Palestine
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- proper noun
- /ˈpæləsˌtaɪn/
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Palestina
- I became the CNN correspondent covering Palestine and Israel.
- Israel and Palestine
- occupied Palestine
- state of Palestine
He's just written a new book and he talks about visiting Palestine and he says, yeah.
- He's just written a new book and he talks about visiting Palestine and he says, yeah.
- So make sure that the money that's invested in Palestine, the West Bank, gets to the people.
- Now there is no equivalence if you say Palestine is the national homeland of the Palestinians.
- When it comes to Israel, Palestine, that is.
- The issue of Palestine is a very old issue.
- You make your way through Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Northern Africa.
- They have reduced our casualties in Palestine to a number.
- It's a bleak future for both Palestine and Israel.
- I'm assuming in Palestine, more or less the same.
- It's very straightforward, the Israel Palestine conflict, It's just not very complicated.
- When they chant from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
- It has directors from Jordan, Palestine and Israel.
- I think what happened with the Hamas of Palestine, Israel like horror show.
- I mean, Israel and Palestine currently both have that temptation.
Examples
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It's a bleak future for both Palestine and Israel.
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His last letter was from a village in Palestine, a place called Cana.
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The issue of Palestine is a very old issue.
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I think people in Israel would say that people in Palestine have a right to exist.
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We're afraid to talk about Palestine, and even worse, we're afraid to listen.
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I am a member of the Palestine Security Forces.
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Follow up question, do any of you believe that Palestine has a right to defend itself?
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We're all friends here despite our differing opinions on Palestine.
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Since last year, some 120 countries have recognized a "state of Palestine" drawn along the 1967 borders.
Academic text (2011) -
The Vatican has formally recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty.
Synonyms
A political area made of the West Bank and Gaza that Palestinians claim but that is under Israeli control
Compounds
An organization that represents Palestinian people and works for an independent state
A Palestinian left-wing group that carries out armed attacks against Israel
A Palestinian political group that seeks major national change and sometimes uses armed attacks
A Palestinian militant group that wants an Islamic state and the destruction of Israel
A Shia militant group linked to Iran that uses car bombs
A small armed Palestinian group that wants an Islamic state in Palestine and the end of Israel
A Palestinian group that supports left-wing revolution and uses political and armed action
A Palestinian political group that uses armed attacks for its goals
A political area made of the West Bank and Gaza that Palestinians claim but that is under Israeli control
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Palestine comes from the name of a people called the Philistines, and ancient writers used the form Palaestina to mean 'land of the Philistines'. So the modern territory called Palestine still uses that old name for the same region.