The State of Palestine is a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia that is recognized by 138 of the 193 members of the United Nations. Officially governed by the Palestine Liberation Organization, the state claims the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with Jerusalem as its designated capital.

But in practice, Palestine holds only partial administrative control over its 167 enclaves in the West Bank, which are figuratively called islands, and its rival government Hamas rules the Gaza Strip. During the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, Egypt and Jordan occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, respectively, which were both captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967.

Palestine’s incumbent and second president Mahmoud Abbas, 86, assumed office on May 8, 2005. The state’s incumbent prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, 62, assumed office on April 14, 2019.

Since 2012, Palestine has had a status of a non-member observer state in the United Nations. Here is the 2021 list of the 10 most handsome living men of Palestinian descent:

#10. Omar Jarun

.

#9. Abou Sahyoun Wassim

.

#8. Mohammed El Kurd

.

#7. Laith Abu Joda

.

#6. Michael Malarkey

.

#5. Qaher Harhash

.

#4. Saleh Bakri

.

#3. Anwar Hadid

.

#2. Adam Bakri

.

#1. Fai Khadra