democratic front for the liberation of palestine | (n) a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change, Syn. DFLP, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PDFLP |
palestine | (n) a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 |
palestine | (n) an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism, Syn. Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land |
palestine islamic jihad | (n) a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas, Syn. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini |
palestine liberation front | (n) a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border, Syn. Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah, PLF |
palestine liberation organization | (n) a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority, Syn. PLO |
palestine national authority | (n) combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO, Syn. Palestine Authority, Palestinian National Authority |
palestinian | (n) a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine, Syn. Palestinian Arab |
palestinian | (adj) of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants |
palestinian hizballah | (n) a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombings in Israel |
palestra | (n) a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes, Syn. palaestra |
palestrina | (n) Italian composer (1526-1594), Syn. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
popular front for the liberation of palestine | (n) a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel, Syn. PFLP |
popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command | (n) a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe, Syn. PFLP-GC |
hizballah | (n) a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon, Syn. Hizbollah, Lebanese Hizballah, Hizbullah, Party of God, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine |
巴 | [bā, ㄅㄚ, 巴] (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; abbr. for Palestine, Palestinian; abbr. for Pakistan; bar (unit of pressure); surname Ba #1,363 [Add to Longdo] |
巴勒斯坦 | [Bā lè sī tǎn, ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ, 巴 勒 斯 坦] Palestine #4,756 [Add to Longdo] |
哈马斯 | [Hā mǎ sī, ㄏㄚ ㄇㄚˇ ㄙ, 哈 马 斯 / 哈 馬 斯] Hamas (radical Palestinian group) #9,278 [Add to Longdo] |
阿拉法特 | [Ā lā fǎ tè, ㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄈㄚˇ ㄊㄜˋ, 阿 拉 法 特] Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特 #13,011 [Add to Longdo] |
阿巴斯 | [Ā bā sī, ㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄙ, 阿 巴 斯] Abbas (name); Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005 #13,673 [Add to Longdo] |
犹太 | [Yóu tài, ㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄞˋ, 犹 太 / 猶 太] Jew; Jewish; Judea (in Biblical Palestine) #20,417 [Add to Longdo] |
法塔赫 | [Fǎ tǎ hè, ㄈㄚˇ ㄊㄚˇ ㄏㄜˋ, 法 塔 赫] Fatah, Palestinian organization #21,406 [Add to Longdo] |
死海 | [Sǐ Hǎi, ㄙˇ ㄏㄞˇ, 死 海] Dead Sea (Palestine) #46,374 [Add to Longdo] |
伊斯兰圣战组织 | [Yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhī, ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄓ, 伊 斯 兰 圣 战 组 织 / 伊 斯 蘭 聖 戰 組 織] Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction) #63,837 [Add to Longdo] |
迦南 | [Jiā nán, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄢˊ, 迦 南] Canaan (in Biblical Palestine) #153,793 [Add to Longdo] |
加利利 | [Jiā lì lì, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ, 加 利 利] Galilee (in biblical Palestine) #206,674 [Add to Longdo] |
阿什拉维 | [Ā shén lā wéi, ㄚ ㄕㄣˊ ㄌㄚ ㄨㄟˊ, 阿 什 拉 维 / 阿 什 拉 維] surname Ashrawi; Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist #218,580 [Add to Longdo] |
亚西尔・阿拉法特 | [Yà xī ěr· Ā lā fǎ tè, ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧ ㄦˇ· ㄚ ㄌㄚ ㄈㄚˇ ㄊㄜˋ, 亚 西 尔 ・ 阿 拉 法 特 / 亞 西 爾 ・ 阿 拉 法 特] Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat [Add to Longdo] |
加利肋亚 | [Jiā lì lèi yà, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄟˋ ㄧㄚˋ, 加 利 肋 亚 / 加 利 肋 亞] Galilee (in biblical Palestine) [Add to Longdo] |
加里肋亚海 | [Jiā lǐ lèi yà Hǎi, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄞˇ, 加 里 肋 亚 海 / 加 里 肋 亞 海] Sea of Galilee (Palestine) [Add to Longdo] |
巴勒斯坦民族权力机构 | [Bā lè sī tǎn Mín zú Quán lì Jī gòu, ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧ ㄍㄡˋ, 巴 勒 斯 坦 民 族 权 力 机 构 / 巴 勒 斯 坦 民 族 權 力 機 構] Palestinian National Authority [Add to Longdo] |
巴勒斯坦解放组织 | [Bā lè sī tǎn Jiě fàng Zǔ zhī, ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄓ, 巴 勒 斯 坦 解 放 组 织 / 巴 勒 斯 坦 解 放 組 織] Palestine Liberation Organization [Add to Longdo] |
拿撒勒 | [Ná sǎ lè, ㄋㄚˊ ㄙㄚˇ ㄌㄜˋ, 拿 撒 勒] Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine) [Add to Longdo] |
解放巴勒斯坦人民阵线 | [Jiě fàng Bā lè sī tǎn Rén mín Zhèn xiàn, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ, 解 放 巴 勒 斯 坦 人 民 阵 线 / 解 放 巴 勒 斯 坦 人 民 陣 線] Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [Add to Longdo] |
非利士 | [Fēi lì shì, ㄈㄟ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ, 非 利 士] Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1, 000 BC) [Add to Longdo] |
非利士族 | [Fēi lì shì zú, ㄈㄟ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˊ, 非 利 士 族] Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1, 000 BC) [Add to Longdo] |