Palestine information

Palestine (from Παλαιστίνη; Palaestina; ארץ־ישראל, formerly also פלשתינה Palestina; فلسطين) is one of several names for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River and various adjoining lands.
Different geographic definitions of Palestine have been used over the millennia, and these definitions themselves are politically contentious. The broadest definition of Palestine was that adopted by the British Mandate of Palestine, which included present-day Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The narrowest definition, and the one now current, embraces only the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Other English names for this region include Canaan, Land of Israel, and Holy Land. (...) more....

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