The Palestinian people , ( , ash-sha ` b al-filasT Ä `` ni ) also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs ( , al-filasT Ä `` nÄ `` yyÅ `` n ; , al - ` Arab al-filasT Ä `` nÄ `` yyÅ `` n ) , are an Arabic-speaking people with family origins in Palestine . The Palestinian people , ( , ash-sha ` b al-filasT Ä `` ni ) also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs ( , al-filasT Ä `` nÄ `` yyÅ `` n ; , al - ` Arab al-filasT Ä `` nÄ `` yyÅ `` n ) , are an Arabic-speaking Levantine people with origins in the geographic region of the Eastern Mediterranean .