Palestinian American
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| Palestinian Americans
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| Total population |
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67,842[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| New York, New Jersey, Michigan, California,Texas |
| Languages |
| American English Arabic (Palestinian Arabic) Hebrew |
| Religions |
| Predominately Muslim some Christianity |
| Related ethnic groups |
| 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.[citation needed]
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).
The term itself sparks controversy on the nationhood of "Palestinians" and some Palestinian-Americans are opinionated on the Israeli army occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as the US government long backed the state of Israel's right to exist that Palestinians, whose families are dislocated refugees, find a deeply emotional sensitive issue.
Palestinians with American, British, and other Western Passports still suffer from Israeli suspicion on the grounds of security. They are sometimes turned away from Israeli border checkpoints because they were born in the Palestinian territories or have family living there[2][3].
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