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| ==How to Find the Records== | | ==How to Find the Records== |
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| ===Offices to Contact=== | | ===Offices to Contact=== |
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| [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Israel.html?wcmmode=disabled '''U.S. Visa documents by country'''] explains how to obtain birth, death, marriage, divorces, adoptions, and other records for Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.<br>
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| [https://www.moi.pna.ps/home/ '''Palestinian Authority Ministry of Interior (MOI)''']<br>
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| Ramallah<br>
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| Al Masyoun - opposite the Cabinet<br>
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| Palestine<br>
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| Telephone: +970-22946540<br>
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| Email: [mailto:info@moi.pna.ps info@moi.pna.ps]<br>
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| [https://www.tscc.pna.ps/en/court_building '''The Supreme Constitutional Court''']<br>
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| Palestine - Al-Bireh<br>
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| Telephone: +970-22409035<br>
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| Email: [mailto:president@tscc.pna.ps president@tscc.pna.ps]<br>
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| [https://www.unrwa.org/ '''United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East'''] <br>
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| UNRWA helps about 5.7 Million Palestine refugees. It is creating a "registration portal which will allow Palestine refugees to directly access their records and download electronic documents pertaining to their family history over the last 70 years."<ref>United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), What We Do, [https://www.unrwa.org/what-we-do/eligibility-registration Eligibility Registration], (accessed 13 August 2021)</ref>
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| [https://www.unrwa.org/contact-us '''UNRWA Offices''']:
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| '''Sami Mshasha, Director of Communications & Arabic Language Spokesperson'''<br>
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| Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem<br>
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| Jerusalem<br>
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| Palestinian Territory<br>
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| Telephone: +972-(0)54-216-8295<br>
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| Email: [mailto:s.mshasha@unrwa.org s.mshasha@unrwa.org]<br>
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| '''Gaza Public Information Office'''<br>
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| Al-Azhar Road (opposite Islamic University), Rimal Quarter<br>
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| Gaza City<br>
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| Palestinian Territory<br>
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| Telephone: (+ 972 8) 288 7213<br>
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| Contact Name: Milina Shahin, Public Information Officer <br>
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| Email: [mailto:gazapio@unrwa.org gazapio@unrwa.org]<br>
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| '''West Bank Public Information Office'''<br>
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| Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem<br>
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| Jerusalem<br>
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| Palestinian Territory<br>
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| Telephone: (+ 972) 2 589 1618<br>
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| ::::(+ 971) 562 940 664<br>
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| Fax: (+ 972) 2 0751 589<br>
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| Contact Name: Kazem Abu-khalaf, OIC-Public Information Officer<br>
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| Email: [mailto:k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org k.abu-khalaf@unrwa.org]<br>
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| ==Historical Background== | | ==Historical Background== |
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| According to Wikipedia, many governments recognize Palestine as a state.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_the_State_of_Palestine Legal status of the State of Palestine], (accessed 10 August 2021).</ref>
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| "In accordance with the Oslo agreement signed in Washington on September 13, 1993, the Palestinian self-government began issuing Palestinian Authority Passport/Travel Documents in 1995."<ref>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, [https://www.uscis.gov/archive/resource-information-center-palestine-0 Resource Information Center: Palestine U.S.]</ref>
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| To understand who lived in the area of Palestine and when, see the Wikipedia article, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine State of Palestine].
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| ==Coverage and Compliance== | | ==Coverage and Compliance== |
| '''National Census''' <br> | | '''British Assisted Census Survey in 1907''' |
| Palestine Census Bureau of Statistics includes number of Palestinians in Israel from 1948 to 2017. But those individuals will most likely be recorded in Israeli archives. The Palestinian Census estimates 85-90% coverage. It includes only Palestinians in Palestinian Territories, and does not include foreigners in Palestine, or Palestinians who hold Israeli citizenship.
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| There were two '''British Censuses''' done. One in 1922 and another in 1931.
| | '''National Censuses''' in 1986, 1997, 2004. Covers households and individuals. |
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| Jordan did a census in '''1952''' that included three districts - Hebron, Nablus, and Jerusalem.
| | '''British Handbook'''<br> |
| | | Provides officials with an overview of the land, people, and politics of the region. The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf includes coverage over the region of current day Qatar. |
| In '''1967''' there was an '''Israeli Census'''. This included:
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| *Gender
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| *Marital Status
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| *Members of Household
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| There are also numbers for people exiled.
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| ==Information Recorded in the Records== | | ==Information Recorded in the Records== |
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| == References == | | == References == |
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