Palestinians are an Arab ethnonational group that reside primarily in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel, Jordan, and parts of southern Lebanon and Syria. They are Arabs who live in a certain geographical region in the Middle East, which is generally referred to as Palestine. The term "Palestinian" was used to refer to the nationalist concept of a Palestinian people by Palestinian Arabs from the late 19th century and in the pre-World War I period. The Palestinian National Charter, as amended by the PLOs Palestinian National Council in July 1968, defined "Palestinians" as "those Arab nationals who, until 1947, normally resided in Palestine regardless of whether they were evicted from it or stayed there. Anyone born, after that date, of a Palestinian father – whether in Palestine or outside it – is also a Palestinian". Non-Jewish Arab citizens of Israel with Palestinian heritage identify themselves as Arabs or Palestinians. Therefore, Palestinians are not a nationality in the traditional sense, but rather an ethnonational group with a shared history and culture.