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GDP per capita in the Palestinian territories rose by 7% per year from 1968 to 1980 but slowed during the 1980s. Between 1970 and 1991 life expectancy rose from 56 to 66 years, infant mortality per 1,000 fell from 95 to 42, households with electricity rose from 30% to 85%, households with safe water rose from 15% to 90%, households with a refrigerator rose from 11% to 85%, and households with ...
Lebanon was placed under French rule as a mandate following the fall of the Ottoman Empire, whereas Palestine was put under the authority of the British government. During the founding of the State of Israel (frequently called the Nakba ), numerous Palestinians who had been displaced sought safety in Lebanon, [ 1 ] resulting in strengthened ...
UN Security Council Chamber in New York City, United States. From 1967 to 1989 the United Nations Security Council adopted 131 resolutions directly addressing the Arab–Israeli conflict, with many concerning the Palestinians; Since 2012, a number of resolutions were issued dealing directly with the modern State of Palestine.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Protesters demanding the U.S. stop military aid to Israel hoisted Palestinian flags and burnt American ones outside Washington's Union Station in demonstrations against a ...
Flag of Palestine, with a watermelon replacing the red triangle In 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords , Israel lifted the ban on the Palestinian flag. [ 8 ] At the time, the New York Times claimed "young men were once arrested for carrying sliced watermelons", [ 9 ] but Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour has cast doubt on the validity of these ...
Following the ceremony, which saw Lessort win silver in the Men’s Basketball final on Saturday (10 August), Tirico said: “You saw with Lessort, one of the back centres, the Palestine flag ...
The flag was officially adopted as the flag of the Palestinian people by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964. On 1 December of the same year, the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization established a special system for the flag specifying its standards and dimensions, and the black and green colors replaced each other ...
Flag of Palestine placeholder used by the Arab League: A White Field with the name of the nation in Arabic written in red in the center. 1948–1959: All-Palestine Protectorate: Flag of the Arab Revolt. 1948–1958: Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt