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Pale (Greyhawk) In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Pale, properly known as the Theocracy of the Pale, is a political state situated in the Old Aerdy West region of the Flanaess, west of the Rakers.
Pale (heraldry) A pale is a term used in heraldic blazon and vexillology to describe a charge on a coat of arms (or flag), that takes the form of a band running vertically down the center of the shield. Writers broadly agree that the width of the pale ranges from about one-fifth to about one-third of the width of the shield.
Pale (town) Pale (Cyrillic]: Пале) is a town and a [[municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located northeast of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo. The municipality of Pale is one of the municipalities of the City of Istočno Sarajevo.
Pale catshark The pale catshark, Apristurus sibogae, is a rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, the holotype and only specimen of which was taken from the western central Pacific from the Makassar Strait slope between Borneo and Sulawesi at a depth of 655 m. Its length is 21 cm, although this is a juvenile specimen.
Pale Forest Pale Forest is a Norwegian female fronted folk/gothic-doom band, similar in sound to The Gathering, although softer and less electronic. Possibly best known among The Gathering fans, whom Pale Forest have toured with.
Pale ghost shark The pale ghost shark, Hydrolagus bemisi, is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found in deep sub-Antarctic waters on the Campbell Plateau and the The Snares Shelf south of New Zealand's Stewart Island. Its length is up to one m.
Pale Horse and Rider Pale Horse and Rider was a short-lived collaboration between Jon DeRosa and Marc Gartman. Their recordings featured a variety of performers in supporting roles, including Alan Sparhawk (Low), Charles Newman (Flare), Paul Oldham (Palace Brothers) and Mike Pride.
Pale Horse, Pale Rider Pale Horse, Pale Rider (ISBN 0-15-170755-3) is a collection of three novellas by American author Katherine Anne Porter published in 1939. The title story is about the relationship between a newspaper woman and a soldier during the influenza epidemic of 1918.
Pale Indian Plantain Pale Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium) is a perennial North American wild flower from the family Asteraceae. It is widely distributed through the eastern states of the United States, but it is listed as endangered in the state of New Jersey.
Pale lager Pale lager is a family of very pale to golden coloured beers with well attentuated body and noble hop bitterness. The brewing process for this beer family developed in the mid 1800s when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale brewing techniques back to the Spaten Brewery in Germany and this technique was picked up by other brewers, most notably Josef Groll who produced Pilsner Urquell.
Pale Male Pale Male is a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) who is beloved by New York City birders and who has attracted widespread notice in the press. He was named by the birdwatcher and author Marie Winn, due to his unusually light coloring.
Pale Night In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Pale Night is an Abyssal Lord, both enigmatic and unbelievably ancient. In Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss, it was revealed that she is a member of the demonic race called the obyriths.
Pale of Settlement The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта оседлости — cherta osedlosti) was a western border region of Imperial Russia in which permanent residence of Jews was allowed, extending from the pale or demarcation line, to near the border with central Europe.
Pale Saints Pale Saints began their existence as a three-piece jangly indie pop band, influenced by the early Primal Scream sound, later developing in a more ethereal pop direction. Forming in 1987 in Leeds, England, the band was signed to 4AD Records records after their first London show by 4AD chief Ivo.
Pale Shelter "Pale Shelter" is a song originally written by Roland Orzabal of the British band Tears for Fears. It was the band's fifth single release (the third taken from their debut LP The Hurting) and third UK Top 5 chart hit.
Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love) "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" is a song originally written by Roland Orzabal of the British band Tears for Fears. It was the band's second release, and the first of three versions of the song that would eventually see release as singles.
Pale-billed Flowerpecker The Tickell's Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos also known sometimes as the Pale-billed Flowerpecker is a tiny frugivorous bird found in India. The species is quite common and is easily seen in urban gardens with fruit trees.
Pale-billed Sicklebill The Pale-billed Sicklebill, Epimachus bruijnii is a medium-sized, up to 35cm long, olive brown bird of paradise. The male has a bare purple grey skin around its eye, brown iris, pale sickle-like bill, an iridescent red and purple-tipped upper breast plumes, blue and green-tipped ornamental lower breast feathers and purple small horn-like brow feathers.
Paleface Adios Paleface Adios (horse) (1969 - 1989) was one of the immortals of Australian harness racing, competing as a pacer throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. He in fact raced from 1972 to 1981 (from a 2YO until he was retired as an 11YO).
Palekh miniature Palekh miniature (Палехская миниатюра in Russian) is a Russian folk handicraft of miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (small boxes, cigarette and powder cases etc.).
Palencia Palencia is a city in the northwest of the Tierra de Campos of central Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. The municipality had a population of 80,801 in 2002.
Palencia de Negrilla Palencia de Negrilla is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 18 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 174 people.
Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located at about 130 km south of Ciudad del Carmen (see map). It is a medium-sized site, much smaller than such huge sites as Tikal or Copán, but it contains some of the finest architecture, sculpture, and bas-relief carvings the Maya produced.
Paleo-Arctic Tradition The Paleo-Arctic Tradition is the name given by archaeologists to the cultural tradition of the earliest well-documented human occupants of the North American Arctic, which date from the period 8000–5000 BC. The tradition covers Alaska and expands far into the east, west, and the Southwest Yukon Territory.
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet The Paleo-Hebrew alphabet is an offshoot of the Phoenician alphabet used to write the Hebrew language from about the 10th century BCE until it began to fall out of use in the 5th century BCE with the adoption of the Aramaic alphabet as a writing system for Hebrew and the subsequent emergence of the Hebrew alphabet.
Paleo-Indians Paleo-Indians or Paleoamericans were the ancient peoples of Americas who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. The prefix "paleo" comes from the Greek palaios meaning ancient, and refers to the Upper Paleolithic time period.
Paleo-Orthodoxy Paleo-Orthodoxy is a Christian theological movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is not a formal, organized movement, but a theological viewpoint seeking to return what the supporters of the movement consider "classical Christianity".
Paleoanthropology Paleoanthropology is the branch of physical anthropology (often called biological anthropology) that focuses on the study of human evolution, tracing the anatomic, behavioral and genetic linkages of pre-humans from millions of years ago up to modern times.
Paleoarchean The Paleoarchean (IPA: , also spelled Palaeoarchaean) is a geologic era within the Archaean. It spans the period of time 3600 Ma to 3200 Ma (million years ago)—the period being defined chronometrically and not referenced to a specific level in a rock section on Earth.
Paleobiology Paleobiology (sometimes spelled palaeobiology) is a growing and comparatively new discipline which combines the methods and findings of the natural science biology with the methods and findings of the earth science paleontology.
Paleobotany Paleobotany (from the Greek words paleon = old and botanikos = of herbs) is the branch of paleontology dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use in the reconstruction of past environments and the history of life. A closely related field is palynology, the study of fossil and extant spores and pollen.
Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project The Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project is a project, somewhat along the lines of AMIP or CMIP, to coordinate and encourage the systematic study of atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) and to assess their ability to simulate large climate changes such as those that occurred in the distant past. Project goals include identifying common responses of AGCMs to imposed paleoclimate "boundary conditions," understanding the differences in model responses, comparing model results with paleoclimate data, and providing AGCM results for use in helping in the analysis and interpretation of paleoclimate data.
Paleoconservatism Paleoconservatism (sometimes shortened to paleo or paleocon when the context is clear) is an anti-communist, anti-authoritariananti-authoritarian is used here following a definition contributed to Wikipedia: "opposition to... [the] concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people.
Paleoconservatism ideology The ideology of Paleoconservatism is mainly seen as conservative and libertarian. It is anti-communist, anti-authoritariananti-authoritarian is used here following a definition contributed to Wikipedia: "opposition to...
Paleoctenophora brasseli Paleoctenophora brasseli is an extinct species of ctenophore, known from Devonian slate near the German town of Buntenbach in the HunsrĂĽck. It is approximately 400 million years old and shows already the eight comb rows familiar from modern ctenophores.
Paleodicots Paleodicots (sometimes spelled "palaeodicots") is an informal name used by botanists (Spichiger & Savolainen 1997, Leitch et al. 1998) to refer to a group of flowering plants traditionally considered dicotyledons but excluded from the monophyletic group eudicots in classifications based on molecular systematics.
Paleoecology Paleoecology uses data from fossils and subfossils to reconstruct the ecosystems of the past. It includes the study of fossil organisms and their bromalites and other trace fossils in terms of their life cycle, their living interactions, their natural environment, their manner of death and burial.
Paleoethnobotany Paleoethnobotany, also known as archaeobotany in European (particularly British) academic circles, is the archaeological sub-field that studies plant remains from archaeological sites. The major research themes are recovery and identification of plant remains, the use of wild plants, the origins of agriculture and domestication, and the co-evolution of human-plant interactions.
Paleogeology Paleogeology is the historical geological state of a particular area, or the study of the geologic history and origins of the earth, including such things as reconstructions of previous configurations of the earth's continents, the history and evolution of the earth's surface geological configuration, the formation and development of continents, and so on.
Paleoliberalism Paleoliberalism is a somewhat obscure term for extreme liberalism. The (slightly more common) adjectival form, paleoliberal is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, as "Extremely or stubbornly liberal in political matters.
Paleolibertarianism Paleolibertarianism is a school of thought within American libertarianism founded by Lew Rockwell and Murray Rothbard, and closely associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. It is based on a combination of radical libertarianism in politics and cultural conservatism in social thought.
Paleolimnology Paleolimnology (Greek: paleon=old, limne=lake, logos=study) is the branch of limnology studying historic (archeological and geological) properties of inland fresh and brackish water bodies. These properties include physical, chemical, ecological, geographical, hydrological, zoological and biological aspects of extracted sediment cores.
Paleoliquefaction Paleoliquefaction is the term used to describe liquefaction features attributed to seismic events occurring before measurements or detailed records were kept of earthquakes. The study of these features can tell us a great deal about the seismicity of regions where large earthquakes happen infrequently.
Paleolithic The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (Greek παλαιός paleos=old and λίθος lithos=stone or the 'Old Stone Age') was the first period in the development of human technology of the Stone Age. It began with the introduction of the first stone tools by hominids such as Homo habilis (around 2,000,000 years ago) and lasted until the introduction of agriculture.
Paleolithic Continuity Theory The Paleolithic Continuity Theory (PCT) suggests that the Indo-European languages originated in Europe and have existed there since the Paleolithic. It argues that the appearance of Indo-Europeans coincides with the first regional settlement of Homo Sapiens in the Middle/Upper Paleolithic age.
Paleolithic diet The Paleolithic diet, also known as the caveman diet, paleodiet, Stone Age diet, the preagricultural diet, or hunter-gatherer diet, is the diet of wild plants and animals that various human species (see Homo (genus)) habitually consumed during the Paleolithic period (the Old Stone Age), a period of about 2 million years duration, ending about 10,000 years ago, when our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, invented agriculture. The modern version of this diet, the Paleolithic Diet, uses domesticated sources in lieu of the wild sources the original hunter-gatherer diet.
Paleomagnetism Paleomagnetism refers to the study of the record of the Earth's magnetic field preserved in various magnetic minerals through time. The study of paleomagnetism has demonstrated that the Earth's magnetic field varies substantially in both orientation and intensity through time.
Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciencies The Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN; ) in Moscow is the world's largest paleontological institute. An affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it includes collections from all over the former Soviet Union, as well as from other countries.
Paleontological Research Institution The Paleontological Research Institution, or PRI, is a natural history museum in Ithaca, New York with a mission incluing both research and education. PRI is affiliated with Cornell University, houses one of the largest fossil collections in North America, and publishes, among other things, the oldest journal of paleontology in the western hemisphere, Bulletins of American Paleontology.
Paleontology Paleontology or palaeontology (see spelling differences) is the study of the history and development of life on Earth, including that of ancient plants and animals, based on the fossil record (evidence of their prehistoric existence as typically preserved in sedimentary rocks). This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilized feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues.
Paleoparadoxia PaleoparadoxiaPaleoparadoxia connotes "ancient puzzle". is a genus of large, herbivorous marine mammals that inhabited the northern Pacific coastal region during the Miocene epoch (20 to 10 million years ago).
Paleopedological record The paleopedological record is, essentially, the fossil record of soils. The paleopedological record consists chiefly of paleosols buried by flood sediments, or preserved at geological unconformities, especially plateau escarpments or sides of river valleys.
Paleopedology Paleopedology (palaeopedology in England) is the discipline that studies soils of past geological eras, from quite recent (Quaternary) to the earliest periods of the Earth's history. Paleopedology can be seen either as a branch of soil science (pedology) or of paleontology, since the methods it uses are in many ways a well-defined combination of the two disciplines.
Paleoproterozoic The Paleoproterozoic (IPA: , also spelled Palaeoproterozoic) is the first of the three sub-divisions (eras) of the Proterozoic occurring between 2500 Ma and 1600 Ma (million years ago). This is when the continents first stabilized.
Paleopsychology A field founded in 1997 by multi-disciplinarian Howard Bloom to "trace the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10(-32) second of the Big Bang to the present."
Paleorhinus Paleorhinus was a genus of several small crocodile-like semi-aquatic animals that lived in the Late Triassic, specifically the earlier Late Carnian period. The reptiles lived throughout Europe, North America, and North Africa.
Paleosol In soil science, paleosols (spelt palaeosols in Great Britain and Australia) can have two meanings. The first meaning, is simply that of a former soil preserved by burial underneath either sediments (alluvium or loess) or volcanic deposits (Volcanic ash), which in case of older deposits, have lithified into rock.
Paleospecies The term paleospecies refers to hypothetical species which are currently extinct. The separation of the remains of various animals into paleospecies, since it is impossible to determine whether extinct "species" could interbreed, is based entirely on differences in observed characteristics.
Paleotempestology Paleotempestology is the study of past tropical cyclone activity by means of geological proxies. Examples of proxies include overwash deposits preserved in the sediments of coastal lakes and marshes, microfossils such as foraminifera, pollen, diatoms, dinoflagellates, phytoliths contained in coastal sediments, wave-generated or
Paleozoic The Paleozoic Era (from the Greek palaio, "old" and zoion, "animals", meaning "ancient life") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The Paleozoic spanned from roughly 542 MYA to roughly 251 MYA (ICS, 2004), and is subdivided into six geologic periods; from oldest to youngest they are: the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian.
Paleozoology Paleozoology (Greek: paleon = old and zoon = animal) is the branch of paleontology (or paleobiology) dealing with the recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains from geological (or even archeological) contexts, and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems.
Palermo Technical Impact The Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale was developed to enable NASA near-earth object specialists to categorize and prioritize potential impact risks spanning a wide range of impact dates, energies and probabilities. Actual scale values less than −2 reflect events for which there are no likely consequences, while Palermo Scale values between −2 and 0 indicate situations that merit careful monitoring.
Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale The Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale is a logarithmic scale used by astronomers to rate the potential hazard of impact of a near-earth object (NEO). It combines two types of data—probability of impact, and estimated kinetic yield—into a single "hazard" value.
Palermo, Buenos Aires Palermo is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is located in the northeast of the city, bordering the barrios of Belgrano to the north, Almagro and Recoleta to the south, Villa Crespo and Colegiales to the west and the RĂ­o de la Plata river to the east.
Palestine (Sacco comic) Palestine is a graphic novel written and drawn by Joe Sacco about his experiences in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in December 1991 and January 1992. Sacco gives a portrayal which emphasizes the history and plight of the Palestinian people, as a group and as individuals.
Palestine Arab Workers Society The Palestine Arab Workers Society (PAWS - Jam'iyyat al-'Ummal al-'Arabiyya al-Filastiniyya) was the main Arab labor organization in the British Mandate of Palestine. Its headquarters were in Haifa where it was established in 1925 by Sami Taha.
Palestine Communist Party The Palestinian Communist Party (in Yiddish:פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פרטיי, Palestiner Kumunistishe Partie, abbreviated PKP) was a political party in Palestine formed in 1923 through the merger of the Palestinian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Palestine. In 1924 the party was recognized as the Palestinian section of the Communist International.
Palestine Democratic Union The Palestine Democratic Union (Al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini, generally known as FIDA) is a small Palestinian political party active in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
Palestine Exploration Quarterly The Palestine Exploration Quarterly (abbreviated PEQ) is the main publication of London's Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF), issued (despite the name) twice each year to individual and institutional subscribers and supporters of the Fund.
Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions The Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) is a national trade union center in the State of Palestine. It has an estimated membership of 290,000, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
Palestine Liberation Front The Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) (جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية) is a militant Palestinian group which is designated by the United States and European Union as a terrorist] organization. It is presently led by [[Abu Nidal al-Ashqar.
Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (; or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary organization regarded by the Arab League since October 1974 as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people."Madiha Rashid al Madfai, Jordan, the United States and the Middle East Peace Process, 1974-1991, Cambridge Middle East Library, Cambridge University Press (1993).
Palestine Liberation Organization and Hamas The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was until the January 2006 legislative election the main Palestinian organization. It has maintained conflictual ties with the Hamas over the years, which has culminated with the election of this latter party.
Palestine News Network The Palestine News Network is an Arabic language media network run by Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza). It cooperates with the International Middle East Media Center which translates many of its reports into English for international, non-Arabic speaking public.
Palestine Park Palestine Park is located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in western NY. The park is a scale-model of the Holy Land, including cities, hills, rivers, and seas in approximately correct geographical location.
Palestine Popular Liberation Organization Palestine Popular Liberation Organization (in Arabic: المنظمة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين) was a Palestinian political organization. It was founded in 1964, on the eve of the first session of the Palestinian National Council.
Palestine Red Crescent Society The Palestine Red Crescent Society, founded in 1968, is a humanitarian organization that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It provides hospitals, emergency medicine and ambulance services, and primary health care centers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Palestine solidarity committee Palestine Solidarity Committee is a series of organizations established throughout the world, that help promote education, discourse, activism, and awareness of the Palestinian struggle for freedom from oppression and occupation.
Palestine Solidarity Movement The Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) is a student organization in the United States which was established in 2000 after the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in Palestine. The organization aims to use "divestment as a tactic to non-violently influence a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Palestine-Israel Journal Palestine Israel Journal is an independent, non-profit Jerusalem-based quarterly that aims to shed light on and analyze freely and critically, the complex issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians. Half of every issue is devoted to exploring a major theme on the joint Israeli-Palestinian agenda, while the other half contains regular departments relating to Culture, Economics, Viewpoints, Book Reviews, Documents and a Chronology of Events.
Palestine, West Virginia Palestine is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States; it is located at 39° 1' 48" N, 81° 24' 25" W, along the Little Kanawha River. It has an elevation of 712 feet (217m), and a population of approximately 1,000.
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid is a New York Times Best Seller written by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, and published by Simon and Schuster in November 2006.According to "Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction," New York Times, accessed January 25, 2007: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid is number 5 on the list as of date accessed.
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid/draft version Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid is a New York Times Best Seller written by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, and published by Simon and Schuster in November 2006.According to "Best Sellers: Hardcover Nonfiction," New York Times, accessed January 25, 2007: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid is number 5 on the list as of date accessed.
PalestineFacts PalestineFacts.org is an internet site which purports to give "comprehensive source of historically accurate information about the geographic, military and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Arab Palestinians".
Palestinian Airlines Palestinian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الفلسطينية) is an airline based in Gaza, Gaza Strip. It operated scheduled international services from Gaza to the Middle East and North Africa and pilgrim charter services to Jeddah.
Palestinian American Palestinian Americans are Americans of Palestinian Arab ancestry. It is difficult to say when the first Palestinian immigrants arrived at the United States, however, many of the first immigrants to arrive were Christians fleeing Ottoman Palestine in the late 1800s, while others came as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the Six Day War and some came from Latin America in search of jobs and a better life in cities like New York and Detroit alongside other Arab communities such as the Lebanese and Yemenis.
Palestinian Arab Front Palestinian Arab Front (in Arabic: الجبهة العربية الفلسطينية, al-jubhat al-arabiya al-filistiniya) (PAF) is a minor Palestinian Arab Nationalist faction. The group was founded on October 11, 1968.
Palestinian Arabic Palestinian Arabic is a Levantine Arabic dialect subgroup spoken by Palestinian Arabs. Palestinian rural dialects exhibit several distinctive features (particularly the pronunciation of qaf as kaf) which distinguish them from other Arabic varieties, but Palestinian urban dialects more closely resemble northern Levantine dialects, i.
Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation The Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (Arabic: "هيئة الإذاعة و التلفزيون الفلسطينية") The (PBC) was established December 1995 and is within the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority. It has a subsidiary radio station known as the Voice Of Palestine and a satellite channel known as Palestinian Satellite Channel.
Palestinian cultural club Founded in 1998, the Palestinian Cultural Club or the PCC as it is sometimes referred to, was established by group of Palestinian students at the American University of Sharjah to facilitate the objectives the Palestinian community. The PCC have grown from a student club, limited to just over 30 members targeting the University's student population, into a the largest and noticeably the influential student entity at the American University of Sharjah.
Palestinian Conciliation Commission The Palestinian Conciliation Commission (PCC) was an organization established by the British following Israel's 1948 War of Independence "in order to help work out a peaceful settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict" (Oded, 126). Throughout the 1950s, the PCC tried its best to deal with the key issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict, however the commission did not achieve any of its goals and the organization "ceased to function in 1962" (Oded, 126).
Palestinian diplomatic missions On 15 November 1988, the Palestinian National Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization, sitting in Algiers, adopted the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, unilateraly proclaiming the State of Palestine within the former British Mandate of Palestine, while not explicitly declaring its boundaries or claimed territory. At the time, the State of Palestine was not a de facto or de jure entity.
Palestinian domestic weapons production Over the course of the Al-Aqsa Intifada the various pro-Palestinian organizations have built a homemade weapons industry to fight the IDF and launch rocket attacks within Israel's borders. The majority of the effort has been in the production of unguided artillery rockets, though HAMAS has built its' own versions of anti-tank missiles and RPGs.
Palestinian Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), in Algiers on 15 November, 1988. It unilaterally proclaimed the establishment of a new independent state called the "State of Palestine" but at that time the PLO had no control of any territory.
Palestinian economy The Palestinian economy refers to the economy of the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza strip. Recent geopolitical events have severely damaged the economy of the territories.
Palestinian exodus The Palestinian exodus (Arabic: الهجرة الفلسطينية al-Hijra al-Filasteeniya) refers to the refugee flight of Palestinian Arabs during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It is called the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة), meaning "disaster" or "cataclysm", by Palestinians.
Palestinian exodus from Kuwait At the end of the Gulf War Kuwait expelled some 400,000 Palestinians because the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had aligned the PLO with Saddam Hussein, Kuwait's enemy. The exodus took place during one week in March 1991, after Kuwait was liberated from Iraqi occupation.
Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network The Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization with a mandate to protect the environment of Palestine by acting as a coordinating body for the Palestinian environmental organizations located in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PENGON was initiated after the 2000 al-Aqsa Intifada due to heightened demands for Palestinian environmental organizations to defend the Palestinian environment.
Palestinian factional violence The Palestinian civil skirmishes began after the ruling Hamas party accused Fatah of trying to kill the Palestinian foreign minister after shots were earlier fired at his convoy in Gaza City on December 15, 2006. Mahmoud al-Zahar was unharmed in the attack but one of his bodyguards was killed and his son wounded.
Palestinian flag The Palestinian flag was originally designed by Sharif Hussein for the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916. In 1917, the Palestinians were the first to raise it as the flag of the Arab National movement.

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