A lie being promulgated is that the “ancient” land of “palestine” was created by “palestinians” Well, no...
Ancient “palestine” never existed. The Middle East is a region of ancient civilizations, but “palestine” was not among them. “Palestine” is an English word derived from a Latin word—palaestina—first imposed on Jews’ land, ancient Israel, which referred to Philistines. The Philistines were non-indigenous, non-Semitic Greek invaders to ancient Israel known as the Sea Peoples having originated from the Aegean and Med. Seas. Roman Emperor Hadrian attempted to erase the Jewish heritage and history of the land in retribution for a Jewish rebellion against Roman occupation. Greek Philistines were enemies of the ancient Israelites. Philistines, extinct since the 6th century BCE, were completely unrelated to Arabs who fairly recently adopted the illegitimate “palestinian” identity.
The Roman name palaestina was later anglicized by European Christians into “palestine” which was the name temporarily adopted by Britain for the name of the British Mandate, British palestine.
Interestingly, Jews were originally called “palestinians” by the British in British palestine, until becoming Israelis. Arabs vehemently rejected the names “palestine” and “palestinian” as Western colonialist inventions. Arabs historically called Syria “Sham” which dismissively means “land to the left”
Only much later, in the 1960s, did Arabs, looking around for something to call themselves, begin identifying as “palestinians” though without the letter p in Arabic, Arabs cannot write or even say “palestine” or “palestinian” in their own Arabic language