Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

(), officially the

State of Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

, is a country in West Asia. Palestine (variously transcribed from Arabic as Falastin, Falasteen, Felesteen, Felestin and other variants, and from Latin as Palaestina) may also refer to:

Geographic region

Palestine (region) The region of Palestine, also known as historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia. It includes the modern states of Israel and Palestine, as well as parts of northwestern Jordan in some definitions. Other names for the region i ...

, an area in West Asia **

Syria Palaestina Syria Palaestina ( ) was the renamed Roman province formerly known as Judaea, following the Roman suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt, in what then became known as the Palestine region between the early 2nd and late 4th centuries AD. The pr ...

, a Roman province between the early 2nd and late 4th centuries AD **

Palaestina Prima Palaestina Prima or Palaestina I was a Byzantine province that existed from the late 4th century until the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s, in the region of Palestine. It was temporarily lost to the Sassanid Empire (Persian Empire) in ...

or Palaestina I (4th to 7th centuries), Byzantine province **

Palaestina Secunda Palaestina Secunda or Palaestina II was a province of the Byzantine Empire from 390, until its conquest by the Muslim armies in 634–636. Palaestina Secunda, a part of the Diocese of the East, roughly comprised inland Galilee, the Jezreel Valley ...

or Palaestina II (4th to 7th centuries), Byzantine province **

Palaestina Salutaris Palaestina Salutaris or Palaestina Tertia was a Late Roman and Byzantine province, which covered the area of the Negev, Sinai (except the north-western coast) and south-west of Transjordan, south of the Dead Sea. The province, a part of the Dio ...

or Palaestina Tertia (4th to 7th centuries), Byzantine province **

Jund Filastin Jund Filasṭīn (, "the military district of Palestine") was one of the military districts of the Umayyad and Abbasid province of Bilad al-Sham (Levant), organized soon after the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s. Jund Filastin, which ...

, a military district in the Umayyad and Abbasid province of Bilad al-Sham **

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine was a British Empire, British geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the Palestine (region), region of Palestine, and after 1922, under the terms of the League of Nations's Mandate for Palestine. After ...

(1920–1948), a geopolitical entity under British administration ** Occupied Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip

Other places

Iraq

* Palestine Hotel, building in Baghdad * Palestine Street, in Baghdad

United Kingdom

* Palestine, Hampshire, England * Palestine Place, headquarters in London of the Church of England's organization Church's Ministry Among Jewish People

United States

Alphabetically by state. *

Palestine, Arkansas Palestine is a town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States, along the L'Anguille River. The population was 681 at the 2010 census, a decline from 741 in 2000. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a to ...

* Palestine, a community of

Newtown, Connecticut Newtown ( ) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Greater Danbury area as well as the New York metropolitan area. Newtown was founded in 1705, and later incorporated in 1711. As of the 2020 census, its p ...

* Palestine, Illinois, in Crawford County * Palestine Township, Woodford County, Illinois * New Palestine, Illinois * Palestine, Indiana (disambiguation), several places * Palestine Township, Story County, Iowa * Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri * Palestine, Ohio * East Palestine, Ohio * New Palestine, Ohio * Palestine, Texas * Lake Palestine, in Texas * Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia * Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia

Arts, entertainment, and media

* '' Falastin'', a Palestinian newspaper published from 1911 to 1967 * ''Felesteen'' (newspaper), a Palestinian newspaper published since 2006 * ''New Palestine'' (magazine), an American magazine published in 1919 * ''Palestine'' (graphic novel), a 2001 non-fiction graphic novel by Joe Sacco * ''Palestine from the Perspective of Ayatollah Khamenei'', a 2011 compilation of statements by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei * ''Palestine'' (poem), an 1803 poem by Reginald Heber * ''Palestine'', a 1912 American silent documentary film by Sidney Olcott *

Charlemagne Palestine Chaim Moshe Tzadik Palestine (born August 15, 1947), known professionally as Charlemagne Palestine, is an American visual artist and musician. He has been described as being one of the founders of New York school of minimalist music, first initia ...

(born 1947), American composer

Other uses

Palestine (horse) Palestine (1947–1974) was a British Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorse. Owned and bred by Aga Khan III he was out of the mare Una and sired by Fair Trial. Trained by Marcus Marsh and ridden by Charles Smirke, Charlie Smirke, Palestine was ...

, a racehorse who won the 2,000 Guineas in 1950