What is Palestine (region)?
{{Location map+ | Israel | AlternativeMap = Historical boundaries of Palestine (plain).svg | caption = {{legend|border=darkgreen solid|white|Boundaries of Roman [[Syria Palaestina]], where dashed green line shows the boundary between Byzantine [[Palaestina Prima]] and [[Palaestina Secunda]], as well as [[Palaestina Salutaris]]}} {{legend|border=darkred solid|white|Borders of the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]}} {{legend|border=blue dotted|white|Borders of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]], claimed by State of Palestine}} | alt= Palestine is in Asia}} '''Palestine''' is a [[region]] in the [[Middle East]]. It is in the [[Levant]], between the [[Jordan River]] and the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>Jacobson, David M., ''Palestine and Israel'', Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 313 (Feb. 1999), pp. 65–74</ref><ref>The Southern and Eastern Borders of Abar-Nahara Steven S. Tuell Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 284 (Nov. 1991), pp. 51–57</ref><ref>Herodotus' Description of the East Mediterranean Coast Anson F. Rainey Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 321 (Feb. 2001), pp. 57–63</ref> Many cultures have lived in Palestine through history and built their [[civilization]]s, such as the [[Philistines]], [[Phoenicians]] and [[Arab people|Arabs]]. It is also called the [[Holy Land]]. It is where [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] began. Today, the region is divided into two states: [[Israel]] and the [[State of Palestine]]. The territories in the [[West Bank]] and the [[Gaza Strip]] have been disputed between Israel and Palestine.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Le More|first=Anne|title=International assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo: political guilt, wasted money|volume=1|series=Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict|publisher=[[Routledge]]|location=London and New York | isbn= 978-0-415-45385-1 |year=2008|page=27}}</ref><ref name=UNOCHADec2009>{{cite web|url=http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_the_humanitarian_monitor_2010_01_18_english.