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.
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.
When fact becomes fiction: How Israeli victims became aggressors as antisemitism rises - opinion
Two-state solution support hits all-time low as Israeli trust collapses – Pew poll
US-backed Gaza aid group to halt distribution on Wednesday, UN to vote on ceasefire demand
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
IDF strikes in Gaza reportedly kill 20, including journalist, rescue service official
The IDF has not commented on the strikes.
IDF to probe claims of soldiers using human shields in Gaza 'if details provided'
The AP reported Saturday night that a Gazan man, Ayman Abu Hamadan, told them that he was used as a lookout for Israeli soldiers.
Jews, Arabs clash near Jenin as rioters reportedly set fire to West Bank homes
Bruchin is the village where Na'al Samara, the terrorist who murdered Tzeela Gez a week and a half ago, came from.
The 'fig leaf' that hid Arab regime failures and seriously harmed the Palestinian cause - opinion
Post-1948, Arab regimes weaponized the Palestinian cause. Lacking organic legitimacy, they turned anti-Israel hostility into a survival mechanism.
UN retracts aid chief's claim that 14,000 Gazan babies will die in 48 hours without aid
The UN later cited a report that said there could be 14,100 cases of malnutrition in children in Gaza between April 2025 and March 2026, a timeframe of one year not two days.
