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Old 08-19-2005, 12:30 PM
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I've heard some muslims even question where that term and the term "palestinian" came from.
Palestinian is the name created in 1964 to identify Arabs in Israel. Unfortunately iits a false name if you know its history. THe word Palestine was given to the region by the Romans after the Jewish revolt in a way to humiliate the Jews. Palestine was named after the ancient Philistines who invaded Israel hundreds of years before Christ. The British kept the name when they took over of the region and it was then applied in the UN Resolution.

However the arabs in Israel and Palestine have no link whatsoever to the ancient Philistines. The ancient Philistines were sea raiders coming from Cyprus and some Greek cities.
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