Palestinian Identity Quotes

“The single most important thread of Palestinian identity and collective memory is the nakba—the tragedy that happened to the Palestinians with the birth of Israel. Keeping the memory of pre-1948 Palestine has been the fuel that crystalized Palestinians into a nation.”
― Gershon Baskin, In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine

“The region was a veritable postage stamp, on which contemporary rivalries -- territorial, religious, and political -- predated the Great Powers' division of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I, a carve-up that was based entirely on Western interests. Later, what had been historic Palestine became Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Israel now controlled swathes of territory previously held by Jordan, Syria, and Egypt.”
― Paul McGeough, اقتل خالد: عملية الموساد الفاشلة لاغتيال خالد مشعل وصعود حماس