Marc39
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It is true that the Palestinians refer to Israel as occupied Palestine
Is this true? What is Israel's legal status?
Jews are the only Palestinians since the Romans renamed Judea, land of the Jews, Palestine 1500 years after Jews lived in Judea and 500 years before Muslims lived there.
You really are a clueless clown.
Middle East historian Bernard Lewis...
Official Roman usage of the name Palestine to designate the area of the former Jewish kingdom seems to date from after the Jewish risings and their suppression. The Emperor Hadrian made a determined attempt to stamp out the embers not only of the revolt but of Jewish nationahood and statehood.
It would seem that the name Judaea was abolished at the same time as Jerusalem and the country renamed Palestina or Syria-Palestina with the same intention to obliterate its historic Jewish identity.