The Palestinians are an Arab national group from the Southern Levant, predominantly the modern State of Israel.
Palestinians are predominantly Sunni Muslims, thought there are a minority of Christian and Shia Palestinians, as well as Druze and Samaritians that identify as Palestinian. There is dispute about when the Palestinian identity coalesced, be it in the post- or pre-war periods, and if it was an internal development or in direct response to the zionist movement.
The war that established Israel between Jewish and Arab forces resulted in a mass displacement of Palestinian Arabs. There is a significant diaspora of Palesitnians, especially in neighbouring Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. 20% of Israeli citizens are Arabs, of which many also identify as Palestinian. Many Diaspora Palesitnians, as well as those from families displaced from beyond the 1948 armistice lines, identify as refugees.
Many Palestinian political movements lay claim to all the land of Israel as the future Palestinian state. The Palestinian Authority is one of the pirmary bodies that governs the Palestinians, with varying degrees of control in the West Bank. Palestinians have autonomy in Gaza, which is under the rule of Hamas.
"I recognize that the concept of Zionism evokes among Palestinians the memories of displacement and dispossession and that Zionism is the source of trauma, mistrust, and pain for many Palestinians."
Subsequently, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that an Israeli airstrike killed at least ten Palestinians in the Tamun area.
Trump’s plan to relocate Gazans to Egypt and Jordan faces strong backlash, with experts warning of regional destabilization, ethnic cleansing risks, and threats to peace.
Sisi said Egypt would work with the new US president to reach peace between Israel and Palestinians based on a two-state solution.
"Instead of Palestinians, try to expel Israelis, take them to Greenland so they can kill two birds with one stone."
Thousands of people moved on foot toward northern Gaza through the coastal Al-Rashid street.
The spokesperson warned Gazans against entering the Mediterranean Sea in the coming days, approaching IDF troops in the Gaza Strip.
Daily deliveries have surged tenfold since the Sunday deal, according to UN data, surpassing the 600 trucks a day target set out for the first seven weeks of the ceasefire.
Written in an engaging style, a balance of informative and conversational, The Holy and the Broken leaves the reader with much food for thought.
The list of names on the ministry's website shows that a vast majority of those arrested were after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.
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