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Palestine, [i] officially the State of Palestine, [ii] [e] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia recognized by a majority of UN member states.It encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories, within the broader geographic and historical Palestine region.
The different versions of the slogan that developed over the time emphasize different aspects of the Palestinian struggle. The version min an-nahr ʾilā l-baḥr / Filasṭīn sa-tataḥarrar (من النهر إلى البحر / فلسطين ستتحرر, "from the river to the sea / Palestine will be free") has a focus on liberation and freedom.
Chants of ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ were heard and keynote speakers gave their opinions on the ongoing Gaza conflict. ‘Not in our name’: pro-Palestine protesters ...
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [26] [27] [28] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [29] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
The displacement of the Palestinian people on that date is still marked every year on “Nakba Day”, named for an Arabic word for “catastrophe” and on which Palestinians give speeches, hold ...
The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was created on 15 May 1947 [1] [2] in response to a United Kingdom government request that the General Assembly "make recommendations under article 10 of the Charter, concerning the future government of Palestine". The British government had also recommended the establishment of a ...
Palestinians hold a diverse range of views on the peace process with Israel, though the goal that unites them is the end of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.Some Palestinians accept a two-state solution, with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip forming a distinct Palestinian state, whereas other Palestinians insist on a one-state solution (Palestinian or binational) with equal rights for ...
The declaration then proclaims a "State of Palestine on our Palestinian territory with its capital Jerusalem". [82] [83] The borders of the declared State of Palestine were not specified. The population of the state was referred to by the statement: "The State of Palestine is the state of Palestinians wherever they may be".