Palestinians are people with family origins mainly in Palestine. Their religion is primarily Islam, with Christianity, Judaism, Druze, and other minorities. Today, they are mainly Arabic-speaking.

Under the British mandate period from 1918 to 1948, the term “Palestinian” referred to anyone native to Palestine, regardless of their religion; Muslim, Christian, Jew, or Druze. [1] Since the creation of Israel, the application of “Palestinian” to native Palestinian Jews has lessened, and they are now simply identified as “Israelis” and are not distinguished from the majority of Israeli Jews resultant from the modern Zionist migrations. While some also exclude Israeli Arabs from today’s definition of “Palestinians,” others do not.