Clifford D. May:
“Palestine” is the name the Romans gave to Judea, the land of the Jews, as a punishment for Jewish rebellion. The name derives from the Philistines, non-semitic, sea-faring people from Crete who settled in the coastal area known as Canaan in the 12th Century BCE. The Philistines became enemies of the Jews — Goliath the best known. Arab armies invaded centuries later.
Palestine was ruled by foreign empires for millennia until the founding of Israel in part of that territory — an act of decolonization.
# posted by Ranger @ 8:27 PM
