Palestine (disambiguation)

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

Common meanings

Further information: Definitions of Palestine

The name Palestine carries a variety of contemporary and historical meanings, and may commonly refer to:

• Philistia, an Iron Age pentapolis in the Southern Levant, established by Philistines c.1175 BC and existing in various forms until the Assyrian conquest in 8th century
• Palaistinê or Palaestinaת names used by Greek and Romans to refer to parts of the Levant during the Persian and Hellenic periods
• Syria Palaestina (135-330 CE), a province of the Roman Empire following merger of renamed Iudaea with Roman Syria
• 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
• Jund Filastin (638 – 10th century), a military district of Bilad al-Sham province of Arab Caliphates
• 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 Liberation Organization, organisational representative of the Palestinian people, established in 1964m designated the name "Palestine" within the United Nations
• Palestinian territories, also known as "Occupied Palestinian Territory", terms applied to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
  • State of Palestine, state declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1988 'in absentia by Yasser Arafat and recognised by many other states
  • Palestinian National Authority, an administrative organisation established to govern parts of the Palestinian territories since 1994
  • Governance of the Gaza Strip, a splinter Palestinian Arab entity in the Gaza Strip, established in 2006-7

Other places named Palestine or similar

Brazil

• Palestina, Alagoas
• Palestina, Sao Paulo
• Palestina de Goias

Colombia

• Palestina, Caldas
• Palestina, Huila

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

• Palestyna, Łódź Voivodeship
• Palestyna, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Saudi Arabia

• Palestine Street, a street in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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, 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