Palestinian People

The Palestinian people, (Arabic: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, ash-sha`b al-filasTini) also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs (Arabic: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, al-filasTiniyyun; Arabic: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, al-`Arab al-filasTiniyyun), are an Arabic-speaking people with family origins in Palestine. The total Palestinian population, including descendants, is estimated at approximately 10 million, roughly half continuing to live in the region of historic Palestine, an area encompassing Israel proper, the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. In this combined area, as of 2009, they constitute a majority of 51% of all inhabitants,[10] some of whom are internally displaced persons. The remainder, just over half of all Palestinians, comprise what is known as the Palestinian diaspora, most of whom are stateless refugees lacking citizenship in any country. Of the diaspora, over two and a half million live in neighboring Jordan,one million is shared between Syria and Lebanon, a quarter million in Saudi Arabia, and Chile's half a million is the largest concentration outside the Arab world.