They are seeking a home in the territory that once constituted the Mandate of Palestine and is currently controlled by the State of Israel.
Israel is the homeland of the Jews, and Palestine is the homeland of the Palestinians. (However, there are people on both sides who disagree with this statement.)
The Palestinians were left without a homeland in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9. The cease-fire agreement provided for Israeli, Jordanian, and Egyptian control of the entire British Mandate of Palestine. Palestinians were denied their Right to a State by all three of these countries.
The Palestinians were left without a homeland because of the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9. The cease-fire agreement provided for Israeli, Jordanian, and Egyptian control of the entire British Mandate of Palestine. Palestinians were denied their Right to a State by all three of these countries.
The Palestinians were left without a homeland because of the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9. The cease-fire agreement provided for Israeli, Jordanian, and Egyptian control of the entire British Mandate of Palestine. Palestinians were denied their Right to a State by all three of these countries.
increasing Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
The Allied Powers, but the land was taken from the Palestinians to give to the Israelis to make their own country.
The Allied Powers, but the land was taken from the Palestinians to give to the Israelis to make their own country.
The Palestinians were. When European jews began to look for a "homeland" they also considered Uganda & Argentine as possible locations.
Yes. The Palestinian Militant group Hamas is currently in control of the Gaza Strip and the only people who live there are Palestinians.
Both claim the entire Southwest Levant, termed by the Jews as "Eretz Yisrael - The Land of Israel" and by the Arabs as "Belaad Filastin - The Country of Palestine", as their homeland.
Historic Palestine or the Land of Israel. (Both are regional names for the same piece of land, roughly.)
Currently, the Palestinians are not united. The leader of Fatah in the West Bank is Mahmood Abbas. The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip is Ismail Haniyeh.