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Palestinian, a. and n.|ˌpæləˈstɪnɪən|
[f. Palestine (see below) + -ian.
The name Palestine is derived from Gr. Παλαιστίνη (used in early Christian writing), L. Palaestina (the name of the Roman province), and designates that territory on the eastern Mediterranean coast which in biblical times comprised the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. There have been many changes in the frontiers in the course of history. It was revived as an official political title for the land west of the Jordan mandated to Britain in 1920. Palestine ceased to exist as a political entity in 1948 when the state of Israel was established, but the name continues to be used to describe a geographical entity, particularly in the context of Arab aims for the resettlement of people who left the area when the state of Israel was established.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or connected with Palestine.
1875Encycl. Brit. II. 181/1 The books bearing this name are not contained in the Jewish or Palestinian Canon. 1902D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 163 The Palestinian highlands. 1920Glasgow Herald 13 July 6 Mr. Balfour said that for long he had been a convinced Zionist but..he never foresaw..that the great work of Palestinian reconstruction would happen so soon. 1934[see Götterdämmerung]. 1936A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. v. 113 Certain churches in southern Italy..show evidence of being the product of the Palestinian school. 1936Discovery Aug. 250/1 Palestinian objects of the Bronze Age. 1949Radio Times 15 July 27/2 Musa Alami, a prominent Palestinian Arab. 1962New Jewish Encycl. 476/1 The initial compilation of the Palestinian Talmud is ascribed to Rabbi Johanen ben Nappaha (third century). 1972Guardian 4 Sept. 3/7 Black September operations do generate a local Palestinian activism. 1973Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 22/4 Eventually the teachings of the Palestinian Amoraim were gathered together to form the Palestinian Talmud. 1976Daily Tel. 30 June 4/8 He accused the Syrians of collaborating with the Right-wing Christians to suppress the Palestinian commando movement. 1977M. Mazzawi in Times 13 June 14/1 This promise, coupled with 30 years' occupation of the country by Britain, and compounded by a decision of the United Nations in 1947, has resulted in the Palestinian people (who now number three million) being either in refugee camps, in exile, or under alien military rule.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Palestine in biblical or later times.
1905Daily Chron. 31 July 5/3 Territorialists..flooded the hall with leaflets declaring that 200 Russian Palestinians were illegally present. 1909Ibid. 9 Sept. 3/6 Those who are for a mass return to the country of their origin..are termed ‘Palestinians’. 1920Glasgow Herald 12 July 12 The higher ranks of the Civil Service..would consist mainly of British officials until an increasing number of Palestinians were fully qualified... Other ranks would be open to Palestinians, irrespective of creed. 1968Guardian 12 May 9/3 The other card the Israelis reckon to play is the Palestinians' actual experience of Israeli occupation. 1973Ibid. 21 Apr. 12/1 The Arabs..[must] put the rights of the Palestinians (to the exclusion of Israel) before anything else. 1974Times 30 Oct. 15/3 King Husain..is not himself a Palestinian and indeed has a vested interest in preventing the assertion of a distinct Palestinian identity. 1977Listener 19 May 642/1, I do not necessarily equate the Palestinians with the PLO: can you rationally and logically expect me to go along with the covenant that says that the liberation of Palestine means to purge the Zionist presence from Palestine. 1977M. Mazzawi in Times 13 June 14/2 The Palestinians who left their homes were driven out by danger and threats. 1979Time 13 Aug. 13/2 The Administration's first goal then, would be to bring Palestinians, perhaps even some P.L.O. officials, into the talks between the Israelis and the Egyptians on the future of the West Bank and Gaza. |