Palestine

Palestine is a geographical and cultural region in the Middle East, today comprising primarily Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Common meanings

The name Palestine carries a variety of contemporary and historical meanings, and may also commonly refer to:

• State of Palestine, state declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1988 and recognised by many other states
• Palestine Liberation Organization, organisational representative of the Palestinian people, designated the name "Palestine" within the United Nations
• Palestinian National Authority, an administrative organisation established to govern parts of the Palestinian territories
• Palestinian territories, also known as "Occupied Palestinian Territory", terms applied to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip collectively
• Proposals for a Palestinian state, proposals for a final settlement of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Palestine may also refer to:

Historical place designations

Historical place designations for the Palestine region include:

• British Mandate for Palestine (1920–1948 CE), a mandate to govern Palestine exercised by Britain
• Ardh-u Filistin (19th century), a term used by the Ottoman Government to refer to the 'Land of Palestine'
• Jund Filastin (638–1099 CE), a sub-province of the Arab Caliphate
• Palaestina I and II (330-638 CE), a diocese of the Byzantine Empire
• Syria Palaestina (132-330 CE), a province of the Roman Empire following its renaming from Iudaea
• Palaistinê or Palaestina (539-63BC), names used by Greek and Roman scholars to refer to the region during the Persian and Hellenic periods

Other places named Palestine or similar

Brazil

• Palestina, Alagoas
• Palestina, Sao Paulo
• Palestina de Goias

Colombia

• Palestina, Caldas
• Palestina, Huila

Ecuador

• Palestina, Ecuador

Guatemala

• Palestina de Los Altos

Iraq

• Palestine Hotel, a hotel in Baghdad
• Palestine Street, a street located in eastern Baghdad

Italy

• Palestrina (anciently Praeneste), an ancient city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 18,000, in Lazio, c. 35 km east of Rome

Netherlands

• Palestina, a small hamlet within the community of Nijkerk

Poland

• Palestyna, Łódź Voivodeship
• Palestyna, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Saudi Arabia

• Palestine Street, a street in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

• Palestine, Hampshire, a village near Andover
• Palestine Place, headquarters of the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People, in London

United States

• Palestine, Arkansas
• Palestine, Connecticut
• Palestine, Illinois
• Palestine, Kosciusko County, Indiana
• Palestine, Franklin County, Indiana
• New Palestine, Indiana
• Palestine, Ohio
• East Palestine, Ohio
• Palestine, Texas
• Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
• Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia

Media

• Filastin, a newspaper published by Daoud Isa, based in Jaffa
• Journal of Palestine Studies, an academic journal founded in 1971
• Palestine (Sacco comic), a comic by Joe Sacco
• Palestine–Israel Journal, a quarterly journal based in Jerusalem
• Palestine Times, a daily English-language newspaper produced in Palestine
• The Palestine Telegraph, an electronic newspaper produced in the Gaza Strip
• The Palestine Post, the former name of The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli English-language daily newspaper
• Palestine Herald-Press, a newspaper published in and serving the Palestine, Texas area

People

• Palestinian people
• Charlemagne Palestine, American composer

Other

• Lake Palestine, a reservoir in eastern Texas
• Palestine (horse), racehorse who won the 2,000 Guineas in 1950

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