List of Palestinians

The following is a list of prominent Palestinians , both from Palestine and from the Palestinian diaspora .

The following is a list of prominent Palestinians .

Wikipedia list article Further information on Palestinians: History of Palestinian nationality and Definitions of Palestinian The following Lists of Palestinians are lists of notable people with either a self-designation (endonym) or a foreign appellation (exonym) as " Palestinian ", or who were born in the region of Palestine . Anyone with roots in the region that is now Israel, the West Bank and Gaza is technically a Palestinian , but today the term predominantly associates with the descendants of the indigenous population of the region. Approximately 12 million people today identify as Palestinians , as defined in the Palestinian National Charter of 1968. Palestinians are the descendants of all the indigenous peoples who lived in Palestine over the centuries German philosopher Kant referred to European Jews as "the Palestinians living among us." Kant, Immanuel (1974): Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View. According to Rashid Khalidi , the modern Palestinian identity encompasses the heritage of all ages from biblical times up to the Ottoman period. 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). American Academy for the Advancement of Science. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 97 (12): 6769– 6774. PMID 10801975 . : Unknown parameter |name-list-format= ignored ( |name-list-style= suggested) ( help ) and Almut Nebel; et al. "High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews". PMID 11153918 . : Unknown parameter |name-list-format= ignored ( |name-list-style= suggested) ( help ) 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." "Almut Nebel, Dvora Filon, Bernd Brinkmann, Partha P. 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" .

Further information on Palestinians: History of Palestinian nationality and Definitions of Palestinian The following Lists of Palestinians are lists of notable people with either a self-designation (endonym) or a foreign appellation (exonym) as " Palestinian ", or who were born in the region of Palestine . Approximately 12 million people today identify as Palestinians , as defined in the Palestinian National Charter of 1968. According to Rashid Khalidi , the modern Palestinian identity encompasses the heritage of all ages from biblical times up to the Ottoman period. 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). American Academy for the Advancement of Science. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 97 (12): 6769– 6774. PMID 10801975 . and Almut Nebel, et al. "High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews". 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." "Almut Nebel, Dvora Filon, Bernd Brinkmann, Partha P. 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" .

Further information on Palestinians: History of Palestinian nationality and Definitions of Palestinian leaders The following Lists of Palestinians are lists of notable people with either a self-designation (endonym) or a foreign appellation (exonym) as " Palestinian ", or who were born in the region of Palestine . Approximately 12 million people today identify as Palestinians , as defined in the Palestinian National Charter of 1968. According to Rashid Khalidi , the modern Palestinian identity encompasses the heritage of all ages from biblical times up to the Ottoman period. 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). American Academy for the Advancement of Science. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 97 (12): 6769– 6774. PMID 10801975 . and Almut Nebel, et al. "High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of Jews". 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). 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" .