Sentence examples for term palestine from inspiring English sources

The term "Palestine" in Ottoman times loosely included what is now Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, as well as a bit of Lebanon.

The term Palestine has been associated variously and sometimes controversially with this small region, which some have asserted also includes Jordan.

Throughout the present paper, therefore, the term "Palestine" will be utilized in reference to the most recent United Nations and International Criminal Court recognized designations of the occupied Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip, West Bank, and East Jerusalem).

Before the beginning of the Madrid Peace process that led to the Oslo Accords, Americans were careful not to use the term Palestine.

When U.S. president George W. Bush wanted to show his Arab allies that Washington was supporting Palestinian statehood, he publicly used the term Palestine, even though a sovereign Palestine did not exist.

Otherwise, the U.S. should refrain from fooling Palestinians and the world by using the term Palestine while doing everything in its powers to stop Palestine from becoming a sovereign state.

Some trace the roots of the term back to the Israel-Palestine conflict, while the fashionable military variant ("boots on the ground") apparently emerged around 1980.

It was first mentioned in the 1882-1888 Survey of Western Palestine by the London-based Palestine Exploration Fund.

The American president is to be commended for trying to unpick the Israel-Palestine knot soon after the start of his first term.

A PALESTINE AFFAIR, by Jonathan Wilson.

It's the P.S.E., or Palestine Securities Exchange.