Palestinian
From the Levant
Palestinian refers to a person from Palestine, the historical region along the eastern Mediterranean, or to the Arab people whose ancestry connects to that land.
The term carries significant political weight given the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
As an adjective, it describes things relating to Palestine or its people: Palestinian territories, Palestinian refugees, Palestinian cuisine.
Palestinian coastal territory
- West BankOccupied Palestinian territories
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- RamallahPalestinian government headquarters
- HebronHistoric West Bank city
Bethlehem · Jericho · olive groves · Jordan River · Dead Sea · Galilee · Acre · Haifa
One's regular paid work
- intifadaArab popular rebellion
- checkpointInspection station on route
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
blockade · displacement · resistance · clashes · ceasefire · annexation · siege · incursion
Legal claim to homeland
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- homelandOne's native land
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
liberation · solidarity · identity · resistance · exile · dispossession · commemoration · 1948
Traditional Arab cotton headscarf
Palestinian nationalist movement
- HamasGazan Islamist governing body
- PLOPalestinian political body
- ArafatPalestinian nationalist leader
- Oslo AccordsIsraeli-PLO peace framework
two-state solution · statehood · self-governance · elections · factions · negotiations · recognition · Camp David
People seeking safety elsewhere
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- exileBanishment from homeland
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- JordanLevantine nation or name
Lebanon · migration · statelessness · repatriation · dispersion · generations · remittances · community
Gaza
Palestinian coastal territory
- West BankOccupied Palestinian territories
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- RamallahPalestinian government headquarters
Hebron · Bethlehem · Jericho · olive groves · Jordan River · Dead Sea · Galilee · Acre · Haifa · Jaffa
occupation
One's regular paid work
- intifadaArab popular rebellion
- checkpointInspection station on route
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
refugees · blockade · displacement · resistance · clashes · ceasefire · annexation · siege · incursion · curfew
right of return
Legal claim to homeland
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- homelandOne's native land
diaspora · liberation · solidarity · identity · resistance · exile · dispossession · commemoration · 1948 · nationhood
keffiyeh
Traditional Arab cotton headscarf
Fatah
Palestinian nationalist movement
Oslo Accords · two-state solution · statehood · self-governance · elections · factions · negotiations · recognition · Camp David · reconciliation
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- campsTemporary outdoor lodgings
- exileBanishment from homeland
- displacementRemoval from usual location
Jordan · Lebanon · migration · statelessness · repatriation · dispersion · generations · remittances · community · return
hummus
Mashed chickpea spread
- falafelFried spiced legume ball
- tabboulehHerb-heavy Middle Eastern salad
- knafehSyrup-soaked cheese pastry
za'atar · olive oil · pita · mezze · labneh · freekeh · halva
- Asian peoplesChinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai
- Middle EasternersArab, Egyptian, Iraqi, Iranian, Israeli
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- DemonymsAmerican, Australian, Canadian, British, Chinese
- Semitic LanguagesHebrew, Hebrew alphabet, Arabic, Aramaic, Amharic
- Mediterranean languagesFrench, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian
PalestinianIsraeli
Middle Eastern national
Zionist · pro-Israel · settler · anti-Palestinian · Hebrew
- Palestinian AuthorityInterim Palestinian governing body
- Palestinian conflictOngoing Levantine territorial struggle
- Palestinian territoriesContested Levantine regions
- Palestinian refugeesPeople displaced from historic homeland
- Israeli-Palestinian conflictTerritorial and national dispute
- Palestinian territoryDisputed Mideast regions