*I* said that the name Palestine derives from the name Phillistine
No, you have been claiming that the name did not exist. I'll give you this, the ENGLISH version of the name didn't exist until some time after the Romans, because there were no modern English speakers at the time. But that's it. You think that the history of the word means the word itself did not exist until modern times. You are elevating yourself to the very heights of stupidity. You're making such drastically absurd arguments in a futile attempt to maintain a flawed argument you're venturing into the extreme.
and the Palestinians are not descended from the Phillistines.
What do you know of Palestinian ancestry? Here, let me give you an education:
Modern Palestinians are, like any present day people, a mixture of many peoples over the course of history. At their core, they are the descendants of ancient Canaanites. The most distinctive identifying group of ancestors would be the ancient Philistines, from whom they take their name, who were primarily located in what is called the Gaza strip in modern times. The Philistines were a Semitic people and as such shared prehistoric ancestry with Assyrians, Babylonians, Arabs, Hebrews, and Phoenicians (though this group was a multi-ethnic melting pot of Semitic peoples), and more distantly with ancient Egyptians. Their culture was definitively Canaanite in nature, though archeological finds have shown some of their artifacts to exhibit a Greek influence. This is likely due in large part to the fact that as a seabound people they would have had frequent interaction with the Greeks. For their religion, they worshiped many of the same gods as the other Canaanite peoples of the time.
As the history of ancient Canaan unfolded, the Philistines would eventually spread through the southern Levant. With the introduction of other cultural influences, and other peoples immigrating into the area, these mixings would give rise to the distinct Palestinian people of today. Today's Palestinians are, as a people, identical to most peoples through the world. That is, they have ancestral ties to the region they have inhabited for thousands of years, with additional influences from outside immigration at various parts of history. External influences include Jewish, Arabian, Egyptian, and Syrian people, but the Palestinians have evolved into a distinct people from all of these groups.
Also, 'Palestine' is simply Anglicization of the Latin word 'Palestina'.
The fact that you can argue nothing more than the fact that different languages use different terms for "Palestine" just shows that your entire position is baseless.
Lord you are a frigging moron.
Again with the ad hominems. It shows that you've got nothing.
