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Palestinian National Council

Legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

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What is the historical status of Palestine and when was the term first used?

The name “Palestine” has ancient literary roots — Herodotus used Palaistine in the 5th century BCE to describe a district of Syria (earliest incontrovertible attestation) . The term functioned for mil...

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Which modern states and administrations have claimed or governed Palestine since 1948?

Since 1948 the territory variously called has been claimed, annexed, occupied, administered or represented by multiple modern states and political administrations: chiefly , , and (through direct admi...