Israeli Palestinian conflict

	The messages regarding the right of the Palestinian People to all of “Palestine” are disseminated through icons . In order to demonstrate the message of “ Palestine” as a single Palestinian entity extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean sea, miniature maps of Palestine adorned with the colors of the Palestinian flag or bound by it, are circulated throughout the PA areas and beyond. Following are some examples :
		Map A : a plaque featuring a map of “Palestine” integrated into the Palestinian flag awarded by the “ Islamic Bloc ” at Al-Najah University in Nablus (the “Islamic Bloc” is the Hamas student movement). The plaque was presented to the student Raba al-Masri for her graduation from the department of journalism in the Humanities faculty .

		Map B : a plaque featuring a map of “Palestine” integrated into the Palestinian flag given to Yihye Yakhluf , deputy head of the PA Ministry of Culture, in appreciation of his “unique” support of the PA and UNRWA summer camps in 1999 (Yihye Hassan Abdallah Yakhluf, a Fatah member from Ramallah serves as the deputy head of the PA Ministry of Culture.) He was awarded the plaque by the “supervising committee for summer camps and schools in the Jerusalem and Jericho areas.”

		Map C : a map of “Palestine” integrated into the Palestinian flag, saturated with messages of violence, as it appears in a student's drawing. The drawing was found among documents captured in Bethlehem.

		Map D : a flag of Palestine stemming from the word “ Hamas ” tied around a map of Palestine featuring a rifle next to the Al-Aqsa mosque. The map was attached to the Hamas magazine “ Filisteen Almuslima ”, printed in Lebanon and circulated from the U.K. throughout the world, in honor of the seventh anniversary of the first Intifada (December 1993 issue) and the establishment of the Hamas movement (December 1987).


	Map A

	A map of “Palestine” integrated into the Palestinian flag appearing on a plaque awarded to the student Raba Al-Masri from A -Najah University in Nablus by the “ Islamic Bloc ” (the Hamas student movement). She was awarded the plaque on the occasion of her graduation from the department of journalism in the faculty of Humanities. The plaque was captured during Operation Defensive Shield (a documentary photographed by C.N.N. - 6 September 2003 - depicts Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the Hamas leader, sitting in his office against the background of a map of Palestine in the colors of the Palestinian flag.)


	Map B

	A map of “Palestine” integrated into the Palestinian flag on a plaque awarded to Yihyeh (Hasan Abdallah) Yakhluf (1999), the deputy (head) of the Palestinian Culture Ministry, in appreciation of his “unique” support of the PA and UNRWA summer camps. The plaque was awarded to him by the “Jerusalem and Jericho areas summer-camps-and-schools supervising committee” (on the left). On the right hand side: the UNRWA logo.

	Map C

	Map C: a map of “Palestine” integrated into the Palestinian flag on a plaque given to Yihyeh Yakhluf the deputy head of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, in appreciation of his efforts in conducting an “Intifada martyr's course” (Ramallah, 7-18 April 2001.)


	Map D

	The drawing of a student was found among the radical Islamic material studied in Palestinian schools which was captured by the IDF in Bethlehem during Operation Defensive Shield. The drawing, saturated with symbols of the armed Palestinian struggle, is of Noah's ark sailing the stormy seas and portraying the name “Palestine” (made up of the graphic symbols from the deck upwards.) Above the deck, on the left hand side, appears a map of Palestine integrated into the Palestinian flag featuring the first tenet of Islam (the “shahaada”): “there is no God other than Allah and Muhammad (is) the messenger of Allah.”


	Map E

	The flag of “Palestine” next to a rifle emerging from the word “Hamas” Source: Hamas magazine “ Filisteen Almuslima ” (currently printed in Lebanon and circulated from the U.K.), December 1993 issue. The map was attached to the above magazine to mark the entry to the seventh anniversary of both the first Intifada and the establishment of the Hamas.


	Map F

	The calendar of the “Students Youth Movement” (identified with Fatah ) at Al-Najah University in Nablus. On the left hand side: a map of “Palestine” featuring a fist symbolizing Palestinian revolution and defiance.