What do the colors of the Palestinian flag represent?
Green is for the land of Palestine,
White is for the peace in which the Palestinian people lived before they were made refugees,
Red is for their blood spilled trying to liberate their land, and
Black is for their life under occupation.
The Palestinian flag represents all Palestinian Arab aspirations regardless of party.
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Written for The Daily Californian By Matthew Taylor
Political Zionism-the quest to establish and hold a Jewish-majority state within historic Palestine-has largely been predicated on the belief that Palestinians should not have the right to live on their ancestral lands. In 1948, Israel's founders carried this philosophy to its logical conclusion and used military force to [...]
