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• n  a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
• n  an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

• Palestine
• Canaan
• Holy Land
• Promised Land

News & Articles

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• Speaking tour
  PHOTO BY PAT GAIETTO Daoud Nassar describes the conditions at his farm in Palestine to a gathering at Hope Lutheran Church in Fostoria Friday. The Christian farmer is finishing a speaking tour at U.S.
  June 15, 2013 - The Advertiser-Tribune
• Jeu de Paume presents first retrospective exhibition of the artist Ahlam Shibli
  Ahlam Shibli, Sans titre (Death n° 33), Palestine, 2011-2012. PARIS .- The Jeu de Paume presents the first retrospective exhibition of the artist Ahlam Shibli (Palestine, 1970). Phantom Home brings together six photographic series that encapsulate Shibli’s investigation into different ways of understanding the word “home”.
  June 14, 2013 - Art Daily
• Local News
  EAST PALESTINE — A member of Village Council wants to know why the fire department needs a $400,000 a year budget.
  June 13, 2013 - Lisbon Morning Journal

Quotes

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• Osama bin Laden in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  America will never dream of security unless we will have it in reality in Palestine,Bin Laden said. "God willing, our raids on you will continue as long as your support for the Israelis continues."
• President Bush in Reuters India
  I remain personally committed to implementing my vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security,said Bush, whose term ends in January 2009.
• Ayman al-Zawahri in guardian.co.uk
  The tsar of Washington invited 16 Arab countries ...... to sit in one room, at one table with the Israelis,Zawahiri said, adding that the conference "witnessed the betrayal deals to sell Palestine".