Palestinians are 'stateless' but united by longing for peace, say historians
Palestinian historians talk with ABC News about their culture and the long struggle for equality amid the Israel-Gaza conflict. The Palestinian people make up one of the largest refugee groups in the world, often forced off their land or pushed to flee amid ongoing co NFL ict in the region, according to the United Nations. They are state less, their identity not defined by specific borders, but rather tied together by a collective longing for a place to call home. Their existence has long been traded and transferred by different ruling powers throughout their History , leaving their fate hanging in the balance. Palestinians are a diverse, multi-religious and multicultural group of roughly 14 million people internationally who trace their roots back to what is now known as the Israeli-Palestinian region of the Middle East. Many of them no longer remain there, spread across the globe. Those who remain in the Palestinian territory of Gaza have been under blockade, with Israel controlling...