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The conflict emerged a result of the widespread unpopularity of the PA among Palestinians and the common perception that it is a collaborationist body subservient to Israel, the occupying power. [23] [24] [25] In turn, the PA accuses militants of being "bandits" and agents of instability. [25]
Bethlehem [a] is a city in the West Bank of Palestine, located about ten kilometres (six miles) south of Jerusalem. It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate, and as of 2017 had a population of 28,591 people.
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, as of May 2006, of Israel's 7 million people, 77% were Jews, 18.5% Arabs, and 4.3% "others". [134] Among Jews, 68% were Sabras (Israeli-born), mostly second- or third-generation Israelis, and the rest are olim – 22% from Europe and the Americas, and 10% from Asia and Africa, including the ...
Aida (Arabic: مخيم عايده), also spelled 'Ayda, is a Palestinian refugee camp situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the historic centre of Bethlehem and 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Beit Jala, in the central West Bank, State of Palestine. According to the UNRWA, the camp had a population of approximately 5,498 refugees at the end of 2014. [2]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. West Bank الضفة الغربية הגדה המערבית Palestinian flag Location of the West Bank within the claimed territory of the State of Palestine Status Claimed by the State of Palestine [a] Partially administered by the Palestinian National Authority in Areas A and B Under Israeli ...
In 2006, the official number of Arab residents in Israel was 1,413,500 people, about 20% of Israel's population. This figure includes 209,000 Arabs (14% of the Israeli Arab population) in East Jerusalem, also counted in the Palestinian statistics, although 98% of East Jerusalem Palestinians have either Israeli residency or Israeli citizenship ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Not to be confused with Negev Bedouin. Bedouin tribes in the West Bank Palestinian Bedouin [a] (the plural form of Bedouin can be Bedouin or Bedouins) are a nomadic people who have come to form an organic part of the Palestinian people, characterized by a semi- pastoral and agricultural lifestyle ...
A Palestinian girl in Qalqilya.. A 2015 study by Verónica Fernandes and others concluded that Palestinians have a "primarily indigenous origin". [28]In a 2016 study by Scarlett Marshall and others published in Nature, the study concluded that the biogeographical affinities of "both Syrians and Palestinians are highly localised to the Levant", the authors also noted that the biogeographical ...