Wolverine1984
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Apparently they were around when the bible was written "to delegitimize Jews."
Joel 3:4* Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Palestinians and Philistines are two different people who have nothing in common, Philistines absorbed into the Babylonian and Persian empires, and disappear as a distinct group by the late 5th century BC.
Palestinians are Arabs who came during the Muslim conquests which were as early (The earliest possible time) 5th century CE ,when the Philistines were long gone ...
Philistines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While DNA test of Palestininas says the following :
Palestinian people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaOne DNA study by Nebel found genetic evidence in support of historical records that "part, or perhaps the majority" of Muslim Palestinians descend from "local inhabitants, mainly Christians and Jews, who had converted after the Islamic conquest in the seventh century AD".