Palestinian people or Palestinians are an ethnonational group descended from peoples who have lived in Palestine. Palestinian may also refer to: Groups of people Definitions of Palestinian, listing several definitions Palestinian diaspora, Palestinian people living outside the region of Palestine Palestinian refugees, citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants Arab citizens of Israel, many of whom self-identify as Palestinian Places State of Palestine, a de jure sovereign state in the Western Asia Palestinian territories, the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia Mandatory Palestine, a geoplotical entity 1920–1948 Other uses Palestinian (horse), a racehorse Palestinian cuisine The Palestinian, a 1977 television documentary See also Palestine (disambiguation) Definitions of Palestinian Demographics of Palestine List of Palestinians All-Palestine Government, the administration in Gaza from 1948 - 1959 Palestinian Central Council, a policy decision arm of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), an organization founded in 1964 to liberate Palestine Palestinian National Authority, an interim self-government body administering the Gaza strip from 1994 - 2013 Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO PLO Executive Committee, the highest executive body of the PLO