In 1948, it was common for the international press to label Jews, not Arabs, living in the mandate as Palestinians. If you ever wonder what is the origin of word Palestine, here some links to help you understand. (and if you still dont believe Please dont hesitate to say it I have many links) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_Palestinian The term Palestinian used to refer to Jews in Europe who were regarded as an alien presence, usually as reference to their ancestral origins in the Levant. For example, Immanuel Kant referred to European Jews as the Palestinians living among us. palestinefacts.org/pf_early_palestine_name_origin.php In the fifth century BC, the region of eastern coast of the Mediterranean started being called as “the Philistine Syria”, a term coined by the Greek historian, Herodotus and used in its Greek language form. In AD 135, the Emperor Hadrian blotted out the name “Provincia Judea” and renamed it “Provincia Syria Palaestina”. jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/palname.html A derivitave of the name Palestine first appears in Greek literature in the 5th Century BCE when the historian Herodotus called the area Palaistinē (Greek - Παλαιστίνη). In the 2nd century CE, the Romans crushed the revolt of Shimon Bar Kokhba (132 CE), during which Jerusalem and Judea were regained and the area of Judea was renamed Palaestina in an attempt to minimize Jewish identification with the land of Israel. Give it a try.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:04:10 +0000
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