Palestine

Borders of the Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip) which are claimed by the State of Palestine

Borders of Mandatory Palestine

Historical boundaries of Roman Syria Palaestina, where dashed green line shows the boundary between Byzantine Palaestina Prima (later Jund Filastin) and Palaestina Secunda (later Jund al-Urdunn), as well as Palaestina Salutaris (later Jebel et-Tih and the Jifar)

Palestine (/ˈpæləsˌtaɪn/ or /ˈpæləsˌtiːn/) typically refers to:

State of Palestine, a de jure sovereign state in the Middle East
Palestine (region), a geographical and historical region in the Middle East

Palestine may also refer to:

Palestinian National Authority, established by the Oslo Accords and governs Palestinians in the West Bank
Palestinian territories, areas occupied or controlled by Israel, comprising the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip
Palestine Liberation Organization, an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the liberation of Palestine through armed struggle

Historical usage

See Timeline of the name "Palestine"

Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948), a geopolitical entity under British administration
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem or Palestine (1872–1917), an Ottoman district that encompassed Jerusalem, Gaza, Jaffa, Hebron, Bethlehem and Beersheba
Jund Filastin (638 – 10th century), one of the military districts of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate province of Bilad al-Sham (Syria)
Syria Palaestina or Roman Palestine, a Roman province (135–390 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 c. 636, comprising the Galilee and northern Jordan Valley
Palaestina Secunda, a Byzantine province in the Levant from 390 to c. 636, comprising the shoreline and hills of the Southern Levant (Judea and Samaria)
Palaestina Salutaris alias Palestina Tertia, a Byzantine province established in the 6th century, covering the Negev and Transjordan

Other places

Iraq

Palestine Hotel, a hotel in Baghdad
Palestine Street, a street located in eastern Baghdad

Saudi Arabia

Palestine Street, Jeddah

United Kingdom

Palestine, Hampshire, a village near Andover
Palestine Place, headquarters of the Church of England's organization Church's Ministry Among Jewish People, in London

United States

Palestine, Arkansas
Palestine, a community of Newtown, Connecticut
Palestine, Illinois
New Palestine, Indiana
Palestine, Indiana (disambiguation), several places
East Palestine, Ohio
Palestine, Ohio, a small town in western Ohio
Palestine, Texas
Lake Palestine, a reservoir in eastern Texas
Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia

Media

Palestine (comics), a graphic novel by Joe Sacco
Palestine (2011 book), a 2011 compilation of statements by the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Israel and Palestine
Palestine (film), a 1912 American silent documentary
Palestine (poem), an 1803 poem by clergyman Reginald Heber

Other uses

Palestine (horse), a racehorse who won the 2,000 Guineas in 1950
Falastin (newspaper)

People with the surname

Charlemagne Palestine, American composer