Though the concept of Palestinian citizenship for the purpose of international law has been revived, the in fieri realization of self-determination is still insufficient, thus Palestinians remain over the threshold of eligibility to receive international protection as refugees and stateless persons. [51]
In the early 21st century, Israeli Jews constituted roughly half of the population west of the Jordan River (primarily in Israel but also including Israeli settlers in the West Bank), and Palestinian Arabs —Muslim and Christian—and other smaller minorities, such as the Druze, accounted for the rest (especially in the West Bank and the Gaza ...
Today, the region known as the Palestinian Territories includes the West Bank (a territory that sits between modern-day Israel and Jordan) and the Gaza Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt).
The Palestinian people are an Arab ethno-nationalist group residing primarily in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel, Jordan and parts of southern Lebanon and Syria.
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world. Its origins go back more than a century.