Palestinian Jews
A Palestinian Jew was a Jewish inhabitant of Mandatory Palestine (or sometimes also preceding Ottoman Southern Syria). Jews in British Palestine prior to the establishment of the State of Israel are more commonly referred to as "Yishuv" (Jewish Community). A distinction is drawn between the "Old Yishuv," that is, the pre-existing Jewish community in the land of Israel, and the "New Yishuv," that is, largely newly-arrived Jewish immigrants after the First Aliyah in 1881. After the modern State of Israel was born in 1948, native Jews in Mandatory Palestine became citizens of Israel, and the term "Palestinian Jews" has largely fallen into disuse.
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“I have told my husband that if he denies women equality, I will be in the vanguard of women on the streets, protesting outside his office in the new Palestinian state.”
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