Ambassador Dr. Mufeed Shami

Palestine

Historic Palestine is based in the Middle East bordering Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Nowadays Palestine comprises the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the Eastern Mediterranean Coast.

Capital East Jerusalem

Area

West Bank 5,640km2 Gaza 45 km2

Population

West Bank 2,5 million Gaza 1,5 million

Diaspora

Today more than 5 million Palestinians live as refugees, hundreds of thousands of whom still live in [...]