Palestinians

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.

IDF surrounds all West Bank cities as it preemptively strikes Iran

In addition, the IDF reinforced all border fence areas between the Palestinian and Jewish portions of Judea and Samaria.

 IDF troops operate in the West Bank, May 30, 2025.
 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee​​ takes part in a ceremony at the Tower of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 1, 2025

Huckabee: US no longer endorses Palestinian state, can be formed 'elsewhere' in Middle East

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 21, 2018.

Abbas undermines Hamas in letter sent to Macron ahead of Palestine conference

 Jewish West Bank residents tell all in JPost Asks Anything.

'We're all settlers anywhere we live in Israel': Jewish West Bank residents tell all


Will arming Gazan militias against Hamas harm Israel in the long run? - analysis

Relying on a tribal militia or clan in Gaza may work in the short term. However, in the long term it is unlikely to achieve success.

 Armed men attend the funeral of Rawhi Mushtaha, a senior Hamas official and Sami Odeh, Hamas' general security service commander, who were killed in an Israeli strike during the war, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City January 24, 2025.

When fact becomes fiction: How Israeli victims became aggressors as antisemitism rises - opinion

Australia report reveals antisemitism has reached an unacceptable level throughout the world.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN banner hangs in the forecourt of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, July 2024.

Two-state solution support hits all-time low as Israeli trust collapses – Pew poll

Only 21% of Israelis believe peaceful coexistence with a Palestinian state is possible; distrust and status of Jerusalem cited as top obstacles.

 Israeli and Palestinian flags side by side. (illustration).

US-backed Gaza aid group to halt distribution on Wednesday, UN to vote on ceasefire demand

The GHF said it asked the IDF to "guide foot traffic in a way that minimizes confusion or escalation risks" near military perimeters; develop clearer guidance for civilians.

 Palestinians gather at an aid distribution center in Deir Al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, May 28, 2025.

How closing Arab refugee camps would undercut the global intifada - opinion

Solving the broader refugee problem would pave the way for more countries to make peace with Israel and would expand the accords more rapidly.

 A PALESTINIAN PUSHES a hand truck with food supplies inside a United Nations food distribution center in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, last month.

IDF evacuates 250k Gazans from Jabalya as it reaches critical juncture in fighting

According to testimonies from soldiers in the field, Thursday night was one of the most intense since the beginning of the operation.

Displaced Palestinian children take shelter in tents, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025.

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denies five killed at aid distribution site

GHF stated that two Palestinians were ill from issues unrelated to facility security, that two food sites were operational, and had handed out 840,262 meals.

 Palestinians carry aid supplies they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025.

Watch: Aid distribution centers in Gaza 'mark end of Hamas rule,' source tells 'Post'

There are two more food centers on the way, although this still leaves one million Palestinians getting aid from UN.

 A map showing the locations of the distribution centers established in the Gaza Strip on May 27, 2025.

Italian jurists warn Meloni gov't to terminate Israel defense pact

The jurists claim that a 2003 Memorandum, which is set to renew for another five years next month, is in "blatant, deliberate, systematic, and intersectional violation of humanitarian law."

 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference after their meeting at Palazzo Chigi, in Rome, Italy, March 10, 2023.

Swiss authorities exploring probe into US-backed Gaza aid group

The GHF said that though using private security firms represents a change from prior aid delivery frameworks, it would ensure aid is not diverted to Hamas or criminal organizations.

 Palestinians wait to receive aid, in Gaza City, May 25, 2025

IDF strikes in Gaza reportedly kill 20, including journalist, rescue service official

The IDF has not commented on the strikes.

 An Israeli soldier stands next to military vehicles near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, May 22, 2025.