Palestinian ambassador and governor include all of Israel`s territory as "Palestine"
Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning on District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam’s visit to Mexico:
On the phone: Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico Munjid Saleh.
Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico Munjid Saleh: “On Sunday, there was a visit to the State of Mexico (one of the 32 states that make up Mexico), whose territory, as it happens, is 1,000 square kilometers larger than that of Palestine.”
PA TV Host: “True”
Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico Munjid Saleh: “That is, its territory is 22,500 square kilometers.”
[District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam nods her head]
Note: The combined size of Israel and the Palestinian Territories is 27,000 square kilometers; the combined area of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is 6,220 square kilometers. The size of “Palestine” suggested by the Palestinian Ambassador includes Israel.
On the phone: Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico Munjid Saleh.
Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico Munjid Saleh: “On Sunday, there was a visit to the State of Mexico (one of the 32 states that make up Mexico), whose territory, as it happens, is 1,000 square kilometers larger than that of Palestine.”
PA TV Host: “True”
Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico Munjid Saleh: “That is, its territory is 22,500 square kilometers.”
[District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam nods her head]
Note: The combined size of Israel and the Palestinian Territories is 27,000 square kilometers; the combined area of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is 6,220 square kilometers. The size of “Palestine” suggested by the Palestinian Ambassador includes Israel.