The State of Palestine lays claim to a region on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
==== Other features ====In addition to the seas, a number of gulfs and straits are recognised:the Saint George Bay in Beirut, Lebanonthe Ras Ibn Hani cape in Latakia, Syriathe Ras al-Bassit cape in northern Syria
The countries surrounding the Mediterranean in clockwise order are Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco; Malta and Cyprus are island countries in the sea

