All travelers will need a passport valid for at least 90 days following your departure date from Palestine. However, we strongly recommend traveling with 6 months validity on your passport at all times. Citizens of Canada can refer to www.passport.gc.ca for forms and instructions for new passport applications and Canadian passport renewals.

Tourism in the Palestinian territories refers to tourism in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The tourism industry declined 90% following the Second Intifada in 2000, though it had recovered, with 2.6 million tourists in 2009, 1.7 million from abroad. Palestinian Authority's Tourism minister is Khouloud Daibes. Foreign tourism is no longer restricted to the West Bank, due to the opening of the Rafah crossing located between Egypt and the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip.

Palestine sports has passed through various difficult phases. Sports in Palestine is a major source of entertainment for a country, which is otherwise in the midst of continuous political turmoils and wars. Palestinian football as a sport in enjoyed, liked and played by everybody.

The people of the modern Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and West Bank are predominantly Muslim.

The Gaza Strip is over 99 per cent Muslim, principally Sunni.

The Palestine government and politics works within the framework of the rules and regulations as laid down in the Constitution of Palestine. The Constitution came into existence in 1968. In 2001 the first draft of this constitution was published. Dr. Nabeel Ali Shaath is the Chairman of the Committee of the Palestine Constitution.

The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves.

This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline.

PALESTINE, a region whose natural resources seemed limited as compared with those of other countries, has, through pressure of circumstances, seen wide developments in the course of the past fifteen years. New methods of "utilizing underground water resources have, for example, made possible a new extension of agriculture.

The Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) was ostensibly set up as the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) at the 1964 Arab League summit (Alexandria), with the mission of fighting Israel. However, it has never been under effective PLO control, but rather it has been controlled by its various host governments, usually Syria.

In the sector of the Palestine Industry the Cement industry is one of the most important branches. There are many sectors of Palestine Industry that caters to the economical growth in Palestine.

Tertiary healthcare has received little attention in the past. Tertiary healthcare is a specialised, highly technical level of healthcare that includes diagnosis and treatment of disease and disability. It encompasses  specialised intensive care units, advanced diagnostic support services, to name just two examples, and employs highly specialised staff.