List of Palestinians

List Of Palestinians

The following are lists of Palestinian people or Palestinians.

The first list consists of Palestinian people since the creation of Mandatory Palestine in 1920. They are the modern descendants of people who have lived in Palestine over the centuries and today are largely culturally and linguistically Arab. This list does not include those Palestinian Jews who made up part of the population of Palestine prior to the creation of the State of Israel, since very few identify as "Palestinian" today.

The second list consists of people who were born in the region of Palestine prior to the modern identity politics resulting from the creation of Mandatory Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Whilst the history of a distinct Palestinian national identity is a disputed issue amongst scholars, modern Palestinians identify with the people born in the region of Palestine throughout history. According to Rashid Khalidi, the modern Palestinian identity encompasses the heritage of all ages from biblical times up to the Ottoman period. According to Palestinian author Walid Khalidi: "the Palestinians considered themselves to be descended not only from Arab conquerors of the seventh century but also from indigenous peoples who had lived in the country since time immemorial." and according to Palestinian anthropologist Ali Qleibo "in their customs and manners, fossils of these ancient civilizations survived until modernity—albeit modernity camouflaged under the veneer of Islam and Arabic culture." Genetic analysis suggests that a majority of the modern Muslims of Palestine, inclusive of Arab citizens of Israel, are descendants of Christians, Jews and other earlier inhabitants of the southern Levant whose core reaches back to prehistoric times.