Palistinne Issue

Contents

Introduction of Palestine

The state of Palestine

Change of name

Palestine liberation organization

Zionism

West bank

An overview of relations between Israel and Palestine

Major concepts, terms and places related to Israel and Palestine

The main issue of conflict

Summery

Conclusion

Introduction

Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is sometimes considered to include adjoining territories. The name was used by Ancient Greek writers, and was later used for the Roman province Syria Palestrina, the Byzantine Palaestina Prima and the Umayyad and Abbasid province of Jund Filastin. The region is also known as the Land of Israel. the Holy Land, the Southern Levant, and historically has been known by other names including Canaan, Southern Syria and Jerusalem.

The state of Palestine

The State of Palestine is a sovereign state with limited recognition that had proclaimed independence on November 15, 1988, by the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO's) National Council (PNC) in exile in Algiers and was accepted in the UN as "non-member observer state", following resolution 67/19, upgrading Palestine from an "observer entity". It claims the Palestinian territories (defined according to the 1967 borders) and has designated Jerusalem as its capital. The areas constituting the State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967 in the aftermath of the Six Day War, with the Palestinian Authority exercising limited socio-political administration since 1993.

Change of name

Following the successful passage of the 2012 United Nations status resolution which changed Palestine's status at the UN to that of observer state, on 3 January 2013, Abbas signed a presidential decree 1/2013 officially changing the name of the 'Palestinian Authority' to the 'State of Palestine'...