I hope that our dream to have our independent state on all historic Palestine (will materialize).

That amounts to a mere 22 percent of historic Palestine, Abbas likes to point out.

"All of historic Palestine is ours, and we don't distinguish between 1948 or 1967," he said.

The estimated number of the Palestinian population in historic Palestine was 4.9 million at end of 2005.

Jewish immigrants had begun arriving in historic Palestine before 1900.

The clerics also reiterated a tough line against giving up any right to historic Palestine.

They believe over time they will be strong enough to liberate all historic Palestine.

The most popular embroidered images are maps of historic Palestine.

Still others envisage a one-state solution in all of historic Palestine.

His chronicle indicate his familiarity with the topography of historic Palestine.