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The following List of Palestinians is a list of notable people with either a self-designation (endonym) or a foreign appellation (exonym) as "Palestinian".
Approximately 12 million people today identify as Palestinians,[1] as defined in the Palestinian National Charter of 1968.[2]
The list consists of people who identify as "Palestinians" since the creation of Mandatory Palestine in 1920. The list does not include those Palestinian Jews or other Israeli citizens[3] who are native to the geographic region of Palestine, unless they self-identify as "Palestinians".[4][5]
| Name | Field | Speciality | Place of birth | Year of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farah Baker | Social media | Reporter | Gaza Strip | 1998 |
| Abeer Abu Ghaith | Business | technology entrepreneur, and social activist | Jordan | c. 1985 |
| Khaled Al-Hassan | Politics (Fatah) | political theorist, author, Fatah & PLO leader | Haifa | 1928 |
| Lila Abu Lughod | Academia | professor, anthropology, women and gender studies | USA | 1952 |
| Salman Abu Sitta | Academia | Palestinian studies | Beersheba | 1938 |
| Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad | Academia | academic | USA | 1948 |
| Mai al-Kaila | Politics | health minister, ambassador | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Awad Saud Awad | Journalism, Academia | Author on Palestinian folklore, journalist | Jubb Yusuf | 1943 |
| Rashad al-Shawwa | Politics | Mayor of Gaza City (1971 – 1982) | Gaza City | 1909 |
| Izzat Darwaza | Academia | historian, politician, educator | Nablus | 1888 |
| Samih Farsoun | Academia | sociologist | Haifa | 1937 |
| Ismail al-Faruqi | Academia | philosopher and comparative religions professor | Jaffa | 1921 |
| Leila Farsakh | Academia | Middle East, politics | Jordan | 1967 |
| Sami Hadawi | Academia | land specialist and researcher | Jerusalem | 1904 |
| Nemah Hasan | Music | Singer-songwriter | Toronto | 1994 |
| Ameer Idreis | Literature | Writer, playwright, urbanist | Dubai | 1999 |
| Wasif Jawhariyyeh | Music | Oud composer | Jerusalem | 1897 |
| Rashid Khalidi | Academia | historian | USA | 1948 |
| Walid Khalidi | Academia | historian | Jerusalem | 1925 |
| Salem Hanna Khamis | Academia | economic statistician | Nazareth | 1919 |
| Laila Al-Marayati | Medicine | gynecologist | USA | 1962 |
| Khaled Mardam-Bey | Academia | programmer | Jordan | 1968 |
| Nur Masalha | Academia | academic, historian, editor | Galilee | 1957 |
| Joseph Massad | Academia | academic | Jordan | 1963 |
| Basheer Nafi | Academia | academic | Rafah | 1952 |
| Ali H. Nayfeh | Academia | mathematician, mechanical engineer, physicist | Tulkarm | 1933 |
| Sari Nusseibeh | Academia | philosopher, diplomat | Syria | 1949 |
| Edward Said | Academia | professor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist | Jerusalem | 1935 |
| Nadia Abu El Haj | Academia | professor, anthropologist | USA | 1962 |
| Rosemarie Said Zahlan | Academia | historian | Egypt | 1937 |
| Anis Sayigh | Academia | historian | Tiberias | 1931 |
| Yezid Sayigh | Academia | historian | USA | 1955 |
| Zuhair Al-Karmi | Academia, Natural science | author, scientific programs presenter on TV | Damascus | 1922 |
| Hashem El-Serag | Medicine | doctor and medical researcher | Libya | 1966 |
| Reem Kassis | Literature | cookbook author | Jerusalem | 1987 |
| Hisham Sharabi | Academia | historian | Jaffa | 1927 |
| Qustandi Shomali | Academia | professor, historian, critic, researcher | Beit Sahour | 1946 |
| Khalil Suleiman | Medicine | medical doctor | Jenin | 1943 |
| Helga Tawil Souri | Academia | professor, media scholar and researcher, filmmaker | Kuwait | 1969 |
| Ahmad Teebi | Academia | geneticist and dysmorphologist | Beirut | 1949 |
| Ali Abunimah | Literature | author, journalist | USA | 1971 |
| Said K. Aburish | Literature | author, journalist | Jerusalem | 1935 |
| Susan Abulhawa | Literature | author, journalist | Kuwait | 1970 |
| Mourid Barghouti | Literature | poet | Ramallah | 1944 |
| Khalil Beidas | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1874 |
| Huzama Habayeb | Literature | author | Kuwait | 1965 |
| Jamal Dajani | Literature | author, journalist, producer | Jerusalem | 1957 |
| Mahmoud Darwish | Literature | poet | Al-Birwa | 1941 |
| Khaled Ennasra | poet | journalist | Jenin | 1927 |
| Najwa Kawar Farah | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1923 |
| Rashida Tlaib | Politician | congresswoman | USA | 1976[6] |
| Emile Habibi | Literature | author | Haifa | 1922 |
| Bella Hadid | Fashion | model | USA | 1996[7] |
| Gigi Hadid | Fashion | model | USA | 1995[7] |
| Mohamed Hadid | Business | businessman | Nazareth | 1948 |
| Suheir Hammad | Literature | poet | Jordan | 1973 |
| Nadia Hijab | Literature | author, journalist | Syria | 1950s |
| Jabra Ibrahim Jabra | Literature | poet, novelist, translator and literary critic | Bethlehem | 1919 |
| Emily Jacir | Artist | professor, filmmaker | Bethlehem | 1975 |
| Sabri Jiryis | Literature | author | Fassuta | 1938 |
| Ghassan Kanafani | Literature | author | Acre | 1938 |
| Hasan Karmi | Literature | linguist and author | Tulkarm | 1905 |
| Ghada Karmi | Literature | author | Jerusalem | 1939 |
| Sayed Kashua | Literature | author and journalist | Tira | 1975 |
| Widad Kawar | Literature | author and collector | Tulkarm | 1932 |
| Sahar Khalifa | Literature | novelist | Nablus | 1942 |
| Daoud Kuttab | Literature | journalist, author | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Taha Muhammad Ali | Literature | poet | Saffuriyya | 1931 |
| Salman Masalha | Literature | poet, writer, essayist and translator | Maghar | 1953 |
| Kamal Nasser | Literature | poet, activist | Gaza | 1925 |
| Mohammed Omer | Literature | journalist | Rafah | 1984 |
| Samih al-Qasim | Literature | poet | Jordan | 1939 |
| Nahid al-Rayyis | Literature | poet | Gaza | 1937 |
| Abu Salma | Literature | poet | Tulkarm | 1906 |
| Khalil al-Sakakini | Literature | author | Jerusalem | 1878 |
| Naomi Shihab Nye | Literature | poet | USA | 1952 |
| Serene Husseini Shahid | Literature | author, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumes | Jerusalem | 1920 |
| Khaled Abu Toameh | Literature | journalist | Tulkarm | 1963 |
| Fadwa Toukan | Literature | poet | Nablus | 1917 |
| Ibrahim Touqan | Literature | poet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq | Nablus | 1905 |
| Samir El Youssef | Literature | writer and critic | Lebanon | 1965 |
| May Ziadeh | Literature | author | Nazareth | 1886 |
| Mustafa Abu Ali | Film | film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight films | Malha | 1940 |
| Hany Abu-Assad | Film | film director | Nazareth | 1961 |
| Mohammad Bakri | Film | film director, actor | Bi'ina | 1953 |
| Cherien Dabis | Film | film director, writer | USA | 1976 |
| Annemarie Jacir | Film | film director, writer | Bethlehem | 1974 |
| Michel Khleifi | Film | film director (Wedding in Galilee) | Nazareth | 1950 |
| Lexi Alexander | Film | film director | Mannheim | 1974 |
| Clara Khoury | Film | actress | Haifa | 1976 |
| Makram Khoury | Film | actor, first Arab to win (Israel Prize – 1987) | Jerusalem | 1945 |
| Rashid Masharawi | Film | film director | Gaza | 1962 |
| Mai Masri | Film | film director | Beirut | 1959 |
| Elia Suleiman | Film | film director (Divine Intervention) | Nazareth | 1960 |
| Hiam Abbass | Film | actress | Nazareth | 1960 |
| Anwar Jibawi | Film | comedian | USA | 1991 |
| Nasri Tony Atweh | Music | lead singer of the band MAGIC! & singer/songwriter/record producer | Toronto | 1981 |
| Ramzi Aburedwan | Music | composer, viola player | Bethlehem | 1979 |
| Charlie Bisharat | Music | Grammy-winning violinist | USA | 1963[8] |
| Yacoub Shaheen (fr:Yacoub Shaheen) | Music | Winner of the fourth season of Arab Idol | Bethlehem | 1994[9] |
| Mohammed Assaf | Music | Winner of the second season of Arab Idol | Gaza | 1989[10] |
| Belly | Music | rapper | Jenin | 1984 |
| Rim Banna | Music | singer/songwriter | Nazareth | 1966 |
| Ammar Hasan | Music | singer | Salfit | 1976 |
| Wissam Joubran | Music | composer and Oud player | Nazareth | 1983 |
| Reem Kelani | Music | singer/composer/musicologist | UK | 1963 |
| Shadia Mansour | Music | rapper/singer | UK | 1980s |
| Amal Murkus | Music | singer | Galilee | 1970s |
| Mohsen Subhi | Music | composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player | Ramallah | 1963 |
| DJ Khaled | Music | hip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJ | USA | 1975 |
| Simon Shaheen | Music | oud and violin virtuoso, composer | Galilee | 1955 |
| Massiv | Music | rapper | Germany | 1982 |
| Habib Hassan Touma | Music | composer | Nazareth | 1934 |
| Fred Wreck | Music | hip-hop producer | USA | 1972 |
| Tamer Nafar | Music | rapper of DAM fame | Lod | 1979 |
| Bashar Murad | Music | singer, songwriter, visual artist | Jerusalen | 1993 |
| Sameh Zakout | Music | rapper | Ramle | 1980s |
| Laila Bagge Wahlgren | Music | manager and songwriter | Sweden | 1972 |
| Tarééc | Music | German singer | Germany | 1978 |
| Dalal Abu Amneh | Music | singer and producer | Nazareth | 1983 |
| DAM (band) | Music | Palestinian rap group | Lod | 1970s |
| Fouad Awad | Art | theater director | Nazareth | 1956 |
| Alaa Minawi | Art | multidisciplinary artist, lecturer | Beirut | 1982 |
| Naji al-Ali | Art | cartoonist | al-Shajara | 1938 |
| Iman Al Sayed | Art | artist | Sharjah | 1984 |
| Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan | Art | artist | Jericho | 1941 |
| Mustafa Al-Hallaj | Art | artist | Jaffa | 1938 |
| Mona Hatoum | Art | sculptor | Beirut | 1952 |
| Nabil Anani | Art | artist | Halhoul | 1943 |
| Hasan Hourani | Art | painter | Hebron | 1974 |
| Emily Jacir | Art | painter and photographer, artist | Bethlehem | 1970 |
| Hanna Jubran | Art | sculptor | Galilee | 1952 |
| Sliman Mansour | Art | painter | Birzeit | 1947 |
| Sama Raena Alshaibi | Art | photographer, artist | Iraq | 1973 |
| Ahlam Shibli | Art | photographer | Galilee | 1970 |
| Jafar Tukan | Art | architect | Jerusalem | 1938 |
| Hisham Zreiq | Art | artist and film director (The Sons of Eialboun) | Nazareth | 1968 |
| Rami Kashou | Fashion | fashion designer | Ramallah | 1977 |
| Jaffa Phonix (band) | Music | band | Kuwait | 1980s |
| Yousef Beidas | Business | Intra Bank | Jerusalem | 1912 |
| Munib al-Masri | Business | PADICO[11] | Nablus | 1934 |
| Hasib Sabbagh | Business | Consolidated Contractors International Company | Tiberias | 1920 |
| Naim Attallah | Business | Asprey, Quartet Publishing | Haifa | 1931 |
| Talal Abu-Ghazaleh | Business | Jaffa | 1938 | |
| Sam Bahour | Business | West bank businessman | USA | 1964 |
| Yasser Elshantaf | Business | CEO of PhoenixBird Diversity Management GmbH | Gaza | 1983 |
| Tarab Abdul Hadi | Politics | activist | Jenin | 1910 |
| Fu'ad Nassar | Politics (PCP) | co-founded National Liberation League in Palestine | Nazareth | 1914 |
| Nabil Amr | Politics (Fatah) | presidential aide and negotiator | 1947 | |
| Yasser Arafat | Politics (Fatah) | first President of the PNA | Cairo | 1929 |
| Hakam Balawi | Politics (Fatah) | former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and Algeria | Tulkarm | 1939 |
| Marwan Barghouti | Politics (Fatah) | founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figure | Kobar | 1959 |
| Mohammed Dahlan | Politics (Fatah) | Head of Preventive Security Service in Gaza | Gaza | 1961 |
| Saeb Erekat | Politics (Fatah) | presidential aide and senior negotiator | Jerusalem | 1955 |
| Qadura Fares | Politics (Fatah) | PNA minister and aide of Barghouti | ||
| Rawhi Fattuh | Politics (Fatah) | former interim President of the PNA | Barqa | 1949 |
| Faisal Husseini | Politics (Fatah) | former head of Jerusalem affairs | Baghdad | 1940 |
| Farouk Kaddoumi | Politics (Fatah) | former head of Fatah | Jinsafut | 1931 |
| Salah Khalaf | Politics (Fatah) | former top aide of Arafat | Jaffa | 1933 |
| Ahmed Qurei | Politics (Fatah) | former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | Jerusalem | 1937 |
| Ali Hassan Salameh | Politics (PLO) | Qula | 1940 | |
| Nabil Shaath | Politics (Fatah) | former Foreign Affairs Minister | Safed | 1938 |
| Khalil al-Wazir | Politics (PLO) | former PLO military leader and top aide | Ramleh | 1934 |
| Mohammad Shtayyeh | Politics/Fatah | economist/academic/minister | Nablus | 1958 |
| Muhammad Abu Tir | Politics (Hamas) | Directed terrorist activities, including the attempted poisoning in the early 1990s of Israel's water supplies and the activities of Hamas's military arm | Umm Tuba | 1951 |
| Mohammad Barghouti | Politics (Hamas) | |||
| Mohammed Deif | Politics (Hamas) | Leader of Hamas' military wing. Directly involved in terrorist attacks such as the killings of IDF soldiers, suicide bombings and kidnappings. Deemed a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States' Department of State | Khan Younis | 1965 |
| Ismail Haniyeh | Politics (Hamas) | Gaza | 1963 | |
| Mousa Abu Marzook | Politics (Hamas) | Fundraiser for terrorist activities | Rafah | 1951 |
| Ahmed al-Ja'abari | Politics (Hamas) | Gaza | 1960 | |
| Wasfi Kabha | Politics (Hamas) | Prisoners' Affairs Minister | ||
| Khaled Meshaal | Politics (Hamas) | Secretary-General of Hamas | Silwad | 1956 |
| Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi | Politics (Hamas) | founder and former Secretary-General of Hamas | Yibna | 1947 |
| Ahmed Yassin | Politics (Hamas) | founder and spiritual leader | Al-Jura | 1937 |
| Mahmoud al-Zahar | Politics (Hamas) | former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign minister | Jerusalem | 1945 |
| Salah Shehade | Politics (Hamas) | leader of military wing of the Hamas organization | Gaza | 1953 |
| Yahya Ayyash | Politics (Hamas) | chief bomb maker planner of the Hadera bus station suicide bombing | Jerusalem | 1966 |
| Bassam Abu Sharif | Politics (PFLP) | former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO | 1946 | |
| George Habash | Politics (PFLP) | founder and former Secretary-General of PFLP | Lod | 1926 |
| Abu Ali Mustafa | Politics (PFLP) | former Secretary-General of PFLP | Jenin | 1938 |
| Leila Khaled | Politics (PFLP) | former PFLP militant and activist | Haifa | 1944 |
| Ahmed Saadat | Politics (PFLP) | current Secretary-General of PFLP | al-Bireh | 1953 |
| Riyad al-Malki | Politics (PFLP) | current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA | 1955 | |
| Wadie Haddad | Politics (PFLP) | former PFLP militant and founder | Safed | 1927 |
| Abu Qatada | Politics | al-Qaeda Muslim religious preacher and militant | Bethlehem | 1959 |
| Abu Muthana | Politics | spokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam | ||
| Awni Abd al-Hadi | Politics | Palestinian political figure | Nablus | 1889 |
| Haidar Abdel-Shafi | Politics | independent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991 | Gaza | 1919 |
| Salah Abdel-Shafi | Politics | independent, economist, Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden, Germany, Austria, and UNOV | Gaza | 1962 |
| Muhammad Zaidan | Politics | PLF | Syria | 1948 |
| Musa Alami | Politics | Jerusalem | 1897 | |
| Hanan Ashrawi | Politics | Third Way | Nablus | 1946 |
| Mustafa Barghouti | Politics | doctor and leader of the Palestinian National Initiative | Jerusalem | 1954 |
| Nayef Hawatmeh | Politics | DFLP | Jordan | 1935 |
| Ahmed Jibril | Politics | PFLP-GC | Jaffa | 1938 |
| Karimeh Abbud | Art | photographer | Shefa 'Amr | 1896 |
| Nimr al-Khatib | Politics | political leader, Haifa | Haifa | 1918 |
| Jabra Nicola | Politics | Trotskyist leader | Haifa | 1912 |
| Abu Nidal | Politics | Abu Nidal Organization | Jaffa | 1937 |
| Nahid al-Rayyis | Politics | Justice Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | Gaza | 1937 |
| Afif Safieh | Politics | Palestine's Ambassador to the Russian Federation | jerusalem | 1950 |
| Hasan Tahboub | Politics | former Head of the Supreme Islamic Council | Hebron | 1923 |
| Ruhi al-Khatib | Politics (local) | mayor of East Jerusalem from 1957 to 1994; titular | Jerusalem | 1914 |
| Fahmi al-Abboushi | Politics (local) | appointed mayor of Jenin in 1935 | Jenin | 1895 |
| Hussein Al-Araj | Politics (local) | former mayor of Nablus | ||
| Ramiz Jaraisy | Politics (local) | mayor of Nazareth | 1951 | |
| Omar Hammayil | Politics (local) | mayor of al-Bireh | 1976 | |
| Mohammed Milhim | Politics (local) | former mayor of Halhul | 1929 | |
| Hadem Rida | Politics (local) | mayor of Jenin | ||
| Bassam Shaka | Politics (local) | former mayor of Nablus | 1930 | |
| Ghassan Shakaa | Politics (local) | former mayor of Nablus | 1943 | |
| Adly Yaish | Politics (local) | mayor of Nablus | ||
| Adel Zawati | Politics (local) | former mayor of Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, Ramleh | Nablus | 1920 |
| Ahmad Tibi | Politics (Israel) | member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party, former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat | Tayibe | 1958 |
| Azmi Bishara | Politics (Israel) | former member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party | Nazareth | 1956 |
| Jamal Zahalka | Politics (Israel) | member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party | Kafr Qara | 1955 |
| Hana Sweid | Politics (Israel) | member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of Eilabun | Eilabun | 1955 |
| Tawfiq Ziad | Politics (PCP) | a poet, a former mayor of Nazareth and a former Hadash member of Israeli Knesset | Nazareth | 1929 |
| Ibrahim Sarsur | Politics (Israel) | Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List party | Kafr Qara | 1959 |
| Taleb el-Sana | Politics (Israel) | Knesset member Israel from the United Arab List party | Tel Arad | 1960 |
| Mohammad Barakeh | Politics (Israel) | member of Israeli Knesset, from Hadash party | Shefa-'Amr | 1955 |
| Haneen Zoabi | Politics (Israel) | first Arab woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab party | Nazareth | 1969 |
| Rania of Jordan | Politics (Foreign) | Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II | Kuwait | 1970 |
| Alia al Hussein | Politics (Foreign) | late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King Hussein | Cairo | 1948 |
| Antonio Saca | Politics (Foreign) | former president of El Salvador | El Salvador | 1965 |
| Shafik Handal | Politics (Foreign) | El Salvador politician | El Salvador | 1930 |
| Nayib Bukele | Politics (Foreign) | president of El Salvador | El Salvador | 1981 |
| Carlos Flores Facussé | Politics (Foreign) | former president of Honduras | Honduras | 1950 |
| Said Musa | Politics (Foreign) | former Prime Minister of Belize | Belize | 1944 |
| Pierre de Bané | Politics (Foreign) | Canadian | Haifa | 1938 |
| Naser Khader | Politics (Foreign) | member of the Parliament of Denmark | Syria | 1963 |
| Joe Hockey | Politics (Foreign) | Australian cabinet minister | Australia | 1965 |
| John H. Sununu | Politics (Foreign) | former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration | Cuba | 1939 |
| John E. Sununu | Politics (Foreign) | Senator from New Hampshire | USA | 1964 |
| Huwaida Arraf | Politics | co-founder of ISM | USA | 1976 |
| Mubarak Awad | Politics | advocate of nonviolent resistance | Jerusalem | 1943 |
| Abdullah Yusuf Azzam | Religion (Islam) | Islamist scholar and activist | Jenin | 1941 |
| Bulus Farah | Politics | trade unionist | Haifa | 1910 |
| Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni | Politics | nationalist leader | Jerusalem | 1907 |
| Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia | Religion (Christianity) | current archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem | Galilee | 1965 |
| Riah Abu Assal | Religion (Christianity) | current Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem | Nazareth | 1937 |
| Naim Ateek | Religion (Christianity) | founder of Sabeel | Beit She'an | 1937 |
| Elias Chacour | Religion (Christianity) | Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church | Galilee | 1939 |
| Michel Sabah | Religion (Christianity) | current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem | Nazareth | 1933 |
| Munib Younan | Religion (Christianity) | Lutheran bishop | Jerusalem | 1950 |
| Rifat Odeh Kassis | Politics | human rights and community activist | Beit Sahour | |
| Mitri Raheb | Religion (Christianity) | Lutheran minister and author | Bethlehem | 1962 |
| Benny Hinn | Religion (Christianity) | evangelical preacher | Jaffa | 1952 |
| Anis Shorrosh | Religion (Christianity) | evangelical preacher and debater | Nazareth | 1930s |
| Amin al-Husayni | Politics | former Mufti of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | 1895 |
| Ekrima Sa'id Sabri | Religion (Islam) | former Mufti of Jerusalem | ||
| Ahmad Abu Laban | Religion (Islam) | Imam in Denmark | Jaffa | 1946 |
| Raed Salah | Religion (Islam) | leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement | 1958 | |
| Sheikh Taissir Tamimi | Religion (Islam) | Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territories | Hebron | |
| Omar Sheika | Sport | Professional Boxer | USA | 1977 |
| Salim Tuama | Sport | soccer player | Lod | 1979 |
| Ramsey Nijem | Sport | MMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos runner up | USA | 1988 |
| Walid Badir | Sport | soccer player, Israeli team, Captain of Hapoel Tel Aviv | Kafr Qasim | 1974 |
| Muhammad al-Durrah | Other | 12-year-old boy shot under disputed circumstances | Gaza | 1988 |
| Faris Odeh | Other | teenage boy shot while throwing stones | Gaza | 1985 |
| Rana Raslan | Other | 1999 Miss Israel contest winner | Haifa | 1977 |
| Mahmoud Abbas | Politics (Fatah) | President of the PNA | Safed | 1935 |
| Tawfiq Canaan | Academia | doctor and academic | Beit Jala | 1881 |
| Ahmad Shukeiri | Politics (PLO) | first chairman of the PLO | Lebanon | 1908 |
| Omar Barghouti | Politics | political activist and analyst PACBI | Qatar | 1964 |
| Asma Agbarieh | Politics, journalism | journalist, leader of Organization for Democratic Action | Jaffa | 1974 |
| Muin Bseiso | Literature | Poet | Gaza | 1926 |
| Eyad al-Sarraj | Medicine | psychiatrist and human rights activist | Beersheba | 1944 |
| Fadi Elsalameen | Politics | political commentator and analyst | USA | 1983 |
| Layla Moran | Politics | British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | UK | 1982 |
| Michael Malarkey | Film | actor and musician | Beirut | 1983 |
| May Calamawy | Film | actress | Bahrain | 1986[12][13] |
| Mayssoun Azzam | Media | TV anchor, news presenter, media instructor, and activist[14] | 1972 |
References
- ^ According to Rashid Khalidi, the modern Palestinian identity encompasses the heritage of all ages from biblical times up to the Ottoman period. (Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian identity: the construction of modern national consciousness, Columbia University Press, 2009 p.18.) According to Palestinian author Walid Khalidi: "the Palestinians considered themselves to be descended not only from Arab conquerors of the seventh century but also from indigenous peoples who had lived in the country since time immemorial." ("(With reference to Palestinians in Ottoman times) Although proud of their Arab heritage and ancestry, the Palestinians considered themselves to be descended not only from Arab conquerors of the seventh century but also from indigenous peoples who had lived in the country since time immemorial, including the ancient Hebrews and the Canaanites before them. Acutely aware of the distinctiveness of Palestinian history, the Palestinians saw themselves as the heirs of its rich associations.") and according to Palestinian anthropologist Ali Qleibo: "in their customs and manners, fossils of these ancient civilizations survived until modernity—albeit modernity camouflaged under the veneer of Islam and Arabic culture." ("Throughout history a great diversity of peoples has moved into the region and made Palestine their homeland: Canaanites, Jebusites, Philistines from Crete, Anatolian and Lydian Greeks, Hebrews, Amorites, Edomites, Nabateans, Arameans, Romans, Arabs, and European crusaders, to name a few. Each of them appropriated different regions that overlapped in time and competed for sovereignty and land. Others, such as Ancient Egyptians, Hittites, Persians, Babylonians, and Mongols, were historical 'events' whose successive occupations were as ravaging as the effects of major earthquakes ... Like shooting stars, the various cultures shine for a brief moment before they fade out of official historical and cultural records of Palestine. The people, however, survive. In their customs and manners, fossils of these ancient civilizations survived until modernity—albeit modernity camouflaged under the veneer of Islam and Arabic culture."
Genetic analysis suggests that a majority of the Muslims of Palestine, inclusive of Arab citizens of Israel, are descendants of Christians, Jews and other earlier inhabitants of the southern Levant whose core may reach back to prehistoric times.(Gibbons, Ann (October 30, 2000). "Jews and Arabs Share Recent Ancestry". ScienceNOW. American Academy for the Advancement of Science.. Studies cited are: M. F. Hammer, et al. (2000). "Jewish and Middle Eastern non-Jewish populations share a common pool of Y-chromosome biallelic haplotypes" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97 (12): 6769–6774. Bibcode:2000PNAS...97.6769H. doi:10.1073/pnas.100115997. PMC 18733. PMID 10801975. and Almut Nebel, et al. (2000). "High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews". Human Genetics. 107 (6): 630–641. doi:10.1007/s004390000426. PMID 11153918. S2CID 8136092. Another study says; "Our recent study of high-resolution microsatellite haplotypes demonstrated that a substantial portion of Y chromosomes of Jews (70%) and of Palestinian Muslim Arabs (82%) belonged to the same chromosome pool." Nebel, Almut; Filon, Dvora; Brinkmann, Bernd; Majumder, Partha P.; Faerman, Marina; Oppenheim, Ariella (2001). "The y Chromosome Pool of Jews as Part of the Genetic Landscape of the Middle East". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69 (5): 1095–1112. doi:10.1086/324070. PMC 1274378. PMID 11573163..) - ^ "those Arab nationals who, until 1947, normally resided in Palestine regardless of whether they were evicted from it or stayed there. Anyone born, after that date, of a Palestinian father—whether in Palestine or outside it—is also a Palestinian (..) the Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the creation of Israel in 1948 are considered Palestinians." "The Palestinian National Charter". Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Image of a passport of a Palestinian Jew (1939)".
- ^ After crushing the Bar Kokhba revolt, Roman Emperor Hadrian applied the disparaging name Syria Palæstina to the region, that was formerly known as Kingdom of Israel. That name revived the ancient name of the Pentapolis Philistia, in an attempt to suppress Jewish connection to the land. (H.H. Ben-Sasson: A History of the Jewish People, Harvard University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-674-39731-2, page 334: "In an effort to wipe out all memory of the bond between the Jews and the land, Hadrian changed the name of the province from Iudaea to Syria-Palestina, a name that became common in non-Jewish literature." - Ariel Lewin: The archaeology of Ancient Judea and Palestine. Getty Publications, 2005, ISBN 0-89236-800-4, p. 33. "It seems clear that by choosing a seemingly neutral name - one juxtaposing that of a neighboring province with the revived name of an ancient geographical entity (Palestine), already known from the writings of Herodotus - Hadrian was intending to suppress any connection between the Jewish people and that land." - 'The Bar Kokhba War Reconsidered', by Peter Schäfer, ISBN 3-16-148076-7)
- ^ Some scholars describe the Roman persecution of the Jews in Syria Palæstina after the Bar Kokhba revolt (135 CE) as a genocide (Totten, S.: Teaching about genocide: issues, approaches and resources. . p24) for it resulted in an extensive depopulation of Jewish communities, more so than the First Jewish–Roman War of 70 CE (Taylor, J. E. (2012-11-15). The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199554485.
Up until this date the Bar Kokhba documents indicate that towns, villages and ports where Jews lived were busy with industry and activity. Afterwards there is an eerie silence, and the archaeological record testifies to little Jewish presence until the Byzantine era, in En Gedi. This picture coheres with what we have already determined in Part I of this study, that the crucial date for what can only be described as genocide, and the devastation of Jews and Judaism within central Judea, was 135 CE and not, as usually assumed, 70 CE, despite the siege of Jerusalem and the Temple's destruction
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