When in history Palestine was a state? This is what they teach in schools in Gaza, comes up the question, WHEN Palestine was a state? Only few people are actually convinced to find out the truth that no such state ever existed, the rest is fell to believe that Israel stole that land out of the Gazans and won't believe any of what Israel present considering it a lie.
Its a straw man.
Palestine never was a state because Palestinians never had independence... or at least not for a couple thousand years!
Palestine has LONG been the term for the region between the Jordan River and Mediterranean. Even in time of Christ (and I think before too) it was called Palestine by the Romans. And the indigenous people there, whatever their cultural identity has been throughout the millenia, have been Palestinians. There is really nothing more to it than that.
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Actually Palestina was the name ascribed to a MUCH LARGER area----of the levant
than you imagine-----by the GREEKS (gee, you should read a book once in a while)
ALL OF SYRIA was part of PALESTINA---by the greeks and probably parts of Iraq.
However the people living in those areas did not call themselves "Palestinians"---
the term PALESTINA was just a geographical designation for the GREEKS ---something
like at the same time that which is approximately Europe now was called
ASHKENAZ by the jews-------however the Vikings did not call themselves ashkenazis
even though the Vikings were independent and not a colony of jerusalem
geographical terms ----determined in other lands do not confer an identity on anyone
until those people ASSUME that identity-----gee you are dim. The emperor ming
lived on mars-----but he did not call himself a MARTIAN.
Nations are characterized by their own self awareness, language, beliefs,
customs, religion etc Other than jews living in the erstwhile Israel/Judea---
renamed PALESTINA by the roman invaders (romans virtually worshipped
the greeks and copied them as much as the could) ----no one was called a
PALESTINIAN----or considered himself a Palestinian--including the
people who were not jews but lived in the erstwhile Israel/Judea--
renamed Palestina---approximately 200 ad --until the 1960s when a bunch
of people who speak Arabic----decided to call themselves "Palestinians" Arabic
is not a language of Palestine----it developed in Arabia and nobody
spoke it in palestina----until Arabians invaded the area. Go right ahead
and try to find Arabic -----in caves and on rocks in Palestine---
which is 2000 years old.
You should learn to read ----actual books ---not just propaganda and
revisionist history. It is not all that hard----just find really old books
---and try to find the word PALESTINIAN-----not hard at all ----large libraries have
books more than 100 years old---sometimes on microfilm if you are into
research-------but----I did not depend on microfilm-----I ran into old books---
just in private homes-----I was not doing RESEARCH----just reading out of curiosity---
the word PALESTINIAN in a 100 year old book ALWAYS means a jew'
do not worry----you can claim that the books are frauds----people like you
have told me that the dead sea scrolls are PHONY-------(and torah scrolls are
updated every other week to be consistent with zionist propaganda)'