Palestine is a variant of Philistine...it's the ancient Greek name for Philistines:
In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote in Ancient Greek of a 'district of Syria, called PalaistinĂª" (whence Palaestina, whence Palestine).[7][13][14][15] The use of the name "Palestine" in English became more common after the European renaissance.[21] The name was officially revived and used after the fall of the Ottoman Empire (1517–1917) and applied to the territory in this region that was placed under the British Mandate for Palestine. So as you can see, even in English, the use of the name is from the early 1600's (post 1630 if you want to get technical as that is when most Historians consider the start of the Renaissance period to be). IF a place is called Palestine, then the people would be called Palestinians (even the Jews called them Philistines)...that's pretty simple logic. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:45 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Obama power drunk on the Middle East No it doesn't. yes it does. no it doesn't. yes it does. History shows the Philistines before Israel. History shows the Palestinians after mid 1900's. History does not show anyone using the name between those times. A place, yes. A people, no. Show me somewhere that states exactly where and when a people were called Palestinian within that time. On 3/25/10, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > The historical record says otherwise. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:24 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obama power drunk on the Middle East > > > For the land, never for any people. The use of Palestinian to refer to > Arabs of the area began in the mid 1900's. > > On 3/25/10, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Palestine has been used since the Romans were there... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
