Palestine Street or Falastin Street (
Arabic: شارع فلسطين) is a
street located in eastern
Baghdad,
Iraq. It runs parallel and to the west of
Army Canal between Mustanssiriya square, through Beirut square to Maysalon square, in the neighborhoods of Mustansiriya, Nile, al-Muthanna to the west and 14 July, al-Idrisi, the
al-Shaheed Monument, and Al-Muthanna to the east.
The street was established in the 1960s when the government started a plan to extend Baghdad by adding new neighborhoods.
The Palestine Street area has witnessed many recent reconstruction efforts, whereby many trees were planted by Baghdad municipality, and fountains and playgrounds were constructed. Palestinian Street is the leading commercial and shopping center in eastern Baghdad.
"Along Palestine Street, a once vibrant commercial district, shop owners were relieved not by the greater military presence, but by the absence of Mahdi Army militiamen from neighboring Sadr City, the impoverished Shiite district and militia stronghold." from
Baghdad Plan Has Elusive Targets, Washington Post. Published February 26, 2007.
"In years gone by, Palestine Street was the site of one of the biggest celebrations of Baath party control."
Baghdad not in party mood By
Jonny Dymond. BBC News, 18 July 2003.