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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton slams anti-Israel protests on college campuses, says students have been fed propaganda [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,301 posts)And you grasp that a land might be named after the people inhabiting it or that the people might take their name from the land they inhabit, right?
The Palestinians migrated to the region from the Arabian Peninsula long after it was named Philistia by the Greeks. They then took on the name "Palestinians" based on "Palestine" as it was derived from "Philistia". It does not mean they are the same people as the Philistines. You made that assumption based on what I said because it suited your bias and your purpose.
If nothing else, this conversation has revealed that you don't know much of anything about the history of the region in terms of land or people. The information is all out there, easily available using the search engine of your choice. I prefer Google, but supposedly the AI-powered Bing has some neat features.