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Palestine is a geographical region in the Middle East. Based on the borders of Mandatory Palestine, the region today comprises primarily Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and small parts of Jordan.

Other common meanings

State of Palestine, a de jure sovereign state in the Levant declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1988; with "non-member observer state" status in the United Nations since November 2012
Palestine from the river to the sea (inclusive the state of Israel), was claimed as "Palestine" by the PLO from 1964 until the 1993 "Oslo Accords"
Palestinian National Authority, an interim self-government body established to govern parts of the Palestinian territories since 1994.
Palestinian territories, also known as "Occupied Palestinian Territory" (oPt), officially applied by the international organizations to refer to Palestinian Authority between 1998 to 2012.
Culture of Palestine, the modern era culture related to the geographic region of Palestine

Other historical meanings

History of Palestine
Philistia, a name used in the Bible to refer to a pentapolis in the Southern Levant, established by Philistines c.1175 BC and existing in various forms until the Assyrian conquest in 8th century
Philistia and Palestine
Palaistinê or Palaestina names used by Greek and Romans to refer to parts of the Levant during the Persian and Hellenic periods
Syria Palaestina or Roman Palestine, a Roman province (135-390 CE) (135-330 CE), a province of the Roman Empire following merger of renamed Iudaea with Roman Syria
Jund Filastin (638 – 10th century), a military district of Bilad al-Sham province of Arab Caliphates Byzantine Palestine
Byzantine Palestine
- Palaestina Prima, a Byzantine province in the Levant from 390 to 636, comprising the Galilee and northern Jordan Valley
- Palaestina Secunda, a Byzantine province in the Levant from 390 to 636, comprising the shoreline and hills of the Southern Levant (Judea and Samaria)
- Palaestina Salutaris, a Byzantine province established in 6th century, covering the Negev and Transjordan
Ottoman Palestine, a divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the Levant
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem (1872-1917), a district of the Ottoman Empire commonly referred to as Palestine
Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948), a mandated area named Palestine and exercised by Britain, covering former Southern Syria of the Ottomans
All-Palestine Government, a Palestinian Arab state proclaimed by the Arab League on September 22, 1948, and seated in Egyptian occupied Gaza Strip. It was absorbed into the United Arab Republic in 1959
Palestine Communist Party, a political party in Palestine (1923-1947 CE)
Palestine Arab Party, a political party in Palestine (1935-1947 CE)

Other places named Palestine or similar

Brazil

Colombia

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

Saudi Arabia

Palestine Street, Jeddah

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, a minor community of Newtown, 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
Lake Palestine, a reservoir in eastern Texas

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

Charlemagne Palestine, American composer

Other

Palestine (horse), racehorse who won the 2,000 Guineas in 1950

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+'''[[Palestine]]''' is a geographical region in the Middle East. Based on the borders of Mandatory Palestine, the region today comprises primarily Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and small parts of Jordan.
-{{Location map+ | Israel
+{{TOC right}}
-| AlternativeMap = Historical boundaries of Palestine (plain).svg
-| caption =
-{{legend|border=blue solid|white|Borders of the [[State of Palestine]] ([[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]])}}
-{{legend|border=darkred solid|white|Borders of [[Mandatory Palestine]], the region used as the [[eponym]] for the [[Palestinian people]] and [[Homeland for the Jewish people]].}}
-{{legend|border=darkgreen solid|white|Historical boundaries of Roman [[Syria Palaestina]], where dashed green line shows the boundary between Byzantine [[Palaestina Prima]] (later [[Jund Filastin]]) and [[Palaestina Secunda]] (later [[Jund al-Urdunn]]), as well as [[Palaestina Salutaris]] (later Jebel et-Tih and the Jifar)}}
-| alt= Palestine is located in Asia
-}}
-'''[[Palestine]]''' is a geographical region in the Middle East. Based on the borders of Mandatory Palestine, the region today comprises primarily [[Israel]], the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and small parts of [[Jordan]].
+==Other common meanings ==
-The term is also often used to describe the [[State of Palestine]], a ''de jure'' sovereign state in the Levant declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1988;  with "non-member observer state" status in the United Nations since November 2012 and with partial control of the areas assumed in 1994 as the Palestinian Authority. In this form, it can be intended to refer to:
+{{further|Definitions of Palestine}}
+* [[State of Palestine]], a ''de jure'' sovereign state in the Levant declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1988;  with "non-member observer state" status in the United Nations since November 2012
+* [[Palestinian_nationalism#From_the_river_to_the_sea|Palestine from the river to the sea]] (inclusive the state of Israel), was claimed as "Palestine" by the PLO from 1964 until the 1993 "Oslo Accords"
 * [[Palestinian National Authority]], an interim self-government body established to govern parts of the Palestinian territories since 1994.
 * [[Palestinian territories]], also known as "Occupied Palestinian Territory" (oPt), officially applied by the international organizations to refer to Palestinian Authority between 1998 to 2012.
+* [[Culture of Palestine]], the modern era culture related to the geographic region of Palestine
-==Historical meanings ==
+==Other historical meanings ==
 * [[History of Palestine]]
 ** [[Palestine#Boundaries|Historical boundaries of Palestine]]
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 == Other places named Palestine or similar ==
 === Brazil ===
 * [[Palestina, Alagoas]]
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 == Other ==
 * [[Palestine (horse)]], racehorse who won the 2,000 Guineas in 1950
 ==See also==