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"Palestine" is derived from "Provincia Syria Palestinae" a regional name given to what was formerly "Provincia Judea" -- renamed by Roman Emporer Hadrian in 70AD as punishment for the Jewish Revolt, by trying to erase its Jewish identication.
Modern day "Palestine" however, is a complete fabrication. There has never been a separate country or people of Palestine. Arabs calling themselves Palestinians are well aware that there is no connection between the "ancient civilization of the Philistines" and themselves. Philistines were sea-people from the Greek Islands, most likely from Crete. (Arabs came from the Arabian Peninsula.) The Philistines settled along the coast of what was called "Canaan" in Biblical times, around the same period as the migration of the ancient Hebrews -- in the 13th and 12th Century, BC. Philistine cities were at constant war with the early Israelites. The Philistine nation was eventually destroyed by the Babylonian invasion of Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC.
Arabs arrived a thousand years later.
The modern usage of "Palestine" comes from the post-Ottoman Empire "British Mandate of Palestine," which included what is now called Jordan. The Arabs now calling themselves "Palestinians" are the same as those calling themselves "Jordanians."
Arab: "I'm a Palestinian and deserve my own country!"
Historian: "Could you please describe a Palestinian language, culture or history, which makes you different from your Arab brothers in Jordan?"
Arab: "Help, help, I'm being oppressed!"
my friend ebola_legion brought this to my attention once again.
when i was a freshman in high school, i knew of this, and brought it up in class one day...the teacher almost had me thrown out of the school for making raciest remarks.
yeah.
right.
ok.
i did the same next year to a teacher far greater than any other. from that day forth, the man has seen me above anyone else. because he knows its the truth too.
Modern day "Palestine" however, is a complete fabrication. There has never been a separate country or people of Palestine. Arabs calling themselves Palestinians are well aware that there is no connection between the "ancient civilization of the Philistines" and themselves. Philistines were sea-people from the Greek Islands, most likely from Crete. (Arabs came from the Arabian Peninsula.) The Philistines settled along the coast of what was called "Canaan" in Biblical times, around the same period as the migration of the ancient Hebrews -- in the 13th and 12th Century, BC. Philistine cities were at constant war with the early Israelites. The Philistine nation was eventually destroyed by the Babylonian invasion of Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC.
Arabs arrived a thousand years later.
The modern usage of "Palestine" comes from the post-Ottoman Empire "British Mandate of Palestine," which included what is now called Jordan. The Arabs now calling themselves "Palestinians" are the same as those calling themselves "Jordanians."
Arab: "I'm a Palestinian and deserve my own country!"
Historian: "Could you please describe a Palestinian language, culture or history, which makes you different from your Arab brothers in Jordan?"
Arab: "Help, help, I'm being oppressed!"
my friend ebola_legion brought this to my attention once again.
when i was a freshman in high school, i knew of this, and brought it up in class one day...the teacher almost had me thrown out of the school for making raciest remarks.
yeah.
right.
ok.
i did the same next year to a teacher far greater than any other. from that day forth, the man has seen me above anyone else. because he knows its the truth too.