PALESTINE

BY: MAEN MOHAMMAD

6TH GRADE

Palestine

GOVERMENT• Palestine has a Parliamentary Democracy. • A parliamentary democracy means that the

political power is held by an elected parliament representing the people. 

WHO IS IN CHARGE?• The president of Palestine is Mahmoud Abbas.

He is a great leader. He was born in 1935. Abbas earned a law degree from the University of Damascus. In 1990’s he negotiated with Israel and made an agreement that they would leave some land alone like West Bank and Gaza Strip.

ECONOMY• Palestine has a blooming economy. They grow fruits , vegetables, and

more but mostly olive. The people there are really smart. They are smart in medical and engineering education. They also get a lot of natural recourses.

• Olive• Grape• Figs• Stones/Marbles

RELIGION

•In Palestine most of the religion practiced is Islam. They have a small population of Christianity and Jews.

LANGUAGE

•Almost all Palestine speaks Arabic.

•A low population talks English.

GEOGRAGHY & Location• Location • Mountains: Ebal Mountain, and Jarzeem

Mountain.• Lake: Lake Tibreas• Rivers: Jordan River, and Ba Nias River.• Sea: Dead Sea

LAND MARKS•MASJID AL’AQSA: holy place for Muslims.

Were the prophet Muhammad went to the 7 heavens and praid with the other prophets.

•Jerusalem : all relegion …

•Hebron Is important for Muslims .. Abraham grave is in Alharam al-ebraheme

•Bethelehem “: is important for Christine .. Church of Nativity

TRADITIONS•Sport: Soccer•Clothes: Thobe

History & FACTS?!• Israel occupied Palestine in 1984.• Have the highest amount of educated people in

the Middle East!• For thousands of years, the olive tree has been

an integral part of the Palestinian landscape: a symbol of Palestinian identity, culture and tradition.

• 45% of the agricultural land in the West Bank is dedicated to olive production.

Palestine before 1948

How did Palestine became Israel ?

Refrence: http://www.palestineremembered.com/Maps/index.html

Satellite picture of Palestine

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