State of Palestine

"Since Palestine is one of the most wartorn places in the Middle East, and even the world, we were shocked as it falls down under the hands of Israel. Now it wants to fight back still."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Wrath of Palestine

Palestine (Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filasṭīn), officially the State of Palestine (Arabic: دولة فلسطين‎ Dawlat Filasṭīn), is a de jure sovereign state in the Middle East claiming the West Bank (bordering Israel and Jordan) and Gaza Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt) with East Jerusalem as the designated capital although its administrative center is located in Ramallah. Most of the areas claimed by the State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967 in the consequence of the Six-Day War  The population is 4,550,368 as of 2014, ranked 123rd in the world.