“Palestine” founded by “palestinians”? Well, no. Long after the Roman Empire first branded Jews’ land “palaestina,” Britain after World War 1 created “palestine” as a name for the British Mandate that eventuated in Israeli statehood in 1948, and British “palestine” ceased to exist. “Palestine” was a Western colonialist creation.
As renowned Middle East historian Professor Bernard Lewis, known as the Dean of Middle East historians, writes, Britain’s creation of “palestine” was quite unpopular both with Jews and Arabs...
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As renowned Middle East historian Professor Bernard Lewis, known as the Dean of Middle East historians, writes, Britain’s creation of “palestine” was quite unpopular both with Jews and Arabs...