The name "Palestine" was originated by the Romans a few years after they burned the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem to the ground. It was a cruel joke on the Israelis, as they renamed the Country of Israel (which the Jews had lived in for 1500 years at the time) "Palestine" after a Roman word "Palestina" and a play on the name of the Phillistines, the Jewish people's mortal enemy.
The concept of the Palestinians as a separate people with a national identity is a relatively new invention ---circa 1968. (The modern state of Israel was founded in 1948). There never was a country called "Palestine" only a geographical region with no prescribed boundaries, no local government, no native language, customs, or religion. Yet you continue to insist, despite history, that the Israelis have no claim on their homeland.
Re: Against Zionism, A Historical Response To Becky Johnson
Date Edited: 25 Jun 2003 02:10:39 AM
The concept of the Palestinians as a separate people with a national identity is a relatively new invention ---circa 1968. (The modern state of Israel was founded in 1948). There never was a country called "Palestine" only a geographical region with no prescribed boundaries, no local government, no native language, customs, or religion. Yet you continue to insist, despite history, that the Israelis have no claim on their homeland.
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