Palestinian

• Palæstinian (archaic)
• Palestinean

From Palestine +‎ -ian.

• IPA^(key): /pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪniən

Palestinian (comparative more Palestinian, superlative most Palestinian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
   • 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.

• Prior to 1948, "Palestinian" was used in reference to the whole area known at that time as Palestine before the establishment of the State of Israel. For example, today’s English‐language Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post was called The Palestine Post under the British Mandate of Palestine, and the Israel national football team was originally called the "Palestine national football team".
• The word did not acquire ethnic connotations until the later half of the 20th century. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, the Arab people nowadays often called simply "Palestinian" were specifically "Palestinian Arabs", while what would later become Israel's Jewish population were called "Palestinian Jews" (some people, especially anti-Zionists, often refer to the Old Yishuv and their descendants as "Palestinian Jews", but some may find this term erroneous or even offensive). Many organizations and institutions from the British Mandate referred to as "Palestinian" were not specifically/majority Arab, with some even being specifically/majority Jewish, such as the Palestinian Orchestra.

• Philistine (which see for more)

Palestinian (plural Palestinians)

1. An inhabitant of Palestine or someone descending from that area.
   • 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.

   • 2011 [1977 September 24], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 107:

     We got a message back from Israel that they were withdrawing their troops immediately from Lebanon. We are notifying the Syrians and the Lebanese and demanding that they mutually participate in a cease-fire and withdrawal of the Palestinians back ten kilometers from the Israeli borders.

2. An inhabitant of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, legally governed by the Palestinian National Authority.

• Pal, Pally (informal)
• Filastini (chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs)
• Falestinian, Filastinian (rare, chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs)
• Fakestinian, Palestinkian (derogatory and hence offensive)
• Palesimian (offensive)

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