Palestinian American

Palestinian American

Infobox Ethnic group

Notable Palestinian Americans
DJ Khaled • Dean Obeidallah • Edward Said • Benny Hinn • Rami Kashou

group = Palestinian Americans
population = 66,333 [http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s0051.xls U.S. Census Bureau: Population by Selected Ancestry Group and Region: 2005] ]
popplace = New York, New Jersey, Michigan, California,Texas
languages = American English
Arabic (Palestinian Arabic)
Hebrew
religions = Predominately Christianity, some Muslim
related-c = Other Palestinian people

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, 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.

Palestinians settled down in cities like New York, Los Angeles and Detroit alongside other Arab communities such as the Lebanese and Yemenis. A sizable Palestinian community of about 600 persons can be found in Gallup, New Mexico, they first arrived in the 1970s and are found in the Southwestern arts and jewelry industries. Fact|date=April 2008

According to the US Census Bureau's 2000 count, there were 72,112 Palestinian-Americans living in the United States, however, The Arab American Institute Foundation estimates the figure at 252,000 while the Palestinian American Council puts it at 179,000 "(1999)".

Some believe that the term itself sparks controversy on the nationhood of "Palestinians".

Some Palestinian-Americans are strongly opinionated on the Palastinian refugee problem and on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip following the Six Day War. Others deny Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state and are angered at the US government backing of the state of Israel and its endorsement of the Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Some Palestinians with American, British, and other Western Passports suffer from Israeli suspicion on the grounds of security [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2003/Details+of+April+30-+2003+Tel+Aviv+suicide+bombing.htm] and are sometimes turned away from Israeli border checkpoints. [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5409.shtml] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166318,00.html]

ee also

*Arab American
*Palestine
*Arab-Israeli conflict
*Palestinian diaspora

References

External links

* [http://www.pac-usa.org/refugee_stats.htm Palestinian American Council]
* [http://www.aaiusa.org/arab-americans/22/demographics Arab Americans]
* [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Pa-Sp/Palestinian-Americans.html Palestinian Americans]


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