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Palestine - An area located in the Southern Levant region of Western Asia.
Nakba - Meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic, used to refer to the displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Six-Day War - A 1967 conflict lasting six days between Israel and its Arab neighbours. Israel won, capturing large amounts of land.
Hamas - A militant Palestinian organisation, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. It is listed as a terrorist organisation in the UK.
Gaza - The smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt.
Iran - A country in Western Asia, officially called the Islamic Republic of Iran. It has a population of 84 million.
Venezuela - An oil-producing country in South America.
Two-state solution - A proposed solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, which imagines an independent State of Palestine as well as the State of Israel.
West Bank - A landlocked territory bordered by Israel, Jordan and the Dead Sea. It is the largest of the Palestinian territories.