note-declaration1988-6">[4]</a> and it should be distinguished from the unrelated PLO <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Covenant" title="Palestinian National Covenant">Palestinian National Covenant</a> and PNA <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Basic_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestine Basic Law">Palestine Basic Law</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian government">Palestinian government</a> is divided into two geographic entities – the Palestinian Authority governed by Fatah, which has partial control over the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, which is under control of the militant group Hamas.<a href="#cite_note-114">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[108]</a> <a href="/wiki/Fatah" title="Fatah">Fatah</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Secular" class="mw-redirect" title="Secular">secular party</a>, which was founded by Yasser Arafat and enjoys relatively good relations with the western powers. On other hand, Hamas is a <a href="/wiki/Militant" title="Militant">militant group</a>, based on <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_nationalism" title="Palestinian nationalism">Palestinian nationalist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islamic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic">Islamic ideology</a>, inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood" title="Muslim Brotherhood">Muslim Brotherhood</a>.<a href="#cite_note-116">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[110]</a> Hamas has tense relations with the United States, but receives support from Iran. <a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine" title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine">Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine</a> is another popular secular party, which was founded by <a href="/wiki/George_Habash" title="George Habash">George Habash</a>. Mahmoud Abbas is the president of the country since 2005.<a href="#cite_note-118">[111]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shtayyeh" title="Mohammad Shtayyeh">Mohammad Shtayyeh</a> was the prime minister of Palestine, who resigned in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-119">[112]</a> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mustafa_(economist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Mustafa (economist)">Mohammad Mustafa</a> was appointed as the new prime minister of the country, after resigning of Shtayyeh.<a href="#cite_note-120">[113]</a> <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Sinwar" title="Yahya Sinwar">Yahya Sinwar</a> was leader of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip before his death on 16 October, 2024.<a href="#cite_note-121">[114]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Freedom_House" title="Freedom House">Freedom House</a>, the PNA governs Palestine in an <a href="/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">authoritarian</a> manner, including by repressing activists and journalists critical of the government.<a href="#cite_note-122">[115]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> including <a href="/wiki/Haram_ash-Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Haram ash-Sharif">Haram ash-Sharif</a>, is claimed as capital by Palestine, which has been under <a href="/wiki/Israeli_annexation_of_East_Jerusalem" title="Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem">occupation by Israel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-123">[116]</a> Currently the temporary administration center is in <a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a>, which is 10 km from Jerusalem.<a href="#cite_note-124">[117]</a> <a href="/wiki/Muqata" class="mw-redirect" title="Muqata">Muqata</a> hosts state ministries and representative office.<a href="#cite_note-125">[118]</a> In 2000, a government building was built in Jerusalem suburb of <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dis" title="Abu Dis">Abu Dis</a>, to house office of Yasser Arafat and Palestinian parliament.<a href="#cite_note-126">[119]</a> Since <a href="/wiki/Second_intifada" class="mw-redirect" title="Second intifada">second intifada</a>, condition of the town made this site unsuitable to operate as a capital, either temporarily or permanently.<a href="#cite_note-127">[120]</a> Nevertheless, the Palestinian entity have maintained their presence in the city. As few parts of the city is also under Palestinian control and many some countries have their consulates in Jerusalem. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Palestine" title="Governorates of Palestine">Governorates of Palestine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_enclaves" title="Palestinian enclaves">Palestinian enclaves</a> and <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:PS" title="ISO 3166-2:PS">ISO 3166-2:PS</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:408px;max-width:408px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Bank_and_Gaza_Strip_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/West_Bank_and_Gaza_Strip_location_map.svg/200px-West_Bank_and_Gaza_Strip_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/West_Bank_and_Gaza_Strip_location_map.svg/300px-West_Bank_and_Gaza_Strip_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/West_Bank_and_Gaza_Strip_location_map.svg/400px-West_Bank_and_Gaza_Strip_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="736" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Palestinian Governorates (official)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Zones_A_and_B_in_the_occupied_palestinian_territories.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Zones_A_and_B_in_the_occupied_palestinian_territories.svg/200px-Zones_A_and_B_in_the_occupied_palestinian_territories.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Zones_A_and_B_in_the_occupied_palestinian_territories.svg/300px-Zones_A_and_B_in_the_occupied_palestinian_territories.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Zones_A_and_B_in_the_occupied_palestinian_territories.svg/400px-Zones_A_and_B_in_the_occupied_palestinian_territories.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="736" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">Palestinian controlled areas</div></div></div></div></div> The State of Palestine is divided into <a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Palestine" title="Governorates of Palestine">sixteen administrative divisions</a>. The governorates in the West Bank are grouped into <a href="/wiki/West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bank Areas in the Oslo II Accord">three areas per the Oslo II Accord</a>. Area A forms 18% of the West Bank by area, and is administered by the Palestinian government.<a href="#cite_note-Zahriyeh2014-128">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gvirtzman-129">[122]</a> Area B forms 22% of the West Bank, and is under Palestinian civil control, and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control.<a href="#cite_note-Zahriyeh2014-128">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gvirtzman-129">[122]</a> <a href="/wiki/Area_C_(West_Bank)" title="Area C (West Bank)">Area C</a>, except East Jerusalem, forms 60% of the West Bank, and is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Civil_Administration" title="Israeli Civil Administration">Israeli Civil Administration</a>, however, the Palestinian government provides the education and medical services to the 150,000 Palestinians in the area,<a href="#cite_note-Zahriyeh2014-128">[121]</a> an arrangement agreed upon in the Oslo II accord by Israeli and Palestinian leadership. More than 99% of Area C is off limits to Palestinians, due to security concerns and is a point of ongoing negotiation.<a href="#cite_note-WBAUS2922-130">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[124]</a> There are about 330,000 Israelis living in settlements in Area C.<a href="#cite_note-CBS2010-132">[125]</a> Although Area C is under <a href="/wiki/Martial_law" title="Martial law">martial law</a>, Israelis living there are entitled to <a href="/wiki/Israeli_law_in_the_West_Bank_settlements" title="Israeli law in the West Bank settlements">full civic rights</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CERD1416-133">[126]</a> <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_enclaves" title="Palestinian enclaves">Palestinian enclaves</a> currently under Palestinian administration in red (<a href="/wiki/Palestinian_enclaves" title="Palestinian enclaves">Areas A and B</a>; not including Gaza Strip, which is under Hamas rule). East Jerusalem (comprising the small pre-1967 Jordanian eastern-sector Jerusalem municipality together with a significant area of the pre-1967 West Bank demarcated by Israel in 1967) is administered as part of the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_District" title="Jerusalem District">Jerusalem District</a> of Israel but is claimed by Palestine as part of the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Governorate" title="Jerusalem Governorate">Jerusalem Governorate</a>. It was effectively annexed by Israel in 1967, by application of Israeli law, jurisdiction and administration under a 1948 law amended for the purpose, this purported annexation being constitutionally reaffirmed (by implication) in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Law" title="Jerusalem Law">Basic Law: Jerusalem 1980</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Zahriyeh2014-128">[121]</a> but this annexation is not recognised by any other country.<a href="#cite_note-134">[127]</a> In 2010 of the 456,000 people in East Jerusalem, roughly 60% were Palestinians and 40% were Israelis.<a href="#cite_note-Zahriyeh2014-128">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-ChoshenEtKorach2010-135">[128]</a> However, since the late 2000s, Israel's <a href="/wiki/West_Bank_Security_Barrier" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bank Security Barrier">West Bank Security Barrier</a> has effectively re-annexed tens of thousands of Palestinians bearing Israeli ID cards to the West Bank, leaving East Jerusalem within the barrier with a small Israeli majority (60%).[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Under Oslo Accords, Jerusalem was proposed to be included in future negotiations and according to Israel, Oslo Accords prohibits the Palestinian Authority to operates in Jerusalem. However, certain parts of Jerusalem, those neighborhoods which are located outside the historic Old City but are part of East Jerusalem, were allotted to the Palestinian Authority.<a href="#cite_note-136">[129]</a>a<a href="#cite_note-137">[iii]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palestine_election_map.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Palestine_election_map.PNG/250px-Palestine_election_map.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="343" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Palestine_election_map.PNG/375px-Palestine_election_map.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Palestine_election_map.PNG/500px-Palestine_election_map.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="1530" /></a><figcaption>Governorates of Palestine</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Area (km2)<a href="#cite_note-138">[130]</a> </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Density (per km2) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Muhafazah" title="Muhafazah">Muhafazah</a> (district capital) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jenin_Governorate" title="Jenin Governorate">Jenin</a> </td> <td>583 </td> <td>311,231 </td> <td>533.8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Jenin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tubas_Governorate" title="Tubas Governorate">Tubas</a> </td> <td>402 </td> <td>64,719 </td> <td>161.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tubas_(city)" title="Tubas (city)">Tubas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulkarm_Governorate" title="Tulkarm Governorate">Tulkarm</a> </td> <td>246 </td> <td>182,053 </td> <td>740.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulkarm" title="Tulkarm">Tulkarm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nablus_Governorate" title="Nablus Governorate">Nablus</a> </td> <td>605 </td> <td>380,961 </td> <td>629.7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qalqilya_Governorate" title="Qalqilya Governorate">Qalqiliya</a> </td> <td>166 </td> <td>110,800 </td> <td>667.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Qalqilya" title="Qalqilya">Qalqilya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Salfit_Governorate" title="Salfit Governorate">Salfit</a> </td> <td>204 </td> <td>70,727 </td> <td>346.7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salfit" title="Salfit">Salfit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramallah_and_al-Bireh_Governorate" title="Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate">Ramallah & Al-Bireh</a> </td> <td>855 </td> <td>348,110 </td> <td>407.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jericho_Governorate" title="Jericho Governorate">Jericho & Al Aghwar</a> </td> <td>593 </td> <td>52,154 </td> <td>87.9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jericho" title="Jericho">Jericho</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Governorate" title="Jerusalem Governorate">Jerusalem</a> </td> <td>345 </td> <td>419,108a </td> <td>1214.8<a href="#cite_note-139">[iv]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem" title="Status of Jerusalem">Status of Jerusalem</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Governorate" title="Bethlehem Governorate">Bethlehem</a> </td> <td>659 </td> <td>216,114 </td> <td>927.9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hebron_Governorate" title="Hebron Governorate">Hebron</a> </td> <td>997 </td> <td>706,508 </td> <td>708.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Gaza_Governorate" title="North Gaza Governorate">North Gaza</a> </td> <td>61 </td> <td>362,772 </td> <td>5947.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jabalya" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabalya">Jabalya</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Governorate" title="Gaza Governorate">Gaza</a> </td> <td>74 </td> <td>625,824 </td> <td>8457.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Gaza City</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Deir_al-Balah_Governorate" title="Deir al-Balah Governorate">Deir Al-Balah</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>264,455 </td> <td>4559.6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deir_al-Balah" title="Deir al-Balah">Deir al-Balah</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis_Governorate" title="Khan Yunis Governorate">Khan Yunis</a> </td> <td>108 </td> <td>341,393 </td> <td>3161.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis" title="Khan Yunis">Khan Yunis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rafah_Governorate" title="Rafah Governorate">Rafah</a> </td> <td>64 </td> <td>225,538 </td> <td>3524.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-roman"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-20"><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: فلسطين, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: Filasṭīn, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style>pronounced <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Arabic" title="Help:IPA/Arabic">[fɪlastˤiːn]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: دولة فلسطين, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: Dawlat Filasṭīn, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991">pronounced <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Arabic" title="Help:IPA/Arabic">[dawlat fɪlastˤiːn]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-137"><a href="#cite_ref-137">^</a> Data from Jerusalem includes occupied <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a> with its Israeli population </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a> Data from Jerusalem includes occupied <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a> with its Israeli population </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Foreign relations of the State of Palestine">Foreign relations of the State of Palestine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="List of diplomatic missions of the State of Palestine">List of diplomatic missions of the State of Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_to_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of diplomatic missions to Palestine">List of diplomatic missions to Palestine</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Foreign relations of the State of Palestine">Foreign relations</a> are maintained in the framework of the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Expatriates" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) represents the State of Palestine and maintains embassies in countries that recognize it. It also participates in international organizations as a member, associate, or observer. In some cases, due to conflicting sources, it is difficult to determine if the participation is on behalf of the State of Palestine, the PLO as a non-state entity, or the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The Vatican shifted recognition to the State of Palestine in May 2015, following the 2012 UN vote.<a href="#cite_note-140">[131]</a> This change aligned with the Holy See's evolving position.<a href="#cite_note-141">[132]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi_and_the_President_of_the_State_of_Palestine,_Mr._Mahmoud_Abbas,_at_the_joint_Press_meet,_at_Ramallah,_Palestine_on_February_10,_2018_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_and_the_President_of_the_State_of_Palestine%2C_Mr._Mahmoud_Abbas%2C_at_the_joint_Press_meet%2C_at_Ramallah%2C_Palestine_on_February_10%2C_2018_%282%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_and_the_President_of_the_State_of_Palestine%2C_Mr._Mahmoud_Abbas%2C_at_the_joint_Press_meet%2C_at_Ramallah%2C_Palestine_on_February_10%2C_2018_%282%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_and_the_President_of_the_State_of_Palestine%2C_Mr._Mahmoud_Abbas%2C_at_the_joint_Press_meet%2C_at_Ramallah%2C_Palestine_on_February_10%2C_2018_%282%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1538" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Indian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> with Mahmoud Abbas in at Ramallah in 2018</figcaption></figure> Currently, 146 UN member states (75%) recognize the State of Palestine. Though some do not recognize it, they acknowledge the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people. The PLO's executive committee acts as the government, empowered by the PNC.<a href="#cite_note-GiE2-142">[133]</a> It is full-time member of the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Islamic_Cooperation" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of Islamic Cooperation">Organization of Islamic Cooperation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_the_Mediterranean" title="Union for the Mediterranean">Union for the Mediterranean</a>. Sweden took a significant step in 2013 by upgrading the status of the Palestinian representative office to a full embassy. They became the first EU member state outside the former communist bloc to officially recognize the state of Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-143">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-144">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-145">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[137]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Arab_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the Arab League">Members of the Arab League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation</a> have strongly supported the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_cause" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian cause">country's position</a> in its <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">conflict with Israel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-147">[138]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[139]</a> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> have been strongest ally of Palestine since the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic revolution">Islamic revolution</a> and provide military support to <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_fedayeen" title="Palestinian fedayeen">Palestinian fedayeen</a> and militant groups including <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> through its <a href="/wiki/Axis_of_Resistance" title="Axis of Resistance">Axis of Resistance</a>, which includes military coalition of governments and rebels from <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>,<a href="#cite_note-149">[140]</a> <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>,<a href="#cite_note-150">[141]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a><a href="#cite_note-151">[142]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-152">[143]</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-155">[146]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[147]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] Hamas is also part of the axis of resistance. Even before emergence of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Resistance_in_Iraq" title="Islamic Resistance in Iraq">Iranian-backed group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93Palestine_relations" title="Iraq–Palestine relations">strong supporter of Palestine</a> when it was under the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Ba'athist government</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>.<a href="#cite_note-157">[148]</a><a href="#cite_note-158">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[150]</a> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Turkish_support_for_Hamas" title="Turkish support for Hamas">supporter of Hamas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> has been a <a href="/wiki/Qatari_support_for_Hamas" title="Qatari support for Hamas">key-financial supporter</a> and host Hamas leaders.<a href="#cite_note-160">[151]</a> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> was the first non-Arab country to reject the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine" title="United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine">UN partition plan</a> and officially recognized the statehood declaration.<a href="#cite_note-unesco.org-161">[152]</a> Once a <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Palestine_relations" title="India–Palestine relations">strong ally of Palestine</a>, India have strengthen <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Israel_relations" title="India–Israel relations">its ties with Israel</a> since 1991.<a href="#cite_note-162">[153]</a> However India still supports the legitimacy of Palestine's issue.<a href="#cite_note-163">[154]</a> <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> was a supporter of Palestinian independence and was sought as a mediator in the Arab–Israeli conflict, when he presented a one-state peace offer titled <a href="/wiki/Isratin" title="Isratin">Isratin</a> in 2000.<a href="#cite_note-NYT2-164">[155]</a> <a href="/wiki/Palestine%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations" title="Palestine–United Arab Emirates relations">Relations with the United Arab Emirates</a> deteriorated, when it signed <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_normalization_agreement" title="Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement">normalization agreement with Israel</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>, the PLO provided training for <a href="/wiki/Tamil_rebels" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil rebels">Tamil rebels</a> to fight against the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan government">Sri Lankan government</a>.<a href="#cite_note-165">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-166">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[158]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> are political allies of Palestine and have strongly advocated for establishment of independent Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-168">[159]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-times-170">[161]</a> As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">ongoing war</a>, support for the country have increased. Since <a href="/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip_(2023%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)">Israel's invasion of Gaza</a>, many countries in support of Palestinians have officially recognized the country. This includes <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>.<a href="#cite_note-171">[162]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Status_and_recognition">Status and recognition</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Legal_status_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Legal status of the State of Palestine">Legal status of the State of Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palestine_and_the_United_Nations" title="Palestine and the United Nations">Palestine and the United Nations</a></div> The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) declared the establishment of the State of Palestine on 15 November 1988. There is a wide range of views on the legal status of the State of Palestine, both among international states and legal scholars.<a href="#cite_note-172">[163]</a> The existence of a state of Palestine is recognized by the states that have established bilateral diplomatic relations with it.<a href="#cite_note-173">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[165]</a> In January 2015, the International Criminal Court affirmed Palestine's "State" status after its UN observer recognition,<a href="#cite_note-175">[166]</a> a move condemned by Israeli leaders as a form of "diplomatic terrorism."<a href="#cite_note-176">[167]</a> In December 2015, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution demanding Palestinian sovereignty over natural resources in the occupied territories. It called on Israel to cease exploitation and damage while granting Palestinians the right to seek restitution. In 1988, the State of Palestine's declaration of independence was acknowledged by the General Assembly with <a href="/wiki/Resolution_43/177" class="mw-redirect" title="Resolution 43/177">Resolution 43/177</a>.<a href="#cite_note-177">[168]</a> In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> passed <a href="/wiki/Resolution_67/19" class="mw-redirect" title="Resolution 67/19">Resolution 67/19</a>, granting Palestine "<a href="/wiki/Non-member_observer_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-member observer state">non-member observer state</a>" status, effectively recognizing it as a <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign state</a>.<a href="#cite_note-GA113172-178">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-A67L282-179">[170]</a> In August 2015, Palestine's representatives at the United Nations presented a draft resolution that would allow the non-member observer states Palestine and the Holy See to raise their flags at the United Nations headquarters. Initially, the Palestinians presented their initiative as a joint effort with the Holy See, which the Holy See denied.<a href="#cite_note-i24_un_flag-180">[171]</a> In a letter to the Secretary General and the President of the General Assembly, Israel's Ambassador at the UN <a href="/wiki/Ron_Prosor" title="Ron Prosor">Ron Prosor</a> called the step "another cynical misuse of the UN ... in order to score political points".<a href="#cite_note-181">[172]</a> After the vote, which was passed by 119 votes to 8 with 45 countries abstaining,<a href="#cite_note-cnnUN-182">[173]</a><a href="#cite_note-183">[174]</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[175]</a> the US Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Samantha_Power" title="Samantha Power">Samantha Power</a> said that "raising the Palestinian flag will not bring Israelis and Palestinians any closer together".<a href="#cite_note-185">[176]</a> US Department of State spokesman <a href="/wiki/Mark_Toner" title="Mark Toner">Mark Toner</a> called it a "counterproductive" attempt to pursue statehood claims outside of a negotiated settlement.<a href="#cite_note-aj_un_flag-186">[177]</a> At the ceremony itself, UN Secretary-General <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> said the occasion was a "day of pride for the Palestinian people around the world, a day of hope",<a href="#cite_note-187">[178]</a> and declared "Now is the time to restore confidence by both Israelis and Palestinians for a peaceful settlement and, at last, the realization of two states for two peoples."<a href="#cite_note-cnnUN-182">[173]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_recognition">International recognition</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">International recognition of the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palestine_recognition_only.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Palestine_recognition_only.svg/300px-Palestine_recognition_only.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Palestine_recognition_only.svg/450px-Palestine_recognition_only.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Palestine_recognition_only.svg/600px-Palestine_recognition_only.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2754" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  State of Palestine</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Countries that have recognised the State of Palestine</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Countries that have not recognised the State of Palestine</div></figcaption></figure> The State of Palestine has been <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">recognized by 146 of the 193 UN members</a> and since 2012 has had a status of a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">non-member observer state</a> in the United Nations.<a href="#cite_note-UNStatehoodBid2012accepted-188">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-Charbonneau-189">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lederer-190">[181]</a> This limited status is largely due to the fact that the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, a permanent member of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">UN Security Council</a> with veto power, has consistently used its veto or threatened to do so to block Palestine's full UN membership.<a href="#cite_note-United_Nations-35">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-Associated_Press_News-36">[29]</a> On 29 November 2012, in a 138–9 vote (with 41 abstentions and 5 absences),<a href="#cite_note-GA11317-191">[182]</a> the United Nations General Assembly passed <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution_67/19" title="United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19">resolution 67/19</a>, upgrading Palestine from an "observer entity" to a "<a href="/wiki/Observer_status" title="Observer status">non-member observer state</a>" within the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_System" title="United Nations System">United Nations System</a>, which was described as recognition of the PLO's sovereignty.<a href="#cite_note-Charbonneau-189">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lederer-190">[181]</a><a href="#cite_note-192">[183]</a><a href="#cite_note-A67L28-109">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-AljazeeraNmChng2-193">[184]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] Palestine's UN status is equivalent to that of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hume-194">[185]</a> The UN has permitted Palestine to title its representative office to the UN as "The Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations",<a href="#cite_note-un.int-195">[186]</a> and Palestine has instructed its diplomats to officially represent "The State of Palestine"—no longer the Palestinian National Authority.<a href="#cite_note-AljazeeraNmChng2-193">[184]</a> On 17 December 2012, UN Chief of Protocol Yeocheol Yoon declared that "the designation of 'State of Palestine' shall be used by the Secretariat in all official United Nations documents",<a href="#cite_note-Gharib-196">[187]</a> thus recognising the title 'State of Palestine' as the state's official name for all UN purposes; on 21 December 2012, a UN memorandum discussed appropriate terminology to be used following GA 67/19. It was noted therein that there was no legal impediment to using the designation Palestine to refer to the geographical area of the Palestinian territory. At the same time, it was explained that there was also no bar to the continued use of the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem" or such other terminology as might customarily be used by the Assembly.<a href="#cite_note-197">[188]</a> As of 21 June 2024, 146 (75.6%) of the 193 <a href="/wiki/Member_state" title="Member state">member states</a> of the United Nations have <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">recognised the State of Palestine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-A67L28-109">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[189]</a> Many of the countries that do not recognise the State of Palestine nevertheless recognise the PLO as the "representative of the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian people">Palestinian people</a>". The PLO's <a href="/wiki/Executive_Committee_of_the_Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization">Executive Committee</a> is empowered by the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council" title="Palestinian National Council">Palestinian National Council</a> to perform the functions of government of the State of Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-GiE-110">[103]</a> On 2 April 2024, <a href="/wiki/Riyad_Mansour" title="Riyad Mansour">Riyad Mansour</a>, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, requested that the Security Council consider a renewed application for membership. As of April, seven UNSC members recognize Palestine but the US has indicated that it opposes the request and in addition, US law stipulates that US funding for the UN would be cut off in the event of full recognition without an Israeli-Palestinian agreement.<a href="#cite_note-199">[190]</a> On 18 April, the US vetoed a widely supported UN resolution that would have admitted Palestine as a full UN member.<a href="#cite_note-200">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-201">[192]</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[193]</a> A May 2024 UNGA resolution came into force with the 2024 general assembly. The resolution, which recognized the Palestinian right to become a full member state, also granted the right to Palestinians to submit proposals and amendments and Palestine was permitted to take a seat with other member states in the assembly.<a href="#cite_note-203">[194]</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[195]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Security_Services" title="Palestinian Security Services">Palestinian Security Services</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_fedayeen" title="Palestinian fedayeen">Palestinian fedayeen</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:25th_anniversary_of_Hamas_(13).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/25th_anniversary_of_Hamas_%2813%29.jpg/220px-25th_anniversary_of_Hamas_%2813%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/25th_anniversary_of_Hamas_%2813%29.jpg/330px-25th_anniversary_of_Hamas_%2813%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/25th_anniversary_of_Hamas_%2813%29.jpg/440px-25th_anniversary_of_Hamas_%2813%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>25th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> taking place in Gaza</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Security_Services" title="Palestinian Security Services">Palestinian Security Services</a> consists of the armed forces and intelligence agencies, which were established during the Oslo Accords. Their function is to maintain internal security and enforce law in the PA-controlled areas. It does not operate as an independent armed force of a country. Before the Oslo Accords, the PLO led armed rebellion against Israel, which included coalition of militant groups and included its own military branch – the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Liberation_Army" title="Palestine Liberation Army">Palestine Liberation Army</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Milton-205">[196]</a> However, since the 1993–1995 agreements, it has been inactive and operates only in Syria. <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_fedayeen" title="Palestinian fedayeen">Palestinian fedayeen</a> are the Palestinian militants and guerilla army. They are considered as "freedom fighter" by Palestinians and "terrorists" by Israelis.<a href="#cite_note-Glaser-206">[197]</a> <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> considers itself as an independent force, which is more powerful and influential than PSF, along with other militant organizations such as Islamic Jihad (Al-Quds Bridage).<a href="#cite_note-207">[198]</a> It is a guerilla army, which is supported by Iran, Qatar and Turkey.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20231008-208">[199]</a> According to the CIA World Factbook, the Qassam Brigades have 20,000 to 25,000 members, although this number is disputed.<a href="#cite_note-209">[200]</a> Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza provided Hamas with the opportunity to develop its military wing.<a href="#cite_note-Al_Jazeera-20231008-208">[199]</a> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> have smuggled weapons to Hamas overland through the <a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a> via <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>, as well as by sea. Intensive military training and accumulated weapons have allowed Hamas to gradually organize regional units as large as brigades containing 2,500–3,500 fighters each. Since 2020, joint exercises conducted with other <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_militant_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian militant group">militant groups in Gaza</a> like the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Palestinian Islamic Jihad">Palestinian Islamic Jihad</a> (PIJ) have habituated units to operating in a coordinated fashion, supported Hamas command and control, and facilitated cooperation between Hamas and smaller factions. Such efforts began in earnest in 2007, upon <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)" title="Battle of Gaza (2007)">Hamas's seizure of power</a> in the Gaza Strip. Iran has since supplied materiel and know-how for Hamas to build a sizable rocket arsenal, with more than 10,000 rockets and mortar shells fired in the current conflict. With Iran's help, Hamas has developed robust <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_domestic_weapons_production" title="Palestinian domestic weapons production">domestic rocket production</a> that uses pipes, electrical wiring, and other everyday materials for improvised production.<a href="#cite_note-washingtoninstitute.org-210">[201]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_and_security">Law and security</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Security_Services" title="Palestinian Security Services">Palestinian Security Services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Crime in the State of Palestine">Crime in the State of Palestine</a></div> The State of Palestine has a number of security forces, including a <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Civil_Police_Force" title="Palestinian Civil Police Force">Civil Police Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Security_Forces" title="Palestinian National Security Forces">National Security Forces</a> and Intelligence Services, with the function of maintaining security and protecting Palestinian citizens and the Palestinian State. All of these forces are part of <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Security_Services" title="Palestinian Security Services">Palestinian Security Services</a>. The PSF is primarily responsible for maintaining internal security, law enforcement, and counterterrorism operations in areas under Palestinian Authority control.<a href="#cite_note-211">[202]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Liberation Army">Palestinian Liberation Army</a> (PLA) is the standing army of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).<a href="#cite_note-212">[203]</a> It was established during the early years of the Palestinian national movement but has largely been inactive since the Oslo Accords.<a href="#cite_note-213">[204]</a> The PLA's role was intended to be a conventional military force but has shifted to a more symbolic and political role.<a href="#cite_note-214">[205]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Economy of the State of Palestine">Economy of the State of Palestine</a></div>Palestine is classified as a middle income and developing country by the IMF. In 2023, <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a> of the country was $40 billion and <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per-capita</a> around $4,500. Due to its disputed status, the economic condition have been affected.<a href="#cite_note-WB-2023-215">[206]</a><a href="#cite_note-Daoudi-2008a-216">[207]</a><a href="#cite_note-Daoudi-2008b-217">[208]</a> The <a href="/wiki/CO2_emission" class="mw-redirect" title="CO2 emission">CO2 emission</a> (metric tons per capita) was 0.6 in 2010. According to a survey of 2011, Palestine's <a href="/wiki/Poverty_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty rate">poverty rate</a> was 25.8%. According to a new <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> report, Palestinian economic growth is expected to soften in 2023. Economy of Palestine relies heavily on <a href="/wiki/International_aid_to_Palestinians" title="International aid to Palestinians">international aids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora" title="Palestinian diaspora">remittances</a> by overseas Palestinians and local industries.<a href="#cite_note-Statista-2011-218">[209]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rawabi_-_industrial_area.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rawabi_-_industrial_area.jpg/220px-Rawabi_-_industrial_area.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rawabi_-_industrial_area.jpg/330px-Rawabi_-_industrial_area.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Rawabi_-_industrial_area.jpg/440px-Rawabi_-_industrial_area.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1836" /></a><figcaption>Construction of Rawabi and surrounding industrial areas</figcaption></figure> According to a report by the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>, the economic impact of Israel's closure policy has been profound, directly contributing to a significant decline in economic activity, widespread unemployment, and a rise in poverty since the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a> in September 2000.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> The Israeli restrictions imposed on <a href="/wiki/Area_C_(West_Bank)" title="Area C (West Bank)">Area C</a> alone result in an estimated annual loss of approximately $3.4 billion, which accounts for nearly half of the current Palestinian GDP.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> These restrictions have severely hindered economic growth and development in the region.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/2014_Gaza_War" title="2014 Gaza War">2014 Gaza War</a>, where many structures were damaged or destroyed, the flow of construction and raw materials into Gaza has been severely limited.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> Additionally, regular exports from the region have been completely halted, exacerbating the economic challenges faced by the population.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gaza_by_Night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gaza_by_Night.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gaza_by_Night.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gaza_by_Night.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gaza_by_Night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gaza_by_Night.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Gaza_by_Night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="442" /></a><figcaption>Gaza before the 2023 war</figcaption></figure> One of the burdensome measures imposed by Israel is the "back-to-back" system enforced at crossing points within <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian territories">Palestinian territories</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> This policy forces shippers to unload and reload their goods from one truck to another, resulting in significant transportation costs and longer transit times for both finished products and raw materials.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> These additional expenses further impede economic growth and viability.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> Under the 1995 <a href="/wiki/Oslo_II_Accord" title="Oslo II Accord">Oslo II Accord</a>, it was agreed that governance of Area C would be transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a> within 18 months, except for matters to be determined in the final status agreement.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> However, Israel has failed to fulfill its obligations under the Oslo agreement, highlighting the urgent need for accountability and an end to impunity.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> The <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> has highlighted the detrimental impact of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli West Bank barrier">Israeli West Bank barrier</a>, estimating that it has led to an annual economic impoverishment of Palestinians by 2–3% of GDP.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> Furthermore, the escalating number of internal and external closures continues to have a devastating effect on any prospects for economic recovery in the region.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> According to a 2015 study, the economic impact of Israel's illegal use of Palestinian natural resources was conservatively estimated at US$1.83 billion, equivalent to 22% of Palestine's GDP that year.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> According to a World Bank report, the manufacturing sector's share of GDP decreased from 19% to 10% between the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Accords" title="Oslo Accords">Oslo Accords</a> until 2011.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> The same report, which adopted conservative estimates, suggests that access to Area 'C' in specific sectors like Dead Sea minerals, <a href="/wiki/Communications_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Communications in the State of Palestine">telecommunications</a>, mining, <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Tourism in the State of Palestine">tourism</a>, and construction could contribute at least 22% to Palestinian GDP.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> In fact, the report notes that Israel and Jordan together generate around $4.2 billion annually from the sale of these products, representing 6% of the global potash supply and 73% of global bromine output.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> Overall, if Palestinians had unrestricted access to their own land in Area 'C,' the potential economic benefits for Palestine could increase by 35% of GDP, amounting to at least $3.4 billion annually.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> Similarly, water restrictions incurred a cost of US$1.903 billion, equivalent to 23.4% of GDP, while Israel's ongoing <a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Blockade of the Gaza Strip">blockade of the Gaza Strip</a> resulted in a cost of $1.908 billion US$, representing 23.5% of GDP in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> These burdens are unsustainable for any economy, artificially limiting Palestine's economic potential and its right to develop a prosperous society with a stable economy and sustainable growth.<a href="#cite_note-NAD-2015-219">[210]</a> The State of Palestine's overall gross-domestic-product (GDP) has declined by 35% in the first quarter of 2024, due to the ongoing war in Gaza, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) reports.<a href="#cite_note-pcbs.gov.ps-220">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-221">[212]</a> There was a stark difference between the West Bank, which witnessed a decline of 25% and in the Gaza Strip, the number is 86% amid the ongoing war.<a href="#cite_note-pcbs.gov.ps-220">[211]</a> The manufacturing sector decreased by 29% in the West Bank and 95% in Gaza, while the construction sector decreased by 42% in the West Bank and essentially collapsed in Gaza, with a 99% decrease.<a href="#cite_note-pcbs.gov.ps-220">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-222">[213]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3></div> After Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967, Palestinian agriculture suffered significant setbacks.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> The sector's contribution to the GDP declined, and the agricultural labor force decreased.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> The cultivated areas in the West Bank continuously declined since 1967.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> Palestinian farmers face obstacles in marketing and distributing their products, and Israeli restrictions on water usage have severely affected Palestinian agriculture.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> Over 85% of Palestinian water from the West Bank aquifers is used by Israel, and Palestinians are denied access to water resources from the Jordan and Yarmouk Rivers.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> In Gaza, the coastal aquifer is suffering from saltwater intrusion.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> Israeli restrictions have limited irrigation of Palestinian land, with only 6% of West Bank land cultivated by Palestinians being irrigated, while Israeli settlers irrigate around 70% of their land.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> The Gulf War in 1991 had severe repercussions on Palestinian agriculture, as the majority of exports were previously sent to Arab Gulf countries.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> Palestinian exports to the Gulf States declined by 14% as a result of the war, causing a significant economic impact.<a href="#cite_note-Butterfield-2000-223">[214]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_supply_and_sanitation">Water supply and sanitation</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Water supply and sanitation in the State of Palestine">Water supply and sanitation in the State of Palestine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Water,_Sanitation_and_Hygiene_Monitoring_Program" title="Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Monitoring Program">Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Monitoring Program</a></div> Water supply and sanitation in the Palestinian territories are characterized by severe water shortage and are highly influenced by the Israeli occupation. The water resources of Palestine are partially controlled by Israel due in part from historical and geographical complexities with Israel granting partial autonomy in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-224">[215]</a> The division of groundwater is subject to provisions in the <a href="/wiki/Oslo_II_Accord" title="Oslo II Accord">Oslo II Accord</a>, agreed upon by both Israeli and Palestinian leadership.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Israel provides the Palestinian territories water from its own water supply and desalinated water supplies, in 2012 supplying 52 <a href="/wiki/Million_cubic_metre" class="mw-redirect" title="Million cubic metre">MCM</a>.<a href="#cite_note-225">[216]</a><a href="#cite_note-226">[217]</a> Generally, the water quality is considerably worse in the Gaza Strip when compared to the West Bank. About a third to half of the delivered water in the Palestinian territories is <a href="/wiki/Non-revenue_water" title="Non-revenue water">lost in the distribution network</a>. The lasting blockade of the Gaza Strip and the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%9309)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza War (2008–09)">Gaza War</a> have caused severe damage to the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-UN_Gaza-227">[218]</a><a href="#cite_note-228">[219]</a> Concerning wastewater, the existing treatment plants do not have the capacity to treat all of the produced wastewater, causing severe water pollution.<a href="#cite_note-229">[220]</a> The development of the sector highly depends on external financing.<a href="#cite_note-230">[221]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</h3></div> Manufacturing sectors in Palestine include textiles, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, furniture, plastic products, stone, and electronics.<a href="#cite_note-231">[222]</a> Notable products include clothing, olive oil, dairy, furniture, ceramics, and construction materials.<a href="#cite_note-232">[223]</a> Before the Second Intifada, Palestine had a strong industrial base in Jerusalem and Gaza. Barriers erected in the West Bank have made movement of goods difficult; the blockade of the Gaza Strip has severely affected the territory's economic conditions. As of 2023<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_of_Palestine&action=edit">[update]</a>, according to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Economy_(Palestine)" title="Ministry of National Economy (Palestine)">Ministry of Economy</a>, the manufacturing sector expected to grow by 2.5% and create 79,000 jobs over the following six years.<a href="#cite_note-233">[224]</a> Palestine mainly exports articles of stone (limestone, marble – 13.3%), furniture (11.7%), plastics (10.2%) and iron and steel (9.1%). Most of these products are exported to Jordan, the United States, Israel and Egypt. Hebron is industrially most advanced city in the region and serves as an export hub for Palestinian products. More than 40% of the national economy produced there.<a href="#cite_note-JCH-2024-234">[225]</a> The most advanced printing press in the Middle East is in Hebron.<a href="#cite_note-JCH-2024-234">[225]</a> Many quarries are in the surrounding region.<a href="#cite_note-235">[226]</a> Silicon reserves are found in the Gaza territory. Jerusalem stone, extracted in the West Bank, has been used for constructing many structures in Jerusalem. Hebron is widely known for its glass production. Nablus is noted for its <a href="/wiki/Nablus_soap" class="mw-redirect" title="Nablus soap">Nablus soap</a>. Some of the companies operating in the Palestinian territories include <a href="/wiki/Siniora_(company)" title="Siniora (company)">Siniora Foods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinokrot" title="Sinokrot">Sinokrot Industries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schneider_Electric" title="Schneider Electric">Schneider Electric</a>, <a href="/wiki/PepsiCo" title="PepsiCo">PepsiCo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a>.<a href="#cite_note-236">[227]</a> <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_economic_peace_efforts" title="Israeli–Palestinian economic peace efforts">Israeli–Palestinian economic peace efforts</a> have resulted in several initiatives, such as the <a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Peace_initiative" title="Valley of Peace initiative">Valley of Peace initiative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Breaking_the_Impasse" title="Breaking the Impasse">Breaking the Impasse</a>, which promote industrial projects between Israel, Palestine and other Arab countries, with the goal of promoting peace and ending conflict.<a href="#cite_note-237">[228]</a> These include joint industrial parks opened in Palestine. The Palestinian Authority has built industrial cities in Gaza, Bethlehem, Jericho, Jenin and Hebron. Some are in joint cooperation with European countries.<a href="#cite_note-238">[229]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Energy">Energy</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy in Palestine">Energy in Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Solar_Plant_in_Jericho.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Solar_Plant_in_Jericho.jpg/220px-Solar_Plant_in_Jericho.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Solar_Plant_in_Jericho.jpg/330px-Solar_Plant_in_Jericho.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Solar_Plant_in_Jericho.jpg/440px-Solar_Plant_in_Jericho.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="1748" /></a><figcaption>A solar plant in Jericho</figcaption></figure> Palestine does not produce its own oil or gas. But as per UN reports, "sizeable reserves of oil and gas" lie in the Palestinian territories. Due to its state of conflict, most of the energy and fuel in Palestine are imported from Israel and other all neighboring countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Electricity_generation" title="Electricity generation">electricity</a> available in West Bank and Gaza was 5,370 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt_hour" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt hour">GW-hour</a> (3,700 in the West Bank and 1,670 in Gaza), while the annual per capita consumption of electricity (after deducting transmission loss) was 950 kWh. The <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Power_Plant" title="Gaza Power Plant">Gaza Power Plant</a> is the only power plant in the Gaza Strip. It is owned by Gaza Power Generating Company (GPGC), a subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Electric_Company_PLC" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestine Electric Company PLC">Palestine Electric Company</a> (PEC). <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_District_Electricity_Company" title="Jerusalem District Electricity Company">Jerusalem District Electricity Company</a>, a subsidiary of PEC, provides electricity to Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. Government officials have increasingly focused on solar energy to reduce dependency on Israel for energy. <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Investment_Fund" title="Palestine Investment Fund">Palestine Investment Fund</a> have launched "Noor Palestine", a project which aims to provide power in Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-239">[230]</a> Qudra Energy, a joint venture between <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Palestine" title="Bank of Palestine">Bank of Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/NAPCO" class="mw-redirect" title="NAPCO">NAPCO</a> have established solar power plants across <a href="/wiki/Jammala" title="Jammala">Jammala</a>, Nablus, Birzeit and Ramallah.<a href="#cite_note-240">[231]</a> In 2019, under Noor Palestine campaign, first solar power plant and solar park was inaugurated in Jenin. Two more solar parks have been planned for Jericho and Tubas.<a href="#cite_note-241">[232]</a> A new solar power plant is under construction at Abu Dis campus of <a href="/wiki/Al-Quds_University" title="Al-Quds University">Al-Quds University</a>, for serving Palestinian Jerusalemites.<a href="#cite_note-242">[233]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oil_and_gas">Oil and gas</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Natural gas in the Gaza Strip">Natural gas in the Gaza Strip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza Marine">Gaza Marine</a></div> Palestine holds massive potential reserves of oil and gas.<a href="#cite_note-Kennedy-2023-243">[234]</a> Over 3 billion barrels (480,000,000 m3) of oil are estimated to exist off the coast and beneath occupied Palestinian lands.<a href="#cite_note-Kennedy-2023-243">[234]</a><a href="#cite_note-Atmos-2023-244">[235]</a> The Levant Basin holds around 1.7 billion barrels (270,000,000 m3) of oil, with another 1.5 billion barrels (240,000,000 m3) barrels beneath the occupied West Bank area.<a href="#cite_note-Atmos-2023-244">[235]</a> Around 2 billion barrels (320,000,000 m3) of oil reserves are believed to exist in shore of the Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-Atmos-2023-244">[235]</a><a href="#cite_note-Massader-2108-245">[236]</a> According to a report by the <a href="/wiki/UNCTAD" class="mw-redirect" title="UNCTAD">UNCTAD</a>, around 1,250 billion barrels (1.99×1011 m3) of oil reserves are in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, probably the <a href="/wiki/Meged_oil_field" title="Meged oil field">Meged oil field</a>. As per the Palestinian Authority, 80% of this oil field falls under the lands owned by Palestinians. Masadder, a subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Investment_Fund" title="Palestine Investment Fund">Palestine Investment Fund</a> is developing the oilfield in the West Bank.<a href="#cite_note-Massader-2108-245">[236]</a> Block-1 field, which spans an area of 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) from northwest Ramallah to Qalqilya in Palestine, has significant potential for recoverable <a href="/wiki/Hydrocarbon_resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrocarbon resources">hydrocarbon resources</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Massader-2108-245">[236]</a><a href="#cite_note-Saglam-2023-246">[237]</a> It is estimated to have a P90 (a level of certainty) of 0.03 billion barrels (4,800,000 m3) of recoverable oil and 6,000,000,000 cubic feet (170,000,000 m3).<a href="#cite_note-Massader-2108-245">[236]</a> The estimated cost for the development of the field is $390 million, and it will be carried out under a production sharing agreement with the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Palestine" title="Government of Palestine">Government of Palestine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Massader-2108-245">[236]</a><a href="#cite_note-massader.ps-247">[238]</a><a href="#cite_note-248">[239]</a> Currently, an initial pre-exploration work program is underway to prepare for designing an exploration plan for approval, which will precede the full-fledged development of the field.<a href="#cite_note-Massader-2108-245">[236]</a> <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Natural gas in the Gaza Strip">Natural gas in Palestine</a> is mostly found in Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-massader.ps-247">[238]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaza Marine">Gaza Marine</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_field" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural gas field">natural gas field</a>, located around 32 kilometres (20 mi) from the coast of the territory in the Mediterranean shore.<a href="#cite_note-249">[240]</a> It holds gas reserves ranging between 28 billion cubic metres (990 billion cubic feet) to 32 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet).<a href="#cite_note-250">[241]</a> These estimates far exceed the needs of the <a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy in Palestine">Palestinian territories in energy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-251">[242]</a> The gas field was discovered by the <a href="/wiki/British_Gas_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="British Gas Group">British Gas Group</a> in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-252">[243]</a> Upon the discovery of the gas field, it was lauded by Yasser Arafat as a "Gift from God". A regional cooperation between the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a>, Israel and Egypt were signed for developing the field and Hamas also gave approval to the Palestinian Authority.<a href="#cite_note-253">[244]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gaza-254">[245]</a> However, since the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">ongoing war in Gaza</a>, this project have been delayed.<a href="#cite_note-Gaza-254">[245]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Transport in the State of Palestine">Transport in the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:To_Hebron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/To_Hebron.jpg/220px-To_Hebron.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/To_Hebron.jpg/330px-To_Hebron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/To_Hebron.jpg/440px-To_Hebron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3139" data-file-height="2093" /></a><figcaption>A multilingual signboard in <a href="/wiki/Hebron_Governorate" title="Hebron Governorate">Hebron Governorate</a></figcaption></figure> Two airports of Palestine – <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_International_Airport" title="Jerusalem International Airport">Jerusalem International Airport</a> and Gaza International Airport were destroyed by Israel in the early years of the second intifada.<a href="#cite_note-255">[246]</a> Since then no any airport has been operational in the country. Palestinians used to travel through airports in Israel – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gurion_Airport" title="Ben Gurion Airport">Ben Gurion Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Airport" title="Ramon Airport">Ramon Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Alia_International_Airport" title="Queen Alia International Airport">Queen Alia International Airport</a> of <a href="/wiki/Amman" title="Amman">Amman</a>, capital of Jordan. Many proposals have been made by both the government and private entities to build airports in the country. In 2021, the most recent proposal was made by both the Palestinian government and Israeli government to redevelop Qalandia Airport as a binational airport for both Israelis and Palestinians.<a href="#cite_note-256">[247]</a> Gaza Strip is the only coastal region of Palestine, where <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Gaza" title="Port of Gaza">Port of Gaza</a> is located. It is under naval siege by Israel, since the territory's blockade. During Oslo years, the Palestinian government collaborated with the Netherlands and France to build an international seaport but the project was abandoned. In 2021, then prime minister of Israel <a href="/wiki/Naftali_Bennett" title="Naftali Bennett">Naftali Bennett</a> launched a development project for Gaza, which would include a seaport.<a href="#cite_note-257">[248]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Tourism in the State of Palestine">Tourism in the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaza_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_(3401).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Gaza_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283401%29.jpg/220px-Gaza_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283401%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Gaza_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283401%29.jpg/330px-Gaza_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283401%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Gaza_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283401%29.jpg/440px-Gaza_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283401%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Al_Deira_Hotel" title="Al Deira Hotel">Al Deira Hotel</a> in Gaza, before the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">2023 Israel Hamas war</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerusalem_Dome_of_the_rock_BW_14.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Jerusalem_Dome_of_the_rock_BW_14.JPG/220px-Jerusalem_Dome_of_the_rock_BW_14.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Jerusalem_Dome_of_the_rock_BW_14.JPG/330px-Jerusalem_Dome_of_the_rock_BW_14.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Jerusalem_Dome_of_the_rock_BW_14.JPG/440px-Jerusalem_Dome_of_the_rock_BW_14.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3812" data-file-height="2540" /></a><figcaption>Jerusalem is holy for world's three major religions — Christianity, Islam and Judaism, as well as for Mandaeism</figcaption></figure> Tourism in the country refers to <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In 2010, 4.6 million people visited the Palestinian territories, compared to 2.6 million in 2009. Of that number, 2.2 million were foreign tourists while 2.7 million were domestic.<a href="#cite_note-PCBS-258">[249]</a> Most tourists come for only a few hours or as part of a day trip itinerary. In the last quarter of 2012 over 150,000 guests stayed in West Bank hotels; 40% were European and 9% were from the United States and Canada.<a href="#cite_note-259">[250]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lonely_Planet" title="Lonely Planet">Lonely Planet</a> travel guide writes that "the West Bank is not the easiest place in which to travel but the effort is richly rewarded."<a href="#cite_note-260">[251]</a> Sacred sites such as the <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Western Wall</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Church of the Holy Sepulchre">Church of the Holy Sepulchre</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque" title="Al-Aqsa Mosque">Al-Aqsa Mosque</a> draw countless pilgrims and visitors each year. In 2013 Palestinian Authority Tourism minister <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rula_Ma%27ay%27a&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rula Ma'ay'a (page does not exist)">Rula Ma'ay'a</a> stated that her government aims to encourage international visits to Palestine, but the occupation is the main factor preventing the tourism sector from becoming a major income source to Palestinians.<a href="#cite_note-261">[252]</a> There are no visa conditions imposed on foreign nationals other than those imposed by the visa policy of Israel. Access to Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza is completely controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Israel">government of Israel</a>. Entry to the <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Palestinian_territories" title="Occupied Palestinian territories">occupied Palestinian territories</a> requires only a valid <a href="/wiki/International_passport" class="mw-redirect" title="International passport">international passport</a>.<a href="#cite_note-262">[253]</a> Tourism is mostly centered around Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Jericho is a popular tourist spot for local Palestinians. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communications">Communications</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Communications_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Communications in the State of Palestine">Communications in the State of Palestine</a></div> Palestine is known as the "Silicon Valley of NGOs".<a href="#cite_note-263">[254]</a> The high tech industry in Palestine, have experienced good growth since 2008.<a href="#cite_note-4-2020-264">[255]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics">Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics</a> (PCBS) and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Telecom_and_Information_Technology_of_the_State_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology of the State of Palestine">Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology</a> said there were 4.2 million cellular mobile subscribers in Palestine compared to 2.6 million at the end of 2010 while the number of ADSL subscribers in Palestine increased to about 363 thousand by the end of 2019 from 119 thousand over the same period.<a href="#cite_note-4-2020-264">[255]</a> 97% of Palestinian households have at least one cellular mobile line while at least one smartphone is owned by 86% of households (91% in the West Bank and 78% in Gaza Strip).<a href="#cite_note-4-2020-264">[255]</a> About 80% of the Palestinian households have access to the internet in their homes and about a third have a computer.<a href="#cite_note-4-2020-264">[255]</a> On 12 June 2020, the World Bank approved a US$15 million grant for the Technology for Youth and Jobs (TechStart) Project aiming to help the Palestinian IT sector upgrade the capabilities of firms and create more high-quality jobs. Kanthan Shankar, World Bank Country Director for West Bank and Gaza said "The IT sector has the potential to make a strong contribution to economic growth. It can offer opportunities to Palestinian youth, who constitute 30% of the population and suffer from acute unemployment."<a href="#cite_note-265">[256]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial_services">Financial services</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Taxation in the State of Palestine">Taxation in the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palestine_Islamic_Bank,_Salfit_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Palestine_Islamic_Bank%2C_Salfit_01.jpg/220px-Palestine_Islamic_Bank%2C_Salfit_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Palestine_Islamic_Bank%2C_Salfit_01.jpg/330px-Palestine_Islamic_Bank%2C_Salfit_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Palestine_Islamic_Bank%2C_Salfit_01.jpg/440px-Palestine_Islamic_Bank%2C_Salfit_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2289" data-file-height="1451" /></a><figcaption>A bank in <a href="/wiki/Salfit" title="Salfit">Salfit</a></figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Monetary_Authority" title="Palestine Monetary Authority">Palestine Monetary Authority</a> has issued guidelines for the operation and provision of electronic payment services including e-wallet and prepaid cards.<a href="#cite_note-266">[257]</a> <a href="/wiki/Protocol_on_Economic_Relations" title="Protocol on Economic Relations">Protocol on Economic Relations</a>, also known as Paris Protocol was signed between the PLO and Israel, which prohibited Palestinian Authority from having its own currency. This agreement paved a way for the government to collect taxes. Prior to 1994, the occupied Palestinian territories had limited banking options, with Palestinians avoiding <a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Israel" title="Banking in Israel">Israeli banks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> This resulted in an <a href="/wiki/Underbanked" title="Underbanked">under-banked region</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Cash_Based_Assistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Based Assistance">cash-based economy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> Currently, there are 14 banks operating in Palestine, including Palestinian, Jordanian, and Egyptian banks, compared to 21 in 2000.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> The number of banks has decreased over time due to mergers and acquisitions.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> Deposits in Palestinian banks have seen significant growth, increasing from US$1.2 billion in 2007 to US$6.9 billion in 2018, representing a 475% increase.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> The banking sector has shown impressive annual growth rates in deposits and loan portfolios, surpassing global averages.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> The combined loan facilities provided by all banks on 31 December 2018, amounted to US$8.4 billion, marking a significant growth of 492 percent compared to US$1.42 billion in 2007.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> Palestinian registered banks accounted for US$0.60 billion or 42 percent of total deposits in 2007, while in 2018, the loans extended by Palestinian registered banks reached US$5.02 billion, representing 61 percent of total loans.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> This showcases a remarkable 737 percent increase between 2007 and 2018.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> Currently, Palestinian registered banks hold 57 percent of customer deposits and provide 61 percent of the loans, compared to 26 percent of deposits and 42 percent of loans in 2007.<a href="#cite_note-TWiP-2023-267">[258]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Demographics of the State of Palestine">Demographics of the State of Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a></div> According to the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics">Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics</a> (PCBS), as of 26 May 2021, the State of Palestine 2021 mid-year population is 5,227,193.<a href="#cite_note-census-15">[11]</a> Ala Owad, the president of the PCBS, estimated a population of 5.3 million as of end year 2021.<a href="#cite_note-268">[259]</a> Within an area of 6,020 <a href="/wiki/Square_kilometre" title="Square kilometre">square kilometres</a> (2,320 <a href="/wiki/Square_mile" title="Square mile">sq mi</a>), there is a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of about 827 people per square kilometer.<a href="#cite_note-Worldometers-2020-90">[83]</a> To put this in a wider context, the average population density of the world was 25 people per square kilometre as of 2017.<a href="#cite_note-269">[260]</a> Half of the Palestinian population live in the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora" title="Palestinian diaspora">diaspora</a> or are <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_refugees" title="Palestinian refugees">refugees</a>.<a href="#cite_note-270">[261]</a> Due to being in a state of conflict with Israel, the subsequent wars have resulted in the widespread <a href="/wiki/Nakba" title="Nakba">displacement of Palestinians</a>, known as Nakba or <a href="/wiki/Naksa" title="Naksa">Naksa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-271">[262]</a><a href="#cite_note-Shaath-2023a-272">[263]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 war</a>, around 700,000 <a href="/wiki/1948_Palestinian_expulsion_and_flight" title="1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight">Palestinians were expelled</a>.<a href="#cite_note-273">[264]</a> Most of them are seeking refuge in neighboring Arab countries like Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt,<a href="#cite_note-274">[265]</a> while others live as expats in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait.<a href="#cite_note-Labadi-2018-275">[266]</a><a href="#cite_note-Shaath-2023a-272">[263]</a> A large number of Palestinians can be found in the United States, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and the rest of <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-276">[267]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9.jpg/180px-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9.jpg/240px-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City"> Gaza</a> <a href="/wiki/File:GOL_Jerusalem.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jerusalem[269]"><img alt="Jerusalem[269]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/GOL_Jerusalem.jpg/120px-GOL_Jerusalem.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/GOL_Jerusalem.jpg/180px-GOL_Jerusalem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/GOL_Jerusalem.jpg/240px-GOL_Jerusalem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="3264" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem"> Jerusalem</a><a href="#cite_note-278">[269]</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City"> Gaza</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Governorate" title="Gaza Governorate">Gaza Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">766,331 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/File:Hebron_CBD_night_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hebron"><img alt="Hebron" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Hebron_CBD_night_1.jpg/120px-Hebron_CBD_night_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Hebron_CBD_night_1.jpg/180px-Hebron_CBD_night_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Hebron_CBD_night_1.jpg/240px-Hebron_CBD_night_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="680" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Nablus_12.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nablus"><img alt="Nablus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nablus_12.jpg/120px-Nablus_12.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nablus_12.jpg/180px-Nablus_12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nablus_12.jpg/240px-Nablus_12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem"> Jerusalem</a><a href="#cite_note-278">[269]</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Governorate" title="Jerusalem Governorate">Jerusalem Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">542,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hebron_Governorate" title="Hebron Governorate">Hebron Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">308,750 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nablus" title="Nablus">Nablus</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nablus_Governorate" title="Nablus Governorate">Nablus Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">239,772 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis" title="Khan Yunis">Khan Yunis</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Khan_Yunis_Governorate" title="Khan Yunis Governorate">Khan Yunis Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">179,701 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jabalia" title="Jabalia">Jabalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Gaza_Governorate" title="North Gaza Governorate">North Gaza Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">165,110 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rafah_Governorate" title="Rafah Governorate">Rafah Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">158,414 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jenin" title="Jenin">Jenin</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jenin_Governorate" title="Jenin Governorate">Jenin Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">115,305 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ramallah_and_al-Bireh_Governorate" title="Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate"> Ramallah and al-Bireh</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">104,173 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia">Beit Lahia</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Gaza_Governorate" title="North Gaza Governorate">North Gaza Governorate</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">86,526 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_State_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in the State of Palestine">Religion in the State of Palestine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Palestine" title="Islam in Palestine">Islam in Palestine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Christians" title="Palestinian Christians">Palestinian Christians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Jews" title="Palestinian Jews">Palestinian Jews</a></div><div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion of Palestinians (est. 2014)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:93%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">93%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Druze" title="Druze">Druze</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:brown; width:0.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Samaritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Samaritan">Samaritan</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:pink; width:0.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.5%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div>The country has been known for its religious significance and site of many holy places, with religion playing an important role in shaping the country's society and culture. It is traditionally part of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Land" title="Holy Land">Holy Land</a>, which is considered sacred land to Abrahamic religions and other faiths as well. The <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Basic_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestine Basic Law">Basic Law</a> states that Islam is the official religion but also grants freedom of religion, calling for respect for other faiths.<a href="#cite_note-Amid4-279">[270]</a> Religious minorities are represented in the legislature for the Palestinian National Authority.<a href="#cite_note-Amid4-279">[270]</a> 93% of Palestinians are <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Palestine" title="Islam in Palestine">Muslim</a>, the vast majority of whom are followers of the <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> branch of Islam and a small minority of <a href="/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadiyya</a>.<a href="#cite_note-280">[271]</a><a href="#cite_note-281">[272]</a><a href="#cite_note-282">[273]</a> 15% are <a href="/wiki/Nondenominational_Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Nondenominational Muslims">nondenominational Muslims</a>.<a href="#cite_note-283">[274]</a> <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Christians" title="Palestinian Christians">Palestinian Christians</a> represent a significant minority of 6%, followed by much smaller <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religious</a> communities, including <a href="/wiki/Druze" title="Druze">Druze</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Salome2010-284">[275]</a><a href="#cite_note-Refworld-285">[276]</a> The largest concentration of Christians can be found in <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beit_Sahour" title="Beit Sahour">Beit Sahour</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beit_Jala" title="Beit Jala">Beit Jala</a> in the West Bank, as well as in the Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-Refworld-285">[276]</a> Denominationally, most Palestinian Christians belong to <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a> or <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a> churches, including the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church" title="Greek Orthodox Church">Greek Orthodox Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac Orthodox Church</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Refworld-285">[276]</a> Additionally, there are significant group of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholics">Roman Catholics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Catholics">Greek Catholics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melkite" title="Melkite">Melkites</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Protestant_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant denominations">Protestant denominations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Refworld-285">[276]</a> With a population of 350 people, Samaritans are highly concentrated around the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Gerizim" title="Mount Gerizim">Mount Gerizim</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Amid4-279">[270]</a> Due to similarities between <a href="/wiki/Samaritanism" title="Samaritanism">Samaritanism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, Samaritans are often referred to as "the Jews of Palestine".<a href="#cite_note-Amid4-279">[270]</a> The PLO considers those <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Jews" title="Palestinian Jews">Jews as Palestinians</a>, who lived in the region peacefully before the rise of Zionism.<a href="#cite_note-charter-286">[277]</a> Certain individuals, especially anti-Zionists, consider themselves Palestinian Jews, such as <a href="/wiki/Ilan_Halevi" title="Ilan Halevi">Ilan Halevi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uri_Davis" title="Uri Davis">Uri Davis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-287">[278]</a> Around 600,000 Israeli settlers, mostly Jews, live in the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli settlements">Israeli settlements</a>, illegal under international law, across the West Bank. <a href="/wiki/Jericho_synagogue" title="Jericho synagogue">Jericho synagogue</a>, situated in <a href="/wiki/Jericho" title="Jericho">Jericho</a> is the only synagogue maintained by the Palestinian Authority.<ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerycaption">Holy sites in the State of Palestine</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Al-Aqsa_is_a_silver-domed_mosque_inside_a_35-acre_compound_referred_to_as_al-Haram_al-Sharif_by_Muslims_in_the_Old_City_of_Jerusalem,_A_UNESCO_world_heritage_site._It_is_considered_as_3rd_most_holy_site_in_Islam._(6).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jerusalem is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is 3rd holiest site in Islam"><img alt="Jerusalem is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is 3rd holiest site in Islam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Al-Aqsa_is_a_silver-domed_mosque_inside_a_35-acre_compound_referred_to_as_al-Haram_al-Sharif_by_Muslims_in_the_Old_City_of_Jerusalem%2C_A_UNESCO_world_heritage_site._It_is_considered_as_3rd_most_holy_site_in_Islam._%286%29.jpg/270px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Al-Aqsa_is_a_silver-domed_mosque_inside_a_35-acre_compound_referred_to_as_al-Haram_al-Sharif_by_Muslims_in_the_Old_City_of_Jerusalem%2C_A_UNESCO_world_heritage_site._It_is_considered_as_3rd_most_holy_site_in_Islam._%286%29.jpg/405px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Al-Aqsa_is_a_silver-domed_mosque_inside_a_35-acre_compound_referred_to_as_al-Haram_al-Sharif_by_Muslims_in_the_Old_City_of_Jerusalem%2C_A_UNESCO_world_heritage_site._It_is_considered_as_3rd_most_holy_site_in_Islam._%286%29.jpg/540px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jerusalem is home to the <a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque" title="Al-Aqsa Mosque">Al-Aqsa Mosque</a>, which is <a href="/wiki/Holiest_sites_in_Islam" title="Holiest sites in Islam">3rd holiest site in Islam</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethlehem-Nativity-140.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Church of the Nativity is one of the most important sites for Christians"><img alt="The Church of the Nativity is one of the most important sites for Christians" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Bethlehem-Nativity-140.jpg/270px-Bethlehem-Nativity-140.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Bethlehem-Nativity-140.jpg/405px-Bethlehem-Nativity-140.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Bethlehem-Nativity-140.jpg/540px-Bethlehem-Nativity-140.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Nativity" title="Church of the Nativity">Church of the Nativity</a> is one of the most important sites for Christians</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Archaeological_site_Mount_Gerizim_IMG_2181.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Gerizim is sacred to Samaritans"><img alt="Mount Gerizim is sacred to Samaritans" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Archaeological_site_Mount_Gerizim_IMG_2181.JPG/270px-Archaeological_site_Mount_Gerizim_IMG_2181.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Archaeological_site_Mount_Gerizim_IMG_2181.JPG/405px-Archaeological_site_Mount_Gerizim_IMG_2181.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Archaeological_site_Mount_Gerizim_IMG_2181.JPG/540px-Archaeological_site_Mount_Gerizim_IMG_2181.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Gerizim" title="Mount Gerizim">Mount Gerizim</a> is sacred to <a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><a href="/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_43143_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Cave of the Patriarchs is a holy site for Jews, Muslims and Christians"><img alt="The Cave of the Patriarchs is a holy site for Jews, Muslims and Christians" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/PikiWiki_Israel_43143_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs.JPG/240px-PikiWiki_Israel_43143_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/PikiWiki_Israel_43143_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs.JPG/360px-PikiWiki_Israel_43143_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/PikiWiki_Israel_43143_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs.JPG/480px-PikiWiki_Israel_43143_Cave_of_the_Patriarchs.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs" title="Cave of the Patriarchs">Cave of the Patriarchs</a> is a holy site for <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><a href="/wiki/File:%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A7.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nabi Musa is considered as "Tomb of Moses" in Islamic traditions"><img alt="Nabi Musa is considered as "Tomb of Moses" in Islamic traditions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A7.jpg/240px-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A7.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A7.jpg/360px-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A7.jpg/480px-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nabi_Musa" title="Nabi Musa">Nabi Musa</a> is considered as "Tomb of Moses" in Islamic traditions</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><a href="/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_15003_Jericho_synagogue_mosaic.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Jericho synagogue is managed by the Palestinian Authority"><img alt="Jericho synagogue is managed by the Palestinian Authority" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/PikiWiki_Israel_15003_Jericho_synagogue_mosaic.JPG/240px-PikiWiki_Israel_15003_Jericho_synagogue_mosaic.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/PikiWiki_Israel_15003_Jericho_synagogue_mosaic.JPG/360px-PikiWiki_Israel_15003_Jericho_synagogue_mosaic.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/PikiWiki_Israel_15003_Jericho_synagogue_mosaic.JPG/480px-PikiWiki_Israel_15003_Jericho_synagogue_mosaic.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jericho_synagogue" title="Jericho synagogue">Jericho synagogue</a> is managed by the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Authority" title="Palestinian Authority">Palestinian Authority</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Sebastia-2-179.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nabi Yahya Mosque contains traditional tomb of John the Baptist"><img alt="Nabi Yahya Mosque contains traditional tomb of John the Baptist" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Sebastia-2-179.jpg/270px-Sebastia-2-179.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Sebastia-2-179.jpg/405px-Sebastia-2-179.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Sebastia-2-179.jpg/540px-Sebastia-2-179.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nabi_Yahya_Mosque" title="Nabi Yahya Mosque">Nabi Yahya Mosque</a> contains traditional tomb of <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3></div> <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> is the official language of the State of Palestine, with <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Arabic" title="Palestinian Arabic">Palestinian Arabic</a> commonly spoken by the local population. <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> are also widely spoken. Around 16% of the population consists of Israeli settlers, whose primary language is typically Hebrew. Additionally, many Palestinians use Hebrew as a second or third language.<a href="#cite_note-288">[279]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_parade_in_Jerusalem_2018-04-07_(40611059614).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Armenian_parade_in_Jerusalem_2018-04-07_%2840611059614%29.jpg/200px-Armenian_parade_in_Jerusalem_2018-04-07_%2840611059614%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Armenian_parade_in_Jerusalem_2018-04-07_%2840611059614%29.jpg/300px-Armenian_parade_in_Jerusalem_2018-04-07_%2840611059614%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Armenian_parade_in_Jerusalem_2018-04-07_%2840611059614%29.jpg/400px-Armenian_parade_in_Jerusalem_2018-04-07_%2840611059614%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Armenians in Jerusalem</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> are natively <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a>, and speak the <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic language</a>.<a href="#cite_note-census-15">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-Worldometers-2020-90">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouin</a> communities of <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Bedouin" title="Palestinian Bedouin">Palestinian nationality</a> comprise a minority in the West Bank, particularly around the <a href="/wiki/Hebron_Hills" title="Hebron Hills">Hebron Hills</a> and rural Jerusalem.<a href="#cite_note-289">[280]</a><a href="#cite_note-290">[281]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sitta-2009-291">[282]</a> As of 2013, approximately 40,000 Bedouins reside in the West Bank and 5,000 Bedouins live in the Gaza Strip.<a href="#cite_note-292">[283]</a><a href="#cite_note-293">[284]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jahalin_Bedouin" title="Jahalin Bedouin">Jahalin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ta%27amreh" title="Ta'amreh">Ta'amireh</a> are two major Bedouin tribes in the country.<a href="#cite_note-Sitta-2009-291">[282]</a> A large number of non-Arab ethnic groups also live in the country, with their members holding Palestinian citizenship as well.<a href="#cite_note-Rubin-294">[285]</a> These include groups of <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_population" title="Kurdish population">Kurds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nawar_people" title="Nawar people">Nawar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assyrians" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrians">Assyrians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Druze" title="Druze">Druze</a>, <a href="/wiki/Africans" class="mw-redirect" title="Africans">Africans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dom_people" title="Dom people">Dom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>. Most of the non-Arab Palestinian communities reside around <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. About 5,000 <a href="/wiki/Assyrians_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrians in Palestine">Assyrians</a> live in Palestine, mostly in the holy cities of Jerusalem and <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sitta-2009-291">[282]</a> An estimated population of between 200 and 450 black Africans, known as <a href="/wiki/Afro-Palestinians" title="Afro-Palestinians">Afro-Palestinians</a>, live in Jerusalem.<a href="#cite_note-BenZion-295">[286]</a> A small community of <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Palestine" title="Kurds in Palestine">Kurds</a> live in <a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-alaraby-296">[287]</a><a href="#cite_note-israelnationalnews-297">[288]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Nawar_people" title="Nawar people">Nawar</a> are a small <a href="/wiki/Dom_people" title="Dom people">Dom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a> community, living in Jerusalem, who trace their origins to <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<a href="#cite_note-298">[289]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Russian_diaspora" title="Russian diaspora">Russian diaspora</a> is also found in Palestine, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Compound" title="Russian Compound">Russian Compound</a> of Jerusalem and in <a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-299">[290]</a> Most of them are Christians of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a>.<a href="#cite_note-300">[291]</a> In 2022, an estimate of approximately 5,000–6,000 <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Israel_and_Palestine" title="Armenians in Israel and Palestine">Armenians lived across Israel and Palestine</a>,<a href="#cite_note-301">[292]</a> of which around 1,000 Armenians lived in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_Quarter" title="Armenian Quarter">Armenian Quarter</a>) and the rest lived in Bethlehem.<a href="#cite_note-302">[293]</a> Since 1987, 400,000 to 500,000 <a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Palestine" title="Turks in Palestine">Turks live in Palestine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-303">[294]</a> Due to the <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%931948_civil_war_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine">1947–1949 civil war</a>, many Turkish families fled the region and settled in <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-304">[295]</a> According to a 2022 news article by <a href="/wiki/Al_Monitor" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Monitor">Al Monitor</a>, many families of <a href="/wiki/Turkic_peoples" title="Turkic peoples">Turkish origin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza</a> have been migrating to <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> due to the "deteriorating economic conditions in the besieged enclave."<a href="#cite_note-Al_Gherbawi_2022-305">[296]</a> Minorities of the country are also subjected to occupation and restrictions by Israel.<a href="#cite_note-306">[297]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Education in the State of Palestine">Education in the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia_education_program_birzeit_university_2016_ceremoney_15.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Wikipedia_education_program_birzeit_university_2016_ceremoney_15.jpg/220px-Wikipedia_education_program_birzeit_university_2016_ceremoney_15.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Wikipedia_education_program_birzeit_university_2016_ceremoney_15.jpg/330px-Wikipedia_education_program_birzeit_university_2016_ceremoney_15.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Wikipedia_education_program_birzeit_university_2016_ceremoney_15.jpg/440px-Wikipedia_education_program_birzeit_university_2016_ceremoney_15.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Students at <a href="/wiki/Birzeit_University" title="Birzeit University">Birzeit University</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IUG_administration_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/IUG_administration_building.jpg/220px-IUG_administration_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/IUG_administration_building.jpg/330px-IUG_administration_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/IUG_administration_building.jpg/440px-IUG_administration_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3078" /></a><figcaption>The administration building of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_University_of_Gaza" title="Islamic University of Gaza">Islamic University of Gaza</a></figcaption></figure> The literacy rate of Palestine was 96.3% according to a 2014 report by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme" title="United Nations Development Programme">United Nations Development Programme</a>, which is high by international standards.<a href="#cite_note-307">[298]</a> There is a gender difference in the population aged above 15 with 5.9% of women considered illiterate compared to 1.6% of men.<a href="#cite_note-undp_palestine_education_2014-308">[299]</a> Illiteracy among women has fallen from 20.3% in 1997 to less than 6% in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-undp_palestine_education_2014-308">[299]</a> In the State of Palestine, the Gaza Strip has the highest literacy rate. According to a press blog of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>, Palestinians are the most educated refugees.<a href="#cite_note-309">[300]</a> The education system in Palestine encompasses both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and it is administered by the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Ministry_of_Education_and_Higher_Education" title="Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education">Ministry of Education and Higher Education</a>.<a href="#cite_note-310">[301]</a><a href="#cite_note-311">[302]</a><a href="#cite_note-312">[303]</a> Basic education in Palestine includes primary school (grades 1–4) and preparatory school (grades 5–10).<a href="#cite_note-313">[304]</a> Secondary education consists of general secondary education (grades 11–12) and vocational education.<a href="#cite_note-314">[305]</a> The curriculum includes subjects such as Arabic, English, mathematics, science, social studies, and physical education. Islamic and Christian religious studies are also part of the curriculum as per the educational ministry.<a href="#cite_note-315">[306]</a> The West Bank and the Gaza Strip together have 14 universities, 18 university colleges, 20 community colleges.<a href="#cite_note-316">[307]</a> and 3,000 schools.<a href="#cite_note-317">[308]</a><a href="#cite_note-318">[309]</a> <a href="/wiki/An-Najah_National_University" title="An-Najah National University">An-Najah National University</a> in Nablus is the largest university in the country, followed by <a href="/wiki/Al-Quds_University" title="Al-Quds University">Al-Quds University</a> in Jerusalem and <a href="/wiki/Birzeit_University" title="Birzeit University">Birzeit University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birzeit" title="Birzeit">Birzeit</a> near Ramallah.<a href="#cite_note-319">[310]</a><a href="#cite_note-320">[311]</a><a href="#cite_note-321">[312]</a><a href="#cite_note-322">[313]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] Al-Quds University achieved a 5-star rating in <a href="/wiki/Quality_standards" class="mw-redirect" title="Quality standards">quality standards</a> and was termed the "most socially responsible university in the <a href="/wiki/Arab_world" title="Arab world">Arab world</a>".<a href="#cite_note-323">[314]</a><a href="#cite_note-324">[315]</a> In 2018, Birzeit University was ranked as one of the top 2.7% of universities worldwide in the 2019 edition of the World University Rankings.<a href="#cite_note-325">[316]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Health_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Health in the State of Palestine">Health in the State of Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Healthcare in the State of Palestine">Healthcare in the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beit_Jala_Hospital_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Beit_Jala_Hospital_002.jpg/220px-Beit_Jala_Hospital_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Beit_Jala_Hospital_002.jpg/330px-Beit_Jala_Hospital_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Beit_Jala_Hospital_002.jpg/440px-Beit_Jala_Hospital_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="871" /></a><figcaption>A hospital in <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a></figcaption></figure> According to the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Ministry_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Ministry of Health">Palestinian Ministry of Health</a> (MOH), as of 2017, there were 743 primary health care centers in Palestine (583 in the West Bank and 160 in Gaza), and 81 hospitals (51 in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and 30 in Gaza).<a href="#cite_note-326">[317]</a> The largest hospital of the West Bank is in Nablus, while <a href="/wiki/Al-Shifa_Hospital" title="Al-Shifa Hospital">Al-Shifa Hospital</a> in largest in the Gaza Strip. Operating under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO),<a href="#cite_note-327">[318]</a> the Health Cluster for the <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Palestinian_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupied Palestinian territory">occupied Palestinian territory</a> (oPt) was established in 2009 and represents a partnership of over 70 local and international nongovernmental organizations and UN agencies providing a framework for health actors involved in the humanitarian response for the <a href="/wiki/OPt" class="mw-redirect" title="OPt">oPt</a>. The Cluster is co-chaired by the MOH to ensure alignment with national policies and plans.<a href="#cite_note-328">[319]</a> The report of <a href="/wiki/WHO" class="mw-redirect" title="WHO">WHO</a> Director-General of 1 May 2019 describes health sector conditions in the oPt identifying strategic priorities and current obstacles to their achievement<a href="#cite_note-329">[320]</a> pursuant to the country cooperation strategy for WHO and the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2017–2020.<a href="#cite_note-CCS2020-330">[321]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Palestine" title="Culture of Palestine">Culture of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Streets_of_Jerusalem_by_night_029_-_Aug_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Streets_of_Jerusalem_by_night_029_-_Aug_2011.jpg/220px-Streets_of_Jerusalem_by_night_029_-_Aug_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Streets_of_Jerusalem_by_night_029_-_Aug_2011.jpg/330px-Streets_of_Jerusalem_by_night_029_-_Aug_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Streets_of_Jerusalem_by_night_029_-_Aug_2011.jpg/440px-Streets_of_Jerusalem_by_night_029_-_Aug_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Streets of the Old City, Jerusalem by night during Ramadan</figcaption></figure> Palestinians are ethnically and linguistically considered part of the Arab world. The culture of Palestine has had a heavy influence on religion, arts, literature, sports architecture, and cinema.<a href="#cite_note-331">[322]</a> <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> have recognized Palestinian culture. The <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Festival_of_Literature" title="Palestine Festival of Literature">Palestine Festival of Literature</a> (PalFest) brings together Palestinian and international writers, musicians, and artists for a celebration of literature and culture.<a href="#cite_note-332">[323]</a> The annual Palestine Cinema Days festival showcases Palestinian films and filmmakers. Culture of Palestine is an amalgamation of indigenous traditions, Arab customs, and the heritage of various empires that have ruled the region. The land of Palestine has witnessed the presence of ancient civilizations such as the Canaanites, Philistines, and Israelites, each contributing to its cultural fabric. The Arab conquest in the 7th century brought the influence of Islam, which has been a cornerstone of Palestinian identity ever since. Islamic traditions, including language, art, and architecture, have infused the culture with distinct features. Palestinian cultural expression often serves as a form of resistance against occupation and oppression. Street art, such as the work of <a href="/wiki/Banksy" title="Banksy">Banksy</a> in Bethlehem, and the annual Palestinian music and arts festival, Al-Mahatta, are examples of this cultural resistance.<a href="#cite_note-333">[324]</a> The Old City of Jerusalem, with its religious sites like the <a href="/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Western Wall</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque" title="Al-Aqsa Mosque">Al-Aqsa Mosque</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Church of the Holy Sepulchre">Church of the Holy Sepulchre</a>, holds immense cultural and historical significance.<a href="#cite_note-334">[325]</a> Other notable cultural sites include the ancient city of Jericho, the archaeological site of <a href="/wiki/Sebastia,_Nablus" title="Sebastia, Nablus">Sebastia</a>, and the town of <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>.<a href="#cite_note-335">[326]</a><a href="#cite_note-336">[327]</a><a href="#cite_note-337">[328]</a><a href="#cite_note-338">[329]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">excessive citations</a>] A large number of cultural centers are found throughout the country, almost in all major cities. In 2009, Jerusalem was named as <a href="/wiki/Arab_Capital_of_Culture" title="Arab Capital of Culture">Arab Capital of Culture</a> and Bethlehem participated in the Arab Capital of Culture in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-339">[330]</a><a href="#cite_note-CPNN-340">[331]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Palestine" title="Architecture of Palestine">Architecture of Palestine</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the State of Palestine">List of World Heritage Sites in the State of Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IHM_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_-_Wadina.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/IHM_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_-_Wadina.jpeg/220px-IHM_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_-_Wadina.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/IHM_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_-_Wadina.jpeg/330px-IHM_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_-_Wadina.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/IHM_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_-_Wadina.jpeg/440px-IHM_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_-_Wadina.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rawabi" title="Rawabi">Rawabi</a> is home to the largest <a href="/wiki/Roman_amphitheatre" title="Roman amphitheatre">Roman amphitheatre</a> in the Middle East</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian architecture">Palestinian architecture</a> encompasses a rich heritage that reflects the cultural and historical diversity of the region.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> Throughout its history, Palestinian architecture has been influenced by various civilizations, including <a href="/wiki/Islamic_architecture" title="Islamic architecture">Islamic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_architecture" title="Byzantine architecture">Byzantine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusader</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_architecture" title="Ottoman architecture">Ottoman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> Traditional Palestinian architecture is characterized by its use of local materials such as stone and traditional construction techniques.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> The architectural style varies across different regions, with notable features including arched doorways, domes, and intricate geometric patterns.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> Islamic architecture has left a profound impact on Palestinian buildings.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mosques" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosques">Mosques</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mausoleums" class="mw-redirect" title="Mausoleums">mausoleums</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Madrasas" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrasas">madrasas</a> showcase exquisite craftsmanship, with notable examples including the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Nablus" title="Great Mosque of Nablus">Great Mosque of Nablus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rawabi" title="Rawabi">Rawabi</a> is home to the largest <a href="/wiki/Roman_amphitheatre" title="Roman amphitheatre">Roman amphitheatre</a> in the Middle East and the <a href="/wiki/Arab_world" title="Arab world">Arab world</a>.<a href="#cite_note-342">[333]</a> Palestine is home to several Byzantine and Crusader architectural marvels.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which dates back to the 4th century, is a significant pilgrimage site.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> The Crusader fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in the Golan Heights is another remarkable example.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> During the Ottoman period, numerous mosques, palaces, and public buildings were constructed throughout Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> The iconic <a href="/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock" title="Dome of the Rock">Dome of the Rock</a> in Jerusalem underwent restoration and renovation in the Ottoman era, showcasing a blend of Islamic and Byzantine architectural elements.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rasem_Badran" title="Rasem Badran">Rasem Badran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Hadid" title="Mohamed Hadid">Mohamed Hadid</a> are popular Palestinian architects.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> In recent years, modern architecture has emerged in Palestine, blending traditional elements with contemporary designs.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian Museum">Palestinian Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birzeit" title="Birzeit">Birzeit</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Heneghan_Peng_Architects" title="Heneghan Peng Architects">Heneghan Peng Architects</a>, exemplifies this fusion, incorporating local motifs and sustainable building practices.<a href="#cite_note-343">[334]</a><a href="#cite_note-344">[335]</a><a href="#cite_note-345">[336]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Convention_Palace" title="Bethlehem Convention Palace">International Convention Center</a> in Bethlehem, is a prominent structure showcasing contemporary Palestinian architecture.<a href="#cite_note-Manimozhi-2016-341">[332]</a> Another notable building is the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Theatre" title="Palestinian National Theatre">Palestinian National Theatre</a> in Jerusalem.<a href="#cite_note-346">[337]</a> Elements of modern architecture can be found in shopping malls, luxury hotels, technology parks and high rise skyscrapers. The Palestine Trade Tower in Ramallah is the tallest building in Palestine.<div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:757px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D22.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A modern day city scene across Jerusalem, with view of Temple Mount and Al Aqsa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D22.jpg/749px-%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D22.jpg" decoding="async" width="749" height="200" class="mw-file-element" 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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art,_music,_and_clothing">Art, music, and clothing</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_art" title="Palestinian art">Palestinian art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Palestine" title="Music of Palestine">Music of Palestine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_traditional_costumes" title="Palestinian traditional costumes">Palestinian traditional costumes</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohamamd_Assaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Mohamamd_Assaf.jpg/180px-Mohamamd_Assaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Mohamamd_Assaf.jpg/271px-Mohamamd_Assaf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Mohamamd_Assaf.jpg/360px-Mohamamd_Assaf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Assaf" title="Mohammed Assaf">Mohammed Assaf</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Free_Palestine_-2_(53253567471).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Free_Palestine_-2_%2853253567471%29.jpg/220px-Free_Palestine_-2_%2853253567471%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Free_Palestine_-2_%2853253567471%29.jpg/330px-Free_Palestine_-2_%2853253567471%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Free_Palestine_-2_%2853253567471%29.jpg/440px-Free_Palestine_-2_%2853253567471%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4733" data-file-height="4733" /></a><figcaption>Palestinian children in their traditional dress</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian music">Traditional Palestinian music</a> is deeply rooted in the region's history and culture.<a href="#cite_note-347">[338]</a> It features instruments such as the <a href="/wiki/Oud" title="Oud">oud</a> (a stringed instrument), the <a href="/wiki/Qanun_(instrument)" title="Qanun (instrument)">qanun</a> (a type of zither), and various percussion instruments.<a href="#cite_note-348">[339]</a> Traditional folk songs often depict themes of love, longing, and daily life experiences.<a href="#cite_note-349">[340]</a> Artists like <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Assaf" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Assaf">Mohammad Assaf</a>, winner of the Arab Idol competition, have gained international recognition for their renditions of traditional Palestinian songs.<a href="#cite_note-350">[341]</a> <a href="/wiki/Dabke" title="Dabke">Dabke</a> is a popular Palestinian dance form accompanied by music.<a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2024-351">[342]</a> The lively and rhythmic music is characterized by the use of the mijwiz (a reed flute), the tablah (a drum), and the handclapping of dancers.<a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2024-351">[342]</a> Dabke songs are often performed at weddings, celebrations, and cultural events, fostering a sense of community and shared identity.<a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-2024-351">[342]</a> Palestinian pop music has gained popularity in recent years, blending modern elements with traditional influences.<a href="#cite_note-AusEmb-2024-352">[343]</a> Artists like Mohammed Assaf, <a href="/wiki/Amal_Murkus" title="Amal Murkus">Amal Murkus</a>, and Rim Banna have contributed to the contemporary pop scene with their unique styles and powerful voices.<a href="#cite_note-AusEmb-2024-352">[343]</a> Their songs address both personal and political themes, resonating with Palestinians and audiences worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-AusEmb-2024-352">[343]</a> <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_hip_hop" title="Palestinian hip hop">Palestinian hip-hop</a> has emerged as a powerful medium for expressing the realities and struggles faced by Palestinians.<a href="#cite_note-353">[344]</a><a href="#cite_note-354">[345]</a> Artists such as DAM, <a href="/wiki/Shadia_Mansour" title="Shadia Mansour">Shadia Mansour</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tamer_Nafar" title="Tamer Nafar">Tamer Nafar</a> have gained international recognition for their socially conscious lyrics, addressing topics such as occupation, identity, and resistance.<a href="#cite_note-355">[346]</a> Palestinian hip-hop serves as a form of cultural resistance, amplifying the voices of Palestinian youth. <a href="/wiki/Rim_Banna" title="Rim Banna">Rim Banna</a> was a Palestinian singer known for her ethereal vocals and her dedication to preserving Palestinian folk music. <a href="/wiki/Reem_Kelani" title="Reem Kelani">Reem Kelani</a>, a Palestinian musician based in the United Kingdom, is renowned for her powerful voice and her reinterpretation of traditional Palestinian songs. <a href="/wiki/Dalal_Abu_Amneh" title="Dalal Abu Amneh">Dalal Abu Amneh</a> is a popular Palestinian singer and poet. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Communications_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Communications in the State of Palestine">Communications in the State of Palestine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Palestinian_journalism" title="History of Palestinian journalism">History of Palestinian journalism</a></div> There are <a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Palestine" title="List of newspapers in Palestine">a number of newspapers</a>, news agencies, and satellite <a href="/wiki/Television_stations_in_the_State_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Television stations in the State of Palestine">television stations in the State of Palestine</a>. Its news agencies include <a href="/wiki/Ma%27an_News_Agency" title="Ma'an News Agency">Ma'an News Agency</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wafa" title="Wafa">Wafa</a>, and Palestine News Network. <a href="/wiki/Al-Aqsa_TV" title="Al-Aqsa TV">Al-Aqsa TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Quds_TV" title="Al-Quds TV">Al-Quds TV</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sanabel_TV" title="Sanabel TV">Sanabel TV</a> are its main satellite broadcasters. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cinema">Cinema</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Palestine" title="Cinema of Palestine">Cinema of Palestine</a></div> Palestinian cinema production is centered in Jerusalem, with prominent local scenes in Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Nablus.<a href="#cite_note-356">[347]</a> <a href="/wiki/Makram_Khoury" title="Makram Khoury">Makram Khoury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bakri" title="Mohammad Bakri">Mohammad Bakri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiam_Abbass" title="Hiam Abbass">Hiam Abbass</a>, and Amal Murkus emerged as popular faces in Palestinian cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.<a href="#cite_note-Brons-2024-357">[348]</a> <a href="/wiki/Areen_Omari" title="Areen Omari">Areen Omari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valantina_Abu_Oqsa" title="Valantina Abu Oqsa">Valantina Abu Oqsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saleh_Bakri" title="Saleh Bakri">Saleh Bakri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tawfeek_Barhom" title="Tawfeek Barhom">Tawfeek Barhom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ashraf_Barhom" title="Ashraf Barhom">Ashraf Barhom</a> became popular in the mid-1990s, while <a href="/wiki/Leem_Lubany" title="Leem Lubany">Leem Lubany</a> and Clara Khoury have gained acclaim since 2000.<a href="#cite_note-358">[349]</a><a href="#cite_note-359">[350]</a><a href="#cite_note-Brons-2024-357">[348]</a> Popular Palestinian movies include <a href="/wiki/Wedding_in_Galilee" title="Wedding in Galilee">Wedding in Galilee</a> (1987), <a href="/wiki/Chronicle_of_a_Disappearance" title="Chronicle of a Disappearance">Chronicle of a Disappearance</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Divine_Intervention_(2002_film)" title="Divine Intervention (2002 film)">Divine Intervention</a> (2002), <a href="/wiki/Paradise_Now" title="Paradise Now">Paradise Now</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/The_Time_That_Remains" title="The Time That Remains">The Time That Remains</a> (2009), and <a href="/wiki/Omar_(2013_film)" title="Omar (2013 film)">Omar</a> (2013).<a href="#cite_note-Brons-2024-357">[348]</a> Documentary filmmaking has played a significant role in capturing and documenting the Palestinian experience. Films like <a href="/wiki/5_Broken_Cameras" title="5 Broken Cameras">5 Broken Cameras</a> by <a href="/wiki/Emad_Burnat" title="Emad Burnat">Emad Burnat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guy_Davidi" title="Guy Davidi">Guy Davidi</a> have received critical acclaim.<a href="#cite_note-360">[351]</a> Palestinian filmmakers often face unique challenges due to the political situation in the region, with many films made under the rules and struggles of occupation.<a href="#cite_note-361">[352]</a> The Palestinian Film Festival, held annually in various cities around the world, showcases Palestinian cinema and provides a platform for Palestinian filmmakers to share their stories.<a href="#cite_note-362">[353]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports in Palestine">Sports in Palestine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East_Jerusalem_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_(3434).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/East_Jerusalem_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283434%29.jpg/220px-East_Jerusalem_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283434%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/East_Jerusalem_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283434%29.jpg/330px-East_Jerusalem_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283434%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/East_Jerusalem_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283434%29.jpg/440px-East_Jerusalem_by_Mujaddara_-_panoramio_%283434%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Faisal_Al-Husseini_International_Stadium" title="Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium">Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium</a> at <a href="/wiki/Al-Ram" title="Al-Ram">Al-Ram</a>, Jerusalem</figcaption></figure> Palestine has been participating in the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_at_the_Olympics" title="Palestine at the Olympics">Olympic Games</a> since 1996, with athletes competing in various sports, including athletics, swimming, judo, and taekwondo.<a href="#cite_note-363">[354]</a> Palestinian Olympians proudly represent their nation on the international stage. The country is a member of the International Olympic Committee. In addition to football, basketball, handball, and volleyball are also popular sports in Palestine. The Palestinian Basketball Federation and Palestinian Handball Federation oversee these sports' development and organization.<a href="#cite_note-364">[355]</a> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a> (soccer) is the most popular sport <a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Football in the State of Palestine">in the state of Palestine</a>,<a href="#cite_note-365">[356]</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Palestine_national_football_team" title="Palestine national football team">Palestine national football team</a> representing the state in international football and governed by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> worldwide. The <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Cup" title="Palestine Cup">Palestine Cup</a> is the premier domestic football competition in Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-366">[357]</a> It features teams from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the winner represents Palestine in the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Cup">AFC Cup</a>. <a href="/wiki/Faisal_Al-Husseini_International_Stadium" title="Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium">Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Al-Ram" title="Al-Ram">Al-Ram</a> in Jerusalem, stands as the largest stadium in Palestine.<a href="#cite_note-367">[358]</a> It serves as the home ground for the national football team.<a href="#cite_note-368">[359]</a> Other notable stadiums include <a href="/wiki/Dora_International_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Dora International Stadium">Dora International Stadium</a> in Hebron, <a href="/wiki/Palestine_Stadium" title="Palestine Stadium">Palestine Stadium</a> in Gaza and <a href="/wiki/Nablus_Football_Stadium" title="Nablus Football Stadium">Nablus Football Stadium</a> in the Nablus.<a href="#cite_note-369">[360]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Palestine" title="Flag of Palestine">Flag of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Geography of the State of Palestine">Geography of the State of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_agriculture_in_Palestine" title="History of agriculture in Palestine">History of agriculture in Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Palestinian_journalism" title="History of Palestinian journalism">History of Palestinian journalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">International recognition of the State of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine (region)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_self-determination" title="Palestinian self-determination">Palestinian self-determination</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha" style="column-width: 45em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, a permanent member of the Security Council with veto power, has consistently used its veto or threatened to do so to block Palestine's full membership to UN <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm">"Security Council Fails to Recommend Full United Nations Membership for State of Palestine, Owing to Veto Cast by United States | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases"</a>. United Nations. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240423110923/https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Security+Council+Fails+to+Recommend+Full+United+Nations+Membership+for+State+of+Palestine%2C+Owing+to+Veto+Cast+by+United+States+%7C+Meetings+Coverage+and+Press+Releases&rft.pub=United+Nations&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpress.un.org%2Fen%2F2024%2Fsc15670.doc.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> The <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Palestinian Declaration of Independence">Palestinian Declaration of Independence</a> proclaims the "establishment of the State of Palestine on our Palestinian territory with its capital Jerusalem (Al-Quds Ash-Sharif)." Israel exercises de facto control over Jerusalem, but <a href="/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem" title="Status of Jerusalem">neither state's claims to Jerusalem are widely recognized by the international community</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a> is the administrative capital where government institutions and <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_to_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of diplomatic missions to Palestine">foreign representative offices</a> are located, while most countries maintain their <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Israel" title="List of diplomatic missions in Israel">embassies to Israel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Oslo_I_Accord" title="Oslo I Accord">Oslo I Accord</a>, few parts of Jerusalem went under control of the Palestinian government, but did not solved overall <a href="/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem" title="Status of Jerusalem">status of Jerusalem</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-PLOchair-8">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PLOchair_8-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-PLOchair_8-1">b</a> So far both presidents of the State of Palestine, <a href="/wiki/Yasser_Arafat" title="Yasser Arafat">Yasser Arafat</a> and his successor <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas" title="Mahmoud Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas</a>, were appointed beforehand as <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Executive_Committee_of_the_Palestine_Liberation_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization">Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Committee_of_the_Palestine_Liberation_Organization" title="Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization">committee</a> performing the functions of State of Palestine government.<a href="#cite_note-A67L28-109">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-GiE-110">[103]</a> See also <a href="/wiki/Leaders_of_Palestinian_institutions" title="Leaders of Palestinian institutions">Leaders of Palestinian institutions</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-control-9">^ <a href="#cite_ref-control_9-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-control_9-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-control_9-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-control_9-3">d</a> Israel allows the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian National Authority">Palestinian National Authority</a> to execute some functions in the Palestinian territories, depending on the <a href="/wiki/West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord" class="mw-redirect" title="West Bank Areas in the Oslo II Accord">area classification</a>. It maintains minimal interference (retaining control of borders: <a href="/wiki/National_airspace" class="mw-redirect" title="National airspace">air</a>,<a href="#cite_note-GazaSeaAir-59">[52]</a> sea beyond <a href="/wiki/Internal_waters" title="Internal waters">internal waters</a>,<a href="#cite_note-GazaSeaAir-59">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[53]</a> <a href="/wiki/European_Union_Border_Assistance_Mission_Rafah" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union Border Assistance Mission Rafah">land</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[54]</a>) in the Gaza Strip (its interior and Egypt portion of the land border are under <a href="/wiki/Governance_of_the_Gaza_Strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Governance of the Gaza Strip">Hamas control</a>), and varying degrees of interference elsewhere.<a href="#cite_note-HumanRightsWatch-62">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[59]</a> See also <a href="/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories" title="Israeli-occupied territories">Israeli-occupied territories</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-naming-25"><a href="#cite_ref-naming_25-0">^</a> Note that the name <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> can commonly be interpreted as the entire territory of the former <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate</a>, which today also incorporates Israel. The name is also officially used as the short-form reference to the State of Palestine,<a href="#cite_note-Bissiop433-22">[16]</a> and this should be distinguished from other homonymous uses for the term including the Palestinian Authority,<a href="#cite_note-Pagep161-23">[17]</a> the Palestine Liberation Organization,<a href="#cite_note-GA43177-24">[18]</a> and the subjects of other <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="History of the State of Palestine">proposals for the establishment of a Palestinian state</a>. </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-only1967-1"><a href="#cite_ref-only1967_1-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39722#.VfMZaZeM-ao">"Ban sends Palestinian application for UN membership to Security Council"</a>. 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The change to 'state' status is important because it shows that 'the state of Palestine is occupied,' he said.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=PA+Weighs+%27State+of+Palestine%27+Passport&rft.pub=Arutz+Sheva&rft.date=2012-12-05&rft.aulast=Miskin&rft.aufirst=Maayana&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.israelnationalnews.com%2FNews%2FNews.aspx%2F162844&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Limitations-11"><a href="#cite_ref-Limitations_11-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130110025703/http://news.yahoo.com/state-palestine-name-change-shows-limitations-200641448.html">"State of Palestine name change shows limitations"</a>. Associated Press. 17 January 2013. 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The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-826590-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-826590-0"><bdi>978-0-19-826590-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Status+of+Palestinian+Refugees+in+International+Law&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-19-826590-0&rft.aulast=Takkenberg&rft.aufirst=Alex&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Talmon, Stefan (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=scc8EboiJX8C">Recognition of Governments in International Law: With Particular Reference to Governments in Exile</a>. Clarendon Press. p. 158. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-826573-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-826573-3"><bdi>978-0-19-826573-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Recognition+of+Governments+in+International+Law%3A+With+Particular+Reference+to+Governments+in+Exile&rft.pages=158&rft.pub=Clarendon+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-19-826573-3&rft.aulast=Talmon&rft.aufirst=Stefan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dscc8EboiJX8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3325">Europa World Year Book 2</a>. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 3325. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-255-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-255-8"><bdi>978-1-85743-255-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Europa+World+Year+Book+2&rft.pages=3325&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-1-85743-255-8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgP_-8rXzQs8C%26pg%3DPA3325&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 45em;"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Donna_Arzt" title="Donna Arzt">Arzt, Donna E.</a> (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/refugeesintociti00arzt">Refugees into Citizens: Palestinians and the End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict</a> (illustrated ed.). <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87609-194-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87609-194-4"><bdi>978-0-87609-194-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Refugees+into+Citizens%3A+Palestinians+and+the+End+of+the+Arab-Israeli+Conflict&rft.edition=illustrated&rft.pub=Council+on+Foreign+Relations&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-87609-194-4&rft.aulast=Arzt&rft.aufirst=Donna+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frefugeesintociti00arzt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Fowler, Michael; Bunck, Julie Marie (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oAp_97VvpMIC&pg=PA59">Law, Power, and the Sovereign State: The Evolution and Application of the Concept of Sovereignty</a>. Pennsylvania State University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-271-01471-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-271-01471-5"><bdi>978-0-271-01471-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Law%2C+Power%2C+and+the+Sovereign+State%3A+The+Evolution+and+Application+of+the+Concept+of+Sovereignty&rft.pub=Pennsylvania+State+University+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-271-01471-5&rft.aulast=Fowler&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Bunck%2C+Julie+Marie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DoAp_97VvpMIC%26pg%3DPA59&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Peters, Joel (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/israelafricap00pete">Israel and Africa: The Problematic Friendship</a> (illustrated ed.). <a href="/wiki/I.B.Tauris" class="mw-redirect" title="I.B.Tauris">I.B.Tauris</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-870915-10-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-870915-10-6"><bdi>978-1-870915-10-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Israel+and+Africa%3A+The+Problematic+Friendship&rft.edition=illustrated&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-1-870915-10-6&rft.aulast=Peters&rft.aufirst=Joel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisraelafricap00pete&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Shatz, Adam, "We Are Conquerors" (review of <a href="/wiki/Tom_Segev" title="Tom Segev">Tom Segev</a>, A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion, Head of Zeus, 2019, 804 pp., <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78954-462-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78954-462-6">978-1-78954-462-6</a>), <a href="/wiki/London_Review_of_Books" title="London Review of Books">London Review of Books</a>, vol. 41, no. 20 (24 October 2019), pp. 37–38, 40–42. "Segev's biography... shows how central exclusionary <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">war</a> and <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a> were to <a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">Ben-Gurion</a>'s vision of the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_homeland" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish homeland">Jewish homeland</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>, and how contemptuous he was not only of the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> but of Jewish life outside <a href="/wiki/Zion" title="Zion">Zion</a>. [Liberal Jews] may look at the state that Ben-Gurion built, and ask if the cost has been worth it." (p. 42 of Shatz's review.)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Dean, Lucy, ed. (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/middleeastnortha50thunse">The Middle East and North Africa 2004</a> (50th ed.). London: Europa Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-184-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-184-1"><bdi>978-1-85743-184-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Middle+East+and+North+Africa+2004&rft.place=London&rft.edition=50th&rft.pub=Europa+Publications&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-85743-184-1&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmiddleeastnortha50thunse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Tessler, Mark A. (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofisraeli00tess_0">A History of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict</a> (2nd, illustrated ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Press" title="Indiana University Press">Indiana University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-253-35848-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-253-35848-6"><bdi>978-0-253-35848-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian+Conflict&rft.place=Bloomington%2C+Indiana&rft.edition=2nd%2C+illustrated&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0-253-35848-6&rft.aulast=Tessler&rft.aufirst=Mark+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhistoryofisraeli00tess_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Watson, Geoffrey R. (2000). The Oslo Accords: International Law and the Israeli–Palestinian Peace Agreements (illustrated ed.). <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-829891-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-829891-5"><bdi>978-0-19-829891-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oslo+Accords%3A+International+Law+and+the+Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian+Peace+Agreements&rft.edition=illustrated&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-19-829891-5&rft.aulast=Watson&rft.aufirst=Geoffrey+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AState+of+Palestine" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style 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Palestine">Modern history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Palestinians" title="History of the Palestinians">History of the Palestinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_Palestine" title="Slavery in Palestine">Slavery in Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_nationalism" title="Palestinian nationalism">Palestinian nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakba" title="Nakba">Nakba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Palestinian Declaration of Independence">Palestinian Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_the_Palestinian_territories" title="List of years in the Palestinian territories">Years in the Palestinian territories</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conflict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli–Palestinian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war" class="mw-redirect" title="1947–1949 Palestine war">1947–1949 Palestine war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Palestinian_exodus" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 Palestinian exodus">1948 Palestinian exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_insurgency_in_South_Lebanon" title="Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon">Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War" title="1982 Lebanon War">First Lebanon War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Intifada" title="First Intifada">First Intifada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Intifada" title="Second Intifada">Second Intifada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Gaza War (2008–2009)">Gaza War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Black_September" title="Black September">Black September</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings" title="Dawson's Field hijackings">Dawson's Field hijackings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict" title="Fatah–Hamas conflict">Fatah–Hamas conflict</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)" title="Battle of Gaza (2007)">Battle of Gaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Hamas_political_violence_in_Gaza" title="2009 Hamas political violence in Gaza">2009 Hamas political violence in Gaza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;">Hamas-Salafist conflict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rafah_(2009)" title="Battle of Rafah (2009)">Hamas-Jund Ansar Allah clash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Geography of the State of Palestine">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_enclaves" title="Palestinian enclaves">Enclaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Northern West Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Southern West Bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Borders_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Borders of the State of Palestine">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_administered_by_the_Palestinian_Authority" title="List of cities administered by the Palestinian Authority">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Palestine" title="Governorates of Palestine">Governorates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Landforms_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Landforms of the State of Palestine">Landforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_depopulated_during_the_1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war" title="List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war">Depopulated villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the State of Palestine">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" title="Politics of the Palestinian National Authority">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">State of Palestine</a> (<a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">International recognition</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="List of political parties in the State of Palestine">Political parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine" title="Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine">DFLP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatah" title="Fatah">Fatah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Democratic_Union" title="Palestinian Democratic Union">FIDA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Initiative" title="Palestinian National Initiative">Palestinian National Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_People%27s_Party" title="Palestinian People's Party">PPP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine" title="Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine">PFLP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Way_(Palestinian_political_party)" title="Third Way (Palestinian political party)">Third Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Popular_Struggle_Front" title="Palestinian Popular Struggle Front">PPSF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_right_of_return" title="Palestinian right of return">Palestinian right of return</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_political_violence" title="Palestinian political violence">Palestinian political violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Palestine" title="Elections in Palestine">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legal_status_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Legal status of the State of Palestine">Legal status of the State of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Palestinianism" title="Anti-Palestinianism">Anti-Palestinianism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Palestine" title="Government of Palestine">West Bank (SOP-controlled)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Prime Minister of the State of Palestine">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="President of the State of Palestine">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Council" title="Palestinian National Council">Palestinian National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Legislative_Council" title="Palestinian Legislative Council">Palestinian Legislative Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_law" title="Palestinian law">Judicial system</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hamas_government_in_the_Gaza_Strip" title="Hamas government in the Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip (Hamas-controlled)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ismail_Haniyeh" title="Ismail Haniyeh">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Dweik" title="Aziz Dweik">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_the_Propagation_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice_(Gaza_Strip)" title="Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Gaza Strip)">Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_National_Security_Forces" title="Palestinian National Security Forces">Palestinian National Security Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Preventive_Security" title="Palestinian Preventive Security">Palestinian Preventive Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_security_assistance_to_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" title="United States security assistance to the Palestinian National Authority">United States security assistance to the Palestinian National Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Foreign relations of the State of Palestine">Foreign affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_and_the_United_Nations" title="Palestine and the United Nations">Palestine and the United Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Expatriates_(State_of_Palestine)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (State of Palestine)">Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="List of diplomatic missions of the State of Palestine">Diplomatic missions of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Palestine" title="List of diplomatic missions in Palestine">Diplomatic missions in Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_aid_to_Palestinians" title="International aid to Palestinians">International aid to Palestinians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Economy of the State of Palestine">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Companies_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Companies of the State of Palestine">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture in Palestine">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Communications in the State of Palestine">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_Exchange" title="Palestine Exchange">Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Taxation in the State of Palestine">Taxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Tourism in the State of Palestine">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Transport in the State of Palestine">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Water supply and sanitation in the State of Palestine">Water supply and sanitation</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_Monetary_Authority" title="Palestine Monetary Authority">Palestine Monetary Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Society of the State of Palestine">Society</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Palestine" title="Culture of Palestine">culture</a></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Christians" title="Palestinian Christians">Palestinian Christians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora" title="Palestinian diaspora">Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_refugee_camps" title="Palestinian refugee camps">Refugee camps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_citizens_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian citizens of Israel">Palestinian citizens of Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levantine_archaeology#Archaeology_in_the_West_Bank" title="Levantine archaeology">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Palestine" title="Architecture of Palestine">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_art" title="Palestinian art">Art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Watermelon_as_a_Palestinian_symbol" title="Watermelon as a Palestinian symbol">watermelon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Palestine" title="Cinema of Palestine">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_traditional_costumes" title="Palestinian traditional costumes">Costume and embroidery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_keffiyeh" title="Palestinian keffiyeh">keffiyeh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_cuisine" title="Palestinian cuisine">Cuisine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Palestinian_wine" title="Palestinian wine">wine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dabke" title="Dabke">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Palestinian_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of the Palestinian territories">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Education in the State of Palestine">Education</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="List of universities and colleges in the State of Palestine">universities and colleges</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Palestine" title="Flag of Palestine">Flag of Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_handicrafts" title="Palestinian handicrafts">Handicrafts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Health in the State of Palestine">Health</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Healthcare in the State of Palestine">Health care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mental_health_in_Palestine" title="Mental health in Palestine">Mental healthcare</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Human rights in the State of Palestine">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="LGBT rights in the State of Palestine">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Arabic" title="Palestinian Arabic">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_literature" title="Palestinian literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Palestine" title="Music of Palestine">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palestinians" title="List of Palestinians">Personalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority">Postage stamps and history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Prostitution in the State of Palestine">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Palestine" title="Public holidays in Palestine">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Racism in the State of Palestine">Racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Religion_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Religion in the State of Palestine">Religion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Religious_buildings_and_structures_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Religious buildings and structures in the State of Palestine">Religious buildings</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_sport_in_Palestine" title="History of sport in Palestine">Sport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Football in the State of Palestine">Football</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_the_State_of_Palestine_by_city" title="Category:Mass media in the State of Palestine by city">By city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Books_about_Palestinians" title="Category:Books about Palestinians">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Palestinian_journalists" title="Category:Palestinian journalists">Journalists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Newspapers_published_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Newspapers published in the State of Palestine">Newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Photography_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Photography in the State of Palestine">Photography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Radio_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Category:Radio in the State of Palestine">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Television in the State of Palestine">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%27an_News_Agency" title="Ma'an News Agency">Ma'an News Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Palestine_Telegraph" title="The Palestine Telegraph">The Palestine Telegraph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine%E2%80%93Israel_Journal" title="Palestine–Israel Journal">Palestine–Israel Journal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation">Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Media_Watch" title="Palestinian Media Watch">Palestinian Media Watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wafa" title="Wafa">Wafa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora" title="Palestinian diaspora">Diaspora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Australians" title="Palestinian Australians">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Brazilian" title="Palestinian Brazilian">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Canadians" title="Palestinian Canadians">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians_in_Chile" title="Palestinians in Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians_in_Egypt" title="Palestinians in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Salvadorans" title="Palestinian Salvadorans">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Haitians" title="Palestinian Haitians">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians_in_Iraq" title="Palestinians in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians_in_Jordan" title="Palestinians in Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Gulf_War" title="Aftermath of the Gulf War">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians_in_Lebanon" title="Palestinians in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Mexicans" title="Palestinian Mexicans">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Nicaraguan" title="Palestinian Nicaraguan">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians_in_Pakistan" title="Palestinians in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinians_in_Syria" title="Palestinians in Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Palestinians" title="British Palestinians">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Americans" title="Palestinian Americans">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Palestinians_in_Los_Angeles" title="History of Palestinians in Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Uruguayans" title="Palestinian Uruguayans">Uruguay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ethnic groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Palestine" title="Islam in Palestine">Muslim Arabs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Palestinians" title="Afro-Palestinians">Afro-Palestinians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Christians" title="Palestinian Christians">Christian Arabs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%ADs" title="Palestinian Baháʼís">Baháʼís</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Druze_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Druze in Mandatory Palestine">Druzers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Metawalis" title="Palestinian Metawalis">Metawalis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Jews" title="Palestinian Jews">Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Palestine" title="Kurds in Palestine">Kurds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawar_people" title="Nawar people">Gypsies (Dom/Nawar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushnak" title="Bushnak">Bushnaq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Outline of the State of Palestine">Outline</a> <a 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title="Headquarters of the Arab League">Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Arab_League" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Arab League">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Arab_League" title="Military of the Arab League">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">United States Central Command</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">United States military bases</a>)</li> <li>Joint Defence Council</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Parliament" title="Arab Parliament">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Union" title="Arab Union">Arab Union</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Arab_League.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" 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href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Arab_League" title="Foreign relations of the Arab League">Foreign relations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Arab_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of the Arab League">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Arab_League" title="Economy of the Arab League">Economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arab_League_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of Arab League countries by GDP (nominal)">GDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Social_Council_(Arab_League)" title="Economic and Social Council (Arab League)">Economic and Social Council</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institutions_of_the_Arab_League" title="Institutions of the Arab League">Institutions</a></li> <li><a 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title="Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Pakistan-OIC relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Suspended</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;padding-right:0.75em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Countries and territories</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;padding-right:0.75em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Muslim communities</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front" title="Moro National Liberation Front">Moro National Liberation Front</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;padding-right:0.75em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">International organizations</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Union" title="African Union">African Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Declarations" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Declarations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abuja_Declaration_(1989)" title="Abuja Declaration (1989)">Abuja Declaration (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_Declaration_on_Human_Rights_in_Islam" title="Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam">Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OIC_Resolution_10/11" title="OIC Resolution 10/11">OIC Resolution 10/11</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OIC_Council_of_Foreign_Ministers_Resolution_10/37" title="OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Resolution 10/37">OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Resolution 10/37</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sessions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Extraordinary" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extraordinary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="First Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Second Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Third Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Fifth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Eighth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Extraordinary_Session_of_the_Islamic_Summit_Conference" title="Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Arab%E2%80%93Islamic_extraordinary_summit" title="2023 Arab–Islamic extraordinary summit">Arab–Islamic (2023)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Economy of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by GDP (PPP)">GDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_GDP_per_capita_(PPP)" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by GDP per capita (PPP)">GDP per capita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_exports" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by exports">Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_imports" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by imports">Imports</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_states_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states by population">Population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation_member_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest cities in Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries">Largest cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_member_states_of_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation" title="Education in the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>1 As the "Turkish Cypriot State".</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Non-Aligned_Movement" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Template:Non-Aligned Movement"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Non-Aligned_Movement" 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Technology of the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement#NAM_Centres" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Center for Human Rights and Cultural Diversity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement_Youth_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organization">NAM Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAM_News_Network" title="NAM News Network">NAM News Network</a> (<a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_News_Agencies_Pool" title="Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool">News Agencies Pool</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Josip_Broz_Tito%22_Art_Gallery_of_the_Nonaligned_Countries" title=""Josip Broz Tito" Art Gallery of the Nonaligned Countries">"Josip Broz Tito" Art Gallery of the Nonaligned Countries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five_Principles_of_Peaceful_Coexistence" title="Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence">Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Template:Non-Aligned_Movement_Summits" title="Template:Non-Aligned Movement Summits">Summits</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandung_Conference" title="Bandung Conference">Bandung Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brioni_Meeting" title="Brioni Meeting">Brioni Meeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="2nd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="3rd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="4th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="5th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="6th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="7th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="8th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="9th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="10th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">16th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Summit_of_the_Non-Aligned_Movement" title="19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement">19th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito#Non-Alignment" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a> (<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukarno#Figurehead_president" title="Sukarno">Sukarno</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> (<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah" title="Kwame 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href="/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>‡ denotes a former member state of the Non-Aligned Movement</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="States_with_limited_recognition" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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recognition">international recognition</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy" title="Foreign policy">foreign relations</a> provided by the articles linked in parentheses</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_United_Nations" title="Member states of the United Nations">UN member states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Partially_unrecognised" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Partially unrecognised</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Republic of Armenia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Armenia" title="Foreign relations of 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_South_Korea" title="Foreign relations of South Korea">relations</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">UN specialized agency members or <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">GA observer</a> state</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Partially_unrecognised" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Partially unrecognised</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">State of Palestine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="International recognition of the State of Palestine">recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Foreign relations of the State of Palestine">relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Republic of Kosovo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo" title="International recognition of Kosovo">recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Kosovo" title="Foreign relations of Kosovo">relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membership_of_Kosovo_in_international_organizations" title="Membership of Kosovo in international organizations">membership</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Foreign relations of the Cook Islands">relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue" title="Niue">Niue</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Niue" title="Foreign relations of Niue">relations</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Non-UN member states</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Recognised by at least one UN member</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Republic of Abkhazia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Abkhazia" title="Foreign relations of Abkhazia">relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus">relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membership_of_Northern_Cyprus_in_international_organizations" title="Membership of Northern Cyprus in international organizations">membership</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="International recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">relations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">Republic of South Ossetia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_South_Ossetia" title="International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia">recognition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_South_Ossetia" title="Foreign relations of South Ossetia">relations</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Recognised only by non-UN members</div></th><td 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