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Did You Know?

Did You Know?

The All 4 Palestine initiative is the brainchild of a Palestinian-born Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global and Dr. Sabri Saidam, former Palestinian Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technologies, who wanted the world to explore indepth the ingenuity and creativity of Palestinians living around the globe. 

• Did you know that Palestine is the land of Gathering (Mahshar) and the Resurrection (Manshar )?

• Did you know that Palestine was the first country that God swore by in Qur'an?

• Did you know that Prophet Ibrahim and his two sons are buried in Hebron, Palestine?

• Did you know that the land of Palestine was the most vulnerable land to invasions in human history?

• Did you know that the State of Palestine was founded before the Maccabees or the Israelis?

• Did you know that the Phoenicians are the Canaanites themselves but the Israelis gave them a new name to create a separatism among them?

• Did you know that the first legislative body in the world was founded in Palestine, it was a board that included one representative from each tribe?

• Did you know that the first sports association in Asia was established in Palestine on June 2, 1928?

• Did you know that Palestine was the first Arab country which played a football game against England in 1929 in Jerusalem? 

• Did you know that Jesus Christ was born on the land of Palestine in a small town called Beit Sahour near Bethlehem, and his roots go back to Nazareth (a Palestinian city)?

• Did you know that the old Palestinian language contained more than 34 alphabetical characters, but tons of words and characters were stolen by Israelis and they claimed that those words and characters are part of old Hebrew language?

• Did you know that 4 different climates exist in Palestine which is very rare  for a small area like Palestine? The four climates are: coastal, desert, mountain and valleys climates?

• Did you know that the term "rare agriculture" was invented to describe only the type of agriculture in Palestine?


• Did you know that 5.5% of United States' scientists are originally Palestinians?

• Do you know that the geologists say that the White Mountain,  a mountain in Nablus,  moves 1 mm per day?  The city built a cement barrier to stop it but it is still moving?

• Did you know that Palestine is known for the best quality of grape in the world, especially the grape from Hebron city?

• Did you know that Palestine produces the highest-quality  olive oil in the world, especially the oil from Jaras city?

• Did you know that Palestinians were the first to use dates, oranges, lemons and melons?

• Did you know that the first city in the world is the city of Jericho, Palestine, followed by the city of Hebron?

• Did you know that the first wall in the world was built in Jericho city in Palestine?

• Did you know that  four Palestinian cities (Bisan, Nablus, Acre and Jaffa)  were part of the  past twelve cities in the Greeks era?

• Did you know that Napoleon surrendered at the gates of Acre?

• Did you know that the Emperor of Rome ordered the expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem and that was because of their bad behavior and hatred against Christianity and Christians, while at the same time and he was a Roman of Palestinian origin?

• Did you know that the first historian in the world was Palestinian and his name was   Ceos Kasirus, his book is still being kept in the Louvre Museum?

• Did you know that Palestinians are the first people who worked in blacksmithery?

• Did you know that one of the earliest discoveries of human existence is a stone with curving signs that return to life before the stone age, and it was discovered in Jerusalem?

• Did you know that the Ituraeans were the first people who worked in carpentry and they were living in Hebron-Palestine?