How many cities does Palestine have?

Answer 1

Current Status

Now (as of 2014), Jerusalem is under the control of Israel. What is called the Western Jerusalem is the Israeli neighborhoods and the Arabs (Muslims and Christians) take up the eastern part of the city. According to the Israeli Jerusalem Law of 1980, Israel has annexed all of Jerusalem to be in Israeli territory.

Debate on Jerusalem

The issue that a lot of international groups have with the Israeli Declaration that Jerusalem is its capital is that the city defined by the Israelis as Jerusalem contains both de jureIsraeli territory (West Jerusalem) and the de jurenon-Israeli territory (East Jerusalem) which is owed, theoretically, to a Palestinian State. The UN Security Resolution 478 crystallized the International Stance on this issue.

Answer 2

Currently, the State of Palestine has several major cities on the lands it claims as belonging under its jurisdiction. In the Gaza Strip, there is Gaza City, Khan Yunus, Rafah, and Beit Hanoun. In the West Bank, there is Jerusalem (al-Qods), Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron, Jericho, Tulkarem, and Qalqiliyah.

Answer 3

Answer 1

Of course that depends on your definition of state. It does not have clearly defined borders, as Israel is constantly occupying/building settlements on more land that belongs/ed to Palestinian people. Neither does it really have a proper government. Hamas was democratically elected as the political party to govern the Palestinian people, however Hamas only has control of the Gaza Strip, while the Fatah party, which was in power prior to Hamas, has control over the West Bank, despite being elected out. Although Hamas has a military wing, it cannot be said to have its own military force as a state. Ultimately the Palestinian leadership has little control over what the Palestinian people can and cannot do, as so much of daily life is dictated by Israel, and so the Palestinian people are not self-governing, and so I would say no, it is not a state.

Answer 2

Palestine has been occupied by the illegal terrorist state of Israel for 62 years now. In 1948, Palestinians were forced out of their homes and land. Since the establishment of Israel, Palestinian homes, schools, institutions have been demolished and bombed on a daily basis. Palestinians do NOT have any rights, 1000's of children, women, and men have been killed in cold blood by the hands of the "IDF" (Israeli Defense Forces).

In conclusion, Palestine is NOT a state, due to the fact that it is currently occupied and that the state of Israel is based upon stolen land, Palestinian land.

Answer 3

Technically, Palestine is not a state, nor has it ever in history been a state. Presently it is a culturally separate but semi-autonomus part of Israel, much like an Indian reservation in the US, Quebec in Canada, or Swaziland and Lesotho in South Africa. Israel has been a state twice; briefly in ancient times and since 1948 in modern time, but Palestine has never been a state. Personally, one of my dreams is to see Palestine become a fully autonomous state, living in peace beside Israel, but I know that I may not live long enough to see that happen.

Answer 4

No palestine is a country

Answer 5

Jerusalem is in Israel.