Palestinian BaháüÃÂs are Palestinian Arabs who practise the BaháüàFaith. Palestinian BaháüÃÂs constitute one of the earliest BaháüàFaith practitioners because two of the holiest Baháüàcities, Haifa and Acre, are located in places where Palestinians previously constituted a majority of the population prior to the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. The contemporary ban on seeking proselytizing to Israelis was originally conceived of as a ban on proselytizing to Palestinians. During the Mandatory Palestine period, Palestinians BaháüÃÂs were one of eight categories as options on the censuses carried out by the former British protectorate.
According to Naim Ateek, in the modern era, there are Palestinian BaháüÃÂs who live alongside Palestinians of other religious persuasions. Author Alan Bryson has reported the existence of Palestinian BaháüÃÂs in the West Bank. On occasion, there are Palestinian BaháüÃÂs who were raised in another Abrahamic religion, but thereafter converted to the BaháüàFaith.