Palestine (disambiguation)
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, currently doesn't control any territory and in-exile, but 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
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Guatemala
Iraq
Netherlands
- Palestina, a small hamlet within the community of Nijkerk
Poland
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom
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
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