Sentence examples for term palestinian from inspiring English sources

The year was 1985, and the very term "Palestinian" was still taboo in Israel.

Henceforth the term Palestinian will be used when referring to the Arabs of the former mandated Palestine, excluding Israel.

The Arabs of Palestine began widely using the term Palestinian starting in the pre-World War I period to indicate the nationalist concept of a Palestinian people.

Starting last year, shortly after Israel's 51st birthday, a revised curriculum began using the term Palestinian freely and referring to a Palestinian people and a nationalist movement.

"Israel heard with disappointment the decision of the Holy See to agree a final formulation of an agreement with the Palestinians, including the use of the term 'Palestinian state'," said an Israeli foreign ministry official.

But the brinkmanship could also be seen as reflecting a longer term Palestinian goal: Mr. Hamad suggested that the difficulties in agreeing on a text underscored the need for more international involvement in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.

They were marking al-Nakba day: the term Palestinians use for the "catastrophe" of Israel's establishment and their dispossession from most of Palestine.

The demonstrators were marking the day of the naqba, or catastrophe, the term Palestinians use for Israel's birth in 1948.

Palestinians marched in the West Bank and Gaza earlier on Thursday to commemorate the Nakba, the term Palestinians use to describe their defeat and displacement in the war.

The title struck a resounding chord, and nakba (catastrophe) became the term Palestinians used for the cataclysm that befell them that year.

In the short term, Palestinians are now afraid that Israel can ratchet up its military operations in the West Bank and Gaza with little chance of facing an American rebuke.