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The name of Palestine
Palestine witnessed a series of invasions carried out by the Cretan tribes that settled on the shores of Jaffa and Gaza, so that region was named Palestine after the name of the invading Cretan tribe that merged with the Canaanites, the original inhabitants of the country, and the name Palestine was given to all coastal and inland lands that were inhabited by the Canaanites.
Summary of the history of Palestine
the earth:
The region has a very diverse land, generally divided into four regions: from west to east, the coastal plain, the hills and mountains of Hebron, the Jordan Valley, and the eastern plateau. In the far south there is the Negev Desert. Elevations range from 395 feet below sea level on the shores of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, to 1,020 feet at the highest peaks of the Hebron Mountains.
1967 war :
In 1967, the Israeli army occupied the west bank of the Jordan River, which was then part of Jordan. It also occupied the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, and the Syrian Golan Heights, in addition to other Jordanian regions in the north. This war was known as the Six-Day War, and entered Palestinian dictionary on behalf of the setback.
The Security Council issued Resolution 242 in November 1967, calling on Israel to withdraw from the lands it occupied in June 1967 and for the refugees to return to their homes.
2000 Palestinian Intifada (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
The beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada on September 28, 2000 was a popular reaction to Ariel Sharon’s entry into one of the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In June 2002, the Israeli government began building a separation wall inside the West Bank, saying that the goal of building the wall was to protect its citizens from “terrorist attacks” and maintain its security. The construction of the wall led to limiting movement between areas of the West Bank.
In the end
On January 9, 2005, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas assumed the presidency of the Palestinian National Authority shortly after the death of the late President Mr. Yasser Arafat, who will continue to hold this position until his death and the holding of presidential elections. In 2006, the second legislative elections were held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which resulted in the success of the Hamas movement with a parliamentary majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council. The occupation continues to restrict the citizens of Palestine through its siege in the West Bank or its wars in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian National Authority
The establishment of limited Palestinian self-rule in Gaza and certain areas of the West Bank in 1994 was the beginning of the restoration of some Palestinian rights, and in 1996 presidential elections were held in which Yasser Arafat won over his only competitor, Samiha Khalil.
In 1997, an agreement was reached between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel on what was known as the Hebron Agreement, which resulted in the withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas inhabited by Palestinians and the remaining areas under Israeli control in the Old City and the roads leading to it.
The absence of Palestine from “Spring”
Modern Palestine
It cannot be forgotten that the transition to democratic systems disturbs and even terrifies Israel, because the revolutions give the street’s position greater weight in the calculations of the regimes with which it had concluded “peace agreements.” The Israeli Minister of the Home Front, Eyal Eisenberg, warned of what he called “the Arab Spring, which may turn into "An extremist Islamic winter." Hence, Israel was keen to preoccupy Palestine with aggression