== Geography ==
The climate is mediterranean and temperate in most of the communities controlled by the state in the West Bank, some are desertic while in the claimed territory of Gaza it is coastal, as it is on the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
==People==
{{Main article|Palestinian}}
[[File:Ramallah woman.jpg|left|140px]]
The ethnic group of the territories controlled by the state is [[Arab]], with the Arabic language spoken widely and the main religions are Islam (- 93-97%) and Christianity.
[[File:Palestine Eretz Yisrael post stamp.jpg|thumb|Palestine Eretz Yisrael post stamp (languages used English, Hebrew, Arabic)]]
[[File:440px-19480516 PalestinePost Israel is born.jpg|thumb|16 May 1948 edition of Jewish paper: ''The Palestine Post'': "State of Israel is Born." It was later renamed: ''The Jerusalem Post'']]
Up to the 1948 establishment of the State of [[Israel]], all inhabitants of the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]], including [[Jews]], were called Palestinians.
==Christian minority==
Currently 140 [[United Nations]] member states have formally recognized "Palestine" as a state stretching from Africa to Asia, Europe to Latin America.. Around 150 countries maintain diplomatic relations with the "Palestinians" in one form or another...
In October, 2011, "Palestine" was granted full membership at the U.N. cultural organization, [[UNESCO]], in a diplomatic victory won despite stiff resistance from the United States and Israel.<ref>[http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/12/15/182782.html More than 100 countries recognize Palestine as a state.]</ref>
==People==
{{Main article|Palestinian}}
[[File:Ramallah woman.jpg|left|140px]]
The ethnic group of the territories controlled by the state is [[Arab]], with the Arabic language spoken widely and the main religions are Islam (- 93-97%) and Christianity.
[[File:Palestine Eretz Yisrael post stamp.jpg|thumb|Palestine Eretz Yisrael post stamp (languages used English, Hebrew, Arabic)]]
[[File:440px-19480516 PalestinePost Israel is born.jpg|thumb|16 May 1948 edition of Jewish paper: ''The Palestine Post'': "State of Israel is Born." It was later renamed: ''The Jerusalem Post'']]
Up to the 1948 establishment of the State of [[Israel]], all inhabitants of the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]], including [[Jews]], were called Palestinians.
== History ==