to JA: YOU said that I don't use the word "Palestinian" but when I did a google search to see if I have ever used the word "Palestinian" 1580 hits came up (yes, its grown). THAT was my point. Apparently I DO use the word Palestinian to call the Arabs who live in Gaza, the WEst bank, and in camps in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. In about 1968 or so, the Arabs started to create a national consensus as "Palestinians." So I recognize them as an emerging nation, but not as an emerged nation. As for "Palestine" I use the word to describe the name the Romans gave to Israel after burning down their temple OR the British Mandate for Palestine which came into existance as a British invention in 1917. Palestine has never been a sovereign country nor does it have any Arabic origins.