The term "Palestine refugees" originally referred to both Arabs and Jews whose normal place of residence had been in Mandatory Palestine but were displaced and lost their livelihoods as a result of the 1948 Palestine war.
Istilah "Pengungsi Palestina" awalnya mengacu kepada orang Arab dan Yahudi yang tempat tinggal normalnya berada di Mandat Palestina namun mengungsi dan kehilangan mata pencaharian mereka sebagai akibat dari Perang Palestina 1948.