The Palestinian people or just Palestinians are the Arab people from the West Bank and the Gaza strip, which are also called the Palestinian Territories, or Palestine.

The people called "Palestinians" today are Arabs, but in the past, "Palestinians" could also be used as a name for Jewish people who lived in Palestine.

Some well known Palestinians are:

• Yasser Arafat, Leader of PLO
• Mahmoud Abbas, Leader of Fatah
• Edward Said, philosopher and literary theorist