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The term '''Palestinian''' refers to an admixture of several ethno/linguistic groups from [[Asia]], [[Africa]], the [[Middle East]], and [[Europe]] who emigrated to the geographical region of [[Palestine]] during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The term '''Palestinian''' refers to an admixture of several ethno/linguistic groups from [[Asia]], [[Africa]], the [[Middle East]], and [[Europe]] who emigrated to the geographical region of [[Palestine]] during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The term came into modern usage in the [[English]] speaking world by creation of the Palestinian Mandate in 1919, and has no native origins among residents of the geographic region. Jews at the time of the British Mandate of Palestine were also classified as "Palestinian".

The term came into modern usage in the [[English]] speaking world by creation of the Palestinian Mandate in 1919, and has no native origins among residents of the geographic region. Jews at the time of the [[Mandate of Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]] were also classified as "Palestinian".

During the 2012 Gaza conflict and border closure, a [[Hamas]] boss in Gaza remarked in a public statement, "half of the Palestinians are [[Egypt]]ians and the other half are [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]s."<ref>https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-minister-interior-and-national-security-fathi-hammad-slams-egypt-over-fuel-shortage</ref>

During the 2012 Gaza conflict and border closure, a [[Hamas]] boss in Gaza remarked in a public statement, "half of the Palestinians are [[Egypt]]ians and the other half are [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]s."<ref>https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-minister-interior-and-national-security-fathi-hammad-slams-egypt-over-fuel-shortage</ref>

==Origins==

==Origins==

[[File:Ramallah woman.jpg|left|140px]]

[[File:Ramallah woman.jpg|left|140px]]

Over 100,000 or at least 150,000 (to some estimates, such as the testimony given in the U.S. Congress in 1939) immigrated during the British Mandate as job seekers due to the prosperity [[Zionist]]s brought to a barren land after several millennia. Immigrants included Arab - Egyptians [[Syria]]n, [[Algeria]]n, [[Sudan]]ese, and South Arabians.  At least 50,000 or more immigrated from Hauran, Syria alone. Other Muslims from [[Bosnia]] during the and [[fascist]] [[Nazi]] [[Slav]]ic-[[Muslim]]s after [[World War II]].

Over 100,000 or at least 150,000 (to some estimates, such as the testimony given in the U.S. Congress in 1939) immigrated during the [[Mandate of Palestine|British Mandate]] as job seekers due to the prosperity [[Zionist]]s brought to a barren land after several millennia. Immigrants included Arab - Egyptians [[Syria]]n, [[Algeria]]n, [[Sudan]]ese, and South Arabians.  At least 50,000 or more immigrated from Hauran, Syria alone. Other Muslims from [[Bosnia]] during the and [[fascist]] [[Nazi]] [[Slav]]ic-[[Muslim]]s after [[World War II]].

So-called "Palestinians," who, up to the 1960s were referred to as South Syrians prior to the 1920s, later as 'Arabs" or more specifically Palestine Arabs,<ref>after the [[French]] removed Emir Faisal, from [[Damascus]] in 1920.</ref> since the late 1960s have adopted this moniker and comprise a mixture of: Syrian Arabs, Saudi Arabs, Sudanese [Afro-]Arabs, Egyptian, [[Turkish]], [[Kurd]]ish, Bosnian, Algerian and others (which explains their surnames - telling of their origin/original land). Yet, this 'mixture' was never cohesive, nor did it ever before consider itself as a "nation."

So-called "Palestinians," who, up to the 1960s were referred to as South Syrians prior to the 1920s, later as 'Arabs" or more specifically Palestine Arabs,<ref>after the [[French]] removed Emir Faisal, from [[Damascus]] in 1920.</ref> since the late 1960s have adopted this moniker and comprise a mixture of: Syrian Arabs, Saudi Arabs, Sudanese [Afro-]Arabs, Egyptian, [[Turkish]], [[Kurd]]ish, Bosnian, Algerian and others (which explains their surnames - telling of their origin/original land). Yet, this 'mixture' was never cohesive, nor did it ever before consider itself as a "nation."