10 Things You Didn’t Know About Palestine

Oldest City in the World

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Birthplace of Olives

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Holy Land for 3 Faiths

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Rich in Culture

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First to Cultivate Wheat

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Unique Cuisine

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Arabic Dialect

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Poets of Resistance

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Young Population

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Global Diaspora

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